SeriesDear America

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A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 1,035 copies, 10 reviews19th Cen. Immigration: Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg 1,659 copies, 8 reviews19th Cen. Immigration: Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White 2,564 copies, 34 reviews20th Cen. Disasters: RMS Titanic, 1912
A City Tossed and Broken, San Francisco, California, 1906 : the Diary of Minnie Bonner by Judy Blundell 121 copies, 1 review20th Cen. Disasters: San Francisco, California, 1906
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky 1,382 copies, 11 reviews20th Cen. Immigration: New York City, 1903
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson 163 copies, 5 reviewsAmerican Labor Movement: New York City, 1909
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner 225 copies, 6 reviewsAmerican Revolution: Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory 1,932 copies, 21 reviewsAmerican Revolution: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
Dear America: Cannons at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory 193 copies, 3 reviewsAmerican Revolution: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779
With the Might of Angels: the Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson by Andrea Davis Pinkney 349 copies, 3 reviewsCivil Rights: Hadley, Virginia, 1954
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia C. Mckissack 1,668 copies, 21 reviewsCivil War/Slavery: Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse 1,159 copies, 14 reviewsCivil War/Slavery: Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg 1,690 copies, 25 reviewsCivil War/Slavery: Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen 1,486 copies, 17 reviewsCivil War/Slavery: Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne 1,560 copies, 20 reviewsColonial Times: Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino 319 copies, 7 reviewsColonial Times: Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky 2,443 copies, 21 reviewsColonial Times: Mayflower/Plimoth Colony, 1620
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia C. Mckissack 297 copies, 9 reviewsColonial Times: New York Colony, 1763
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke 447 copies, 5 reviewsDepression Era: Dalhart, Texas, 1935
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky 776 copies, 8 reviewsDepression Era: Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg 539 copies, 9 reviewsDepression Era: Watertown, Massachusetts, 1932
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. Mckissack 941 copies, 9 reviewsEarly Civil Rights: Chicago, Illinois, 1919
Behind the Masks : the Diary of Angeline Reddy by Susan Patron 161 copies, 6 reviewsFrontier Life: Bodie, California, 1880
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 138 copies, 2 reviewsGreat Chicago Fire: Chicago, Illinois, 1871
My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi 907 copies, 11 reviewsNative American: Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner 1,012 copies, 15 reviewsNative American: New Mexico, 1864
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White 462 copies, 4 reviewsVietnam War: Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy 494 copies, 5 reviewsWestward Expansion: Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory 541 copies, 4 reviewsWestward Expansion: California Territory, 1849
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland 1,084 copies, 8 reviewsWestward Expansion: Gonzales, Texas, 1836
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer 319 copies, 3 reviewsWestward Expansion: New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy 1,086 copies, 7 reviewsWestward Expansion: New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland 476 copies, 10 reviewsWestward Expansion: Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory 2,073 copies, 39 reviewsWestward Expansion: The Oregon Trail, 1847
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald 233 copies, 5 reviewsWestward Expansion: The Santa Fe Trail, 1848
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory 1,051 copies, 7 reviewsWestward Expansion: Utah Territory, 1868
Like the Willow Tree : Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry 394 copies, 13 reviewsWWI & the Shakers: Portland, Maine, 1918
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky 629 copies, 6 reviewsWWI & Women's Rights: Washington, D.C., 1917
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine 437 copies, 3 reviewsWWI: New York City to the Western Front, 1917
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Denenberg 630 copies, 6 reviewsWWII & Immigration: Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
The Fences Between Us : the Diary of Piper Davis by Kirby Larson 518 copies, 23 reviewsWWII & War Relocation Camps: Seattle, Washington, 1941
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg 1,157 copies, 19 reviewsWWII involves America: Hawaii, 1941
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne 867 copies, 15 reviewsWWII: Long Island, New York, 1941

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4 Dear America Books: A Line in the Sand / My Heart Is on the Ground / When Will This Cruel War Be Over? / The Winter of Red Snow (Dear America) by Sherry Garland 2 copies, 1 review
Dear America 6 Book Set (I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, Standing in the Light, My Heart Is on the Ground, Voyage by Joyce Hansen 1 copy
Dear America 6 Books Set 2 (The Winter of Red Snow, West to a Land of Plenty, Dream in the Golden Country, Voyage on the Great Titanic, Across the Wide and Lonesome Praire, So Far from Home) by Kristiana Gregory 2 copies
Set of 7 DEAR AMERICA Children's History books (A Time for Courage, Journey to New World, Voyage on Great Titantic, Dreams in Golden Country, Across Wide and Lonesome Prairie, Christmas After All, Mirror Mirror on the Wall) by Kathryn Lasky 1 copy

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Spin-off series: Behind the Masks, My America, The Royal Diaries (English, Unclassified)

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