Dear America

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

Dear America #1

Kathryn Lasky

173 pages • hardcover • 1996

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous slow-paced
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

Dear America #2

Kristiana Gregory

173 pages • hardcover • 1996

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional informative mysterious medium-paced
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

160 pages • paperback • 1996

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative slow-paced
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859

Dear America #4

Patricia C. McKissack

195 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell

Dear America #5

Kristiana Gregory

140 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous medium-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
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865 by Joyce Hansen

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865

Dear America #7

Joyce Hansen

202 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-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 • 1998

fiction historical middle grade young adult reflective 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
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

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