Dear America Diary Challenge

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3 participants (18 books)

07 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 10 of the Dear America Diary series before the end of the year. Feel free to add any of your favorites to the series. 

Challenge Books

All books added
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

Dear America #3

Barry Denenberg

156 pages • hardcover • 1996

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative slow-paced
Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky

Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903

Dear America #9

Kathryn Lasky

188 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi by Jim Murphy

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

Dear America #8

Jim Murphy

204 pages • hardcover • 1998

fiction historical middle grade young adult reflective slow-paced
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg

So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847

Dear America #6

Barry Denenberg

144 pages • hardcover • 2003

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative reflective medium-paced
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779

Dear America #39

Kristiana Gregory

244 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous slow-paced
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968

Dear America #26

Ellen Emerson White

176 pages • hardcover • 2002

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce Hansen

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly

Dear America #7

Joyce Hansen

224 pages • digital • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

Dear America #20

Mary Pope Osborne

182 pages • hardcover • 2000

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative fast-paced
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

Dear America #10

Mary Pope Osborne

184 pages • hardcover • 1998

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional medium-paced
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

Dear America #35

Lisa Rowe Fraustino

203 pages • hardcover • 2004

fiction historical middle grade young adult dark informative slow-paced