Dear America Series by Kathryn Lasky
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Dear America Series

45 primary works • 45 total works
Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels aimed at girls aged 8-14. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during an important event or time period in American history.

Spin Offs:
* My Name is America
* My America
* The Royal Diaries

International series:
* Dear Canada
* My Story: Girls
* My Story: Boys
* My Royal St…
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
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3.68 · 9058 Ratings · 333 Reviews · published 1996 · 39 editions
The diary of a young Pilgrim girl who makes the da…

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    The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
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    3.92     · 8571 Ratings · 415 Reviews · published 1996 · 1 edition
    In her beloved diary, eleven-year-old Abigail Jane…

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    When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
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    3.61     · 4701 Ratings · 240 Reviews · published 1996 · 12 editions
    A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southe…

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

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    A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859
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    4.01     · 5082 Ratings · 287 Reviews · published 1997 · 37 editions
    Day or two later

    Freedom is one of the first words …

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    Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
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    4.04     · 8014 Ratings · 492 Reviews · published 1997 · 1 edition
    Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley th…

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

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    So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
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    3.75     · 5285 Ratings · 220 Reviews · published 2003 · 10 editions
    In the diary account of her journey from Ireland i…

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

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    I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
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    3.93     · 5133 Ratings · 236 Reviews · published 1997 · 1 edition

    The two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Book recipie…

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

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    West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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    3.77     · 2679 Ratings · 110 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
    The first humorous book in the Dear America series…

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    Dreams in the Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
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    3.90     · 4799 Ratings · 180 Reviews · published 1998 · 13 editions
    Zipporah Feldman, a 12-year-old Jewish immigrant f…

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

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    Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
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    4.01     · 6663 Ratings · 340 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
    Catharine Carey Logan and her family have enjoyed …

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    Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
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    4.00     · 10704 Ratings · 717 Reviews · published 1998 · 35 editions
    Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret…

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    A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
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    3.76     · 3046 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
    In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthd…

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    My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
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    3.74     · 3462 Ratings · 173 Reviews · published 1999 · 5 editions
    Beginning in broken English, Nannie tells of her i…

    Shelve My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880

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    The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West
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    3.85     · 3949 Ratings · 125 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
    As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-…

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    A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
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    3.69     · 3742 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 1999 · 1 edition
    Thursday, February 28, 1861
    P. Cloudy. Wind N.W. Fr…

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    The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
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    3.78     · 2455 Ratings · 112 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
    The narrator describes her experiences as her Nava…

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    A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
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    4.17     · 5446 Ratings · 326 Reviews · published 2000 · 7 editions
    Meet Anetka, a 13-year-old Polish girl who comes t…

    Shelve A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

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    Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
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    3.97     · 2827 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2000 · 9 editions
    Key Features Description As Nellie Lee and her fam…

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    One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
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    4.04     · 3141 Ratings · 175 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    This special Dear Ameirca edition is actually two …

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    My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
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    4.00     · 4299 Ratings · 222 Reviews · published 2000 · 16 editions
    Fearing the worse and hoping for the best while he…

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

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    Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,
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    3.84     · 1593 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions
    María Rosalía is a Mestizo servant in a Spanish ho…

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    Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild
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    3.93     · 2943 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 2001 · 12 editions
    A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairc…

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    Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
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    3.91     · 3225 Ratings · 230 Reviews · published 2001 · 13 editions
    In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minn…

    Shelve Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932

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    Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
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    3.85     · 3769 Ratings · 228 Reviews · published 1998 · 7 editions
    Acclaimed author Barry Dennenberg has written a mo…

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    My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
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    3.75     · 1780 Ratings · 86 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions
    In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled Wes…

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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
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    3.82     · 2147 Ratings · 106 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions
    An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister …

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

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    A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
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    3.91     · 2519 Ratings · 122 Reviews · published 2002 · 7 editions
    As the fight for women's suffrage heats up, Kathle…

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    Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan
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    3.93     · 2421 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions
    Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must learn…

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    Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
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    3.94     · 2341 Ratings · 129 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions
    In sixteen-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear Ame…

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    When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
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    3.92     · 1819 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 2002 · 3 editions
    In April of 1917, Simone Spencer's world changes. …

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    Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
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    3.66     · 1506 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
    "Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary R…

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    Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
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    3.77     · 1266 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions

    In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-ye…

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    All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
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    3.79     · 1315 Ratings · 57 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
    Florrie finds the adventure of a lifetime along th…

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    Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
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    3.88     · 1342 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2004 · 2 editions
    In acclaimed author Patricia McKissack's latest ad…

    Shelve Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl

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    I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
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    3.89     · 2720 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 2004 · 6 editions
    One of our final two Dear Americas, this is the co…

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

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    Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
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    4.06     · 1743 Ratings · 102 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    One of our final two Dear Americas, drama and hist…

    Shelve Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909

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    The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
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    4.07     · 2111 Ratings · 248 Reviews · published 2010 · 16 editions
    Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the fi…

    Shelve The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941

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    Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
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    3.90     · 2503 Ratings · 311 Reviews · published 2011 · 15 editions
    Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry b…

    Shelve Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

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    Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779
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    4.07     · 1299 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new sequ…

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

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    With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
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    4.15     · 1512 Ratings · 181 Reviews · published 2011 · 12 editions
    Coretta Scott King winner Andrea Davis Pinkney bri…

    Shelve With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954

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    Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
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    3.57     · 920 Ratings · 113 Reviews · published 2012 · 11 editions
    Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings h…

    Shelve Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880

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    A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
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    3.78     · 839 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blund…

    Shelve A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906

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    Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
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    3.69     · 881 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti bri…

    Shelve Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose

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    Dear America: A Picture of Freedom; And Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
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    4.35     · 65 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Nation at War: Civil War
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    3.91     · 104 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 3 editions
    The fictional diaries that put DEAR AMERICA on bes…

    Shelve Nation at War: Civil War

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