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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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3.67 · 8586 Ratings · 308 Reviews · published 1996 · 24 editions
A pilgrim girl makes the exciting yet dangerous jo…

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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     · 8019 Ratings · 389 Reviews · published 1996 · 13 editions
    Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the d…

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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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    3.62     · 4455 Ratings · 225 Reviews · published 1996 · 7 editions
    A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southe…

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    A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859
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    4.00     · 4831 Ratings · 274 Reviews · published 1997 · 21 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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    4.03     · 7528 Ratings · 440 Reviews · published 1997 · 15 editions
    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     · 5082 Ratings · 202 Reviews · published 2003 · 7 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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    3.92     · 4932 Ratings · 216 Reviews · published 1997 · 15 editions

    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     · 2563 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 1998 · 2 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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    3.89     · 4628 Ratings · 170 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 editions
    New dreams and old traditions flourish and clash w…

    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     · 6401 Ratings · 320 Reviews · published 1998 · 11 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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    3.99     · 9955 Ratings · 671 Reviews · published 1998 · 8 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     · 2931 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition
    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     · 3329 Ratings · 157 Reviews · published 1999 · 2 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     · 3805 Ratings · 117 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     · 3597 Ratings · 177 Reviews · published 1999 · 12 editions
    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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    3.79     · 2355 Ratings · 109 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 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     · 5211 Ratings · 295 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life…

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    Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
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    3.96     · 2734 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 2000 · 5 editions
    An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her …

    Shelve Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919

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    One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
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    4.04     · 3029 Ratings · 163 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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    3.99     · 4124 Ratings · 206 Reviews · published 2000 · 12 editions
    In a diary that brings to life the dramatic happen…

    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     · 1524 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 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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    3.92     · 2827 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    Susanna Fairchild and her family journey to Oregon…

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    Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
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    3.91     · 3068 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    At the age of twelve, Minnie Swift is living throu…

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    Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
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    3.85     · 3593 Ratings · 215 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 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     · 1689 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 2001 · 1 edition
    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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    3.81     · 2065 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions
    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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    3.92     · 2425 Ratings · 115 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 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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    3.94     · 2303 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    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     · 2232 Ratings · 115 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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    3.91     · 1756 Ratings · 109 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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    3.67     · 1433 Ratings · 67 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
    "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     · 1211 Ratings · 67 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition

    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     · 1260 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 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     · 1284 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition
    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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    3.88     · 2570 Ratings · 172 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 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     · 1668 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    Angela and her family have arrived in New York Cit…

    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     · 1956 Ratings · 232 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the fi…

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    Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
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    3.89     · 2245 Ratings · 283 Reviews · published 2011 · 10 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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    4.08     · 1187 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 2011 · 9 editions
    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     · 1374 Ratings · 171 Reviews · published 2011 · 7 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     · 840 Ratings · 106 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 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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    3.76     · 768 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 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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    3.68     · 807 Ratings · 109 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 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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    4.41     · 61 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Nation at War: Civil War
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    3.89     · 99 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions

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