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Dear Canada Series

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1 participant (38 books)

17 Jul 2025—17 Jul 2026

Overview

 I learned recently that our lovely neighbors to the north have their own Dear series. So here we are to read them all. 

Challenge Books

All books added
A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer by Barbara Haworth-Attard

A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer

Dear Canada

Barbara Haworth-Attard

168 pages • hardcover • 2004

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen by Perry Nodelman

Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen

Dear Canada

Perry Nodelman

218 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling by Gillian Chan

An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling

Dear Canada

Gillian Chan

217 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction historical middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
Hoping for Home: Stories of Arrival by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz

Hoping for Home: Stories of Arrival

Dear Canada

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz

242 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction childrens historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates by Jean Little

Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates

Dear Canada

Jean Little

235 pages • hardcover • 2003

fiction historical middle grade emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor by Jean Little

If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor

Dear Canada

Jean Little

243 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt by Kit Pearson

Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt

Dear Canada

Kit Pearson

220 pages • hardcover • 2002

fiction historical middle grade emotional slow-paced
With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald by Karleen Bradford

With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald

Dear Canada

Karleen Bradford

221 pages • hardcover • 2002

fiction historical middle grade emotional slow-paced
Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott by Carol Matas

Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott

Dear Canada

Carol Matas

185 pages • hardcover • 2002

fiction historical middle grade adventurous emotional slow-paced
Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford, Almonte, Ontario, 1887 by Sarah Ellis

Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford, Almonte, Ontario, 1887

Dear Canada

Sarah Ellis

166 pages • digital • 2008

fiction historical middle grade reflective medium-paced