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…
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
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3.63 · 7697 Ratings · 246 Reviews · published 1996 · 18 editions
Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of…

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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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    3.89     · 6973 Ratings · 315 Reviews · published 1996 · 13 editions
    Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the…

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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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    3.63     · 3977 Ratings · 177 Reviews · published 1996 · 7 editions
    A Confederate girl records the hardships of…

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    A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859
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    3.97     · 4290 Ratings · 228 Reviews · published 1997 · 19 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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    4.00     · 6554 Ratings · 359 Reviews · published 1997 · 15 editions
    Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley…

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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     · 4670 Ratings · 168 Reviews · published 2003 · 7 editions
    In the diary account of her journey from Ireland…

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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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    3.90     · 4487 Ratings · 181 Reviews · published 1997 · 13 editions

    The two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Book…

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    West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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    3.77     · 2359 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition
    The first humorous book in the Dear America…

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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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    3.87     · 4308 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 1998 · 8 editions
    New dreams and old traditions flourish and clash…

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    Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
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    3.99     · 5815 Ratings · 254 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 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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    3.97     · 8548 Ratings · 559 Reviews · published 1998 · 24 editions
    Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of…

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    A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
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    3.76     · 2682 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition
    In the journal she receives for her twelfth…

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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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    3.77     · 3081 Ratings · 131 Reviews · published 1999 · 1 edition
    Beginning in broken English, Nannie tells of her…

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    The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West
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    3.84     · 3567 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
    As the daughter of a newspaper reporter,…

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    A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
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    3.68     · 3250 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 1999 · 10 editions
    Thursday, February 28, 1861
    P. Cloudy. Wind N.W.…

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    The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
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    3.78     · 2133 Ratings · 94 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 editions
    The narrator describes her experiences as her…

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    A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
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    4.14     · 4662 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's…

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    Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
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    3.94     · 2505 Ratings · 107 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her…

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    One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
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    4.02     · 2752 Ratings · 138 Reviews · published 2000 · 1 edition
    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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    3.98     · 3742 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 2000 · 12 editions
    In a diary that brings to life the dramatic…

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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     · 1387 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    María Rosalía is a Mestizo servant in a Spanish…

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    Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild
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    3.93     · 2621 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 2001 · 8 editions
    Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a…

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    Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
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    3.89     · 2688 Ratings · 168 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    At the age of twelve, Minnie Swift is living…

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    Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
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    3.85     · 3198 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
    Amber's journal chronicles two months that change…

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    My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
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    3.77     · 1513 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2001 · 1 edition
    In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled…

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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty
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    3.81     · 1881 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister…

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    A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
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    3.94     · 2203 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 editions
    As the fight for women's suffrage heats up,…

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    Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan
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    3.94     · 2074 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must…

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    Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
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    3.93     · 2030 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    In sixteen-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear…

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    When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
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    3.90     · 1594 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 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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    3.65     · 1337 Ratings · 57 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
    "Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary…

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    Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
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    3.77     · 1100 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition

    In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774,…

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    All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
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    3.80     · 1163 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions
    Florrie finds the adventure of a lifetime along…

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    Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
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    3.87     · 1168 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition
    In acclaimed author Patricia McKissack's latest…

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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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    3.87     · 2295 Ratings · 150 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    One of our final two Dear Americas, this is the…

    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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    4.04     · 1523 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    Angela and her family have arrived in New York…

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    The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
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    4.06     · 1655 Ratings · 197 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the…

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    Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
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    3.90     · 1511 Ratings · 179 Reviews · published 2011 · 8 editions
    Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry…

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    Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779
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    4.07     · 923 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2011 · 10 editions
    Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new…

    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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    4.09     · 914 Ratings · 115 Reviews · published 2011 · 7 editions
    Coretta Scott King winner Andrea Davis Pinkney…

    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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    3.64     · 647 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
    Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings…

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    A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
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    3.75     · 604 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    From National Book Award-winning author Judy…

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    Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
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    3.70     · 649 Ratings · 92 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti…

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    Dear America: A Picture of Freedom; And Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
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    4.51     · 47 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Nation at War: Civil War
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    3.89     · 85 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions

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