The Dear America Books

In this wonderful series readers get to meet a variety of girl characters who lived at different times in America's history. This series provides readers with a wonderful way to find out what it was like to live in the past.
Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, 1918

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

Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 10 and up
Scholastic , 2011   ISBN: 978-0545144698
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The Fences Between us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle Washington, 1941

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

Kirby Larson
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 10 and up
Scholastic Press, 2010   ISBN: 978-0545224185
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Survival of the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards

Survival of the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards

Katelan Janke
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2002   ISBN: 978-0439215992
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A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen

Kathryn Lasky
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2002   ISBN: 978-0590511414
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My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck

Mary Pope Osborne
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000   ISBN: 978-0590687157
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss

Barry Denenberg
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000   ISBN: 978-0439095181
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The Great Railroad race: The Diary of Libby West

The Great Railroad race: The Diary of Libby West

Kristiana Gregory
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic , 1999   ISBN: 978-0590109918
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Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Ann Turner
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2003   ISBN: 978-0439153089
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker

Deborah Hopkinson
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2004   ISBN: 978-0439221610
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I walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch T

I walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch T

Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic Inc., 2011   ISBN: 978-0545311656
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Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 18

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 18

Kristiana Gregory
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 10 and up
Scholastic, 2001   ISBN: 978-0590511575
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Anne Brady, 1912

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Anne Brady, 1912

Ellen Emerson White
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic USA, 1998   ISBN: 978-0590962735
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So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll and Irish Mill Girl

So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll and Irish Mill Girl

Barry Denenberg
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 1997   ISBN: 978-0590926676
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A Journey to the New World:The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, 1620

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

Kathryn Lasky , Kristiana Gregory
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 to and up
Scholastic, 1996   ISBN: 978-0590502146
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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Dairy of Minnie Swift

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Dairy of Minnie Swift

Kathryn Lasky
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 to and up
Scholastic, 2001   ISBN: 978-0439219433
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