| The Royal Diaries, Dear America, and My Name is America
Series
Combining fiction and non-fiction through the eyes of the authors, based on their research. Historical notes conclude each book. Links might open in new window |
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| Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | A
Coal Miner's Bride: The Dairy of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania,
1896
[Dance Tunes from the Pennsylvania Coal Mines 1928-1930] Dear America: Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 |
| Bauer, Marion Dane | Dear America: Land Of The Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, 1873 [Minenesota Buffalo and Quiz] |
| Blundell, Judy | Dear America: A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 |
| Bruchac, Joseph | The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 |
| Denenberg, Barry | When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia,1864
So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp |
| Durban, William | The
Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker
[Driving the Last Spike in the Trancontinental RR] [Photo Exhibit] |
| Faustino, Lisa Rowe | I Walk in Dread Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials |
| Garland, Sherry | A
Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales,Texas,1836
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia De Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 |
| Gregory, Kristiana
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Cannons at Dawn Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1779: The Second Diary of Abingail Jane Stewart (2011)
Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Dairy of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 [Discussion Guide] Cleopatra VII: Daugther of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. [Discussion Guide] Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West [race to complete a transcontinental railroad] |
| Hansen, Joyce | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly : The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 |
| Hermes, Patricia | Westward
to Home: Joshua's Diary
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609 The Starving Time: Elizabeth's Diary, Book Two, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609 |
| Hesse, Karen | A Light in the Storm: The Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 [Amelia Martin's father is stripped of his post as a ship's captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware -- a state wedged between the North and the South, just as Amelia is wedged between her warring parents. Amelia's mother blames her abolitionist husband for their living conditions, which she claims are taking a toll on her health. Amelia observes her mother's hate and her father's admiration for Abraham Lincoln. But slavery is the deeper issue separating the two sides. As the Civil War rages on, Amelia slowly learns that she cannot stop the fighting, but by keeping watch in the lighthouse each day, lighting the lamps, cleaning the glass, and rescuing victims of Atlantic storms, she can still make a difference.] |
| Larson, Kurby | The Diary of Piper Davis: The Fences Between Us, Seattle, Washington, 1941 [WWII/Pearl Harbor/Battleship Arizona/Japanese camps] |
| Lasky, Kathryn | Dreams
in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant
Girl, New York City, 1903
A Journey to the New World: The Dairy of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower,1620 Marie
Antoinette: Princess of Versailles Austria-France, 1769
My America: Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (Book 1) [Quarantine/Ellis Island]
Royal Diaries: Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
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| Lowry, Lois | Dear America: Like The Willow Tree, Portland, Maine, 1918: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce. [Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Thrust into the Shakers' unfamiliar way of life, Lydia must grapple with a new world that is nothing like the one she used to know.] |
| McMullen, Kate | My America: A Fine Start: Meg's Prairie Diary [Kansas Territory] |
| McKissack, Patricia | A
Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation,1859
[Virtual Trip on the Underground Railroad] Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinios,1919 Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba: Angola, Africa 1595
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| Meyer, Carolyn | Isabel:
Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 [Discussion
Guide]
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 [Discussion Guide] |
| Murphy,
Jim
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West
to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York
to Idaho Terrritory, 1883
The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier |
| Myers, Walter
Dean
[See African-American] |
The
Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues |
| Osborne, Mary Pope | Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (2011) |
| Philbrick, Rodman | The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 |
| Pinkney, Andrea Davis | With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 [In the fall of 1955, twelve-year-old Dawn Rae Johnson's life turns upside down. After the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, Dawnie learns she will be attending a previously all-white school. She's the only one of her friends to go to this new school and to leave the comfort of all that is familiar to face great uncertainty in the school year ahead.] |
| Rinaldi, Ann | My
Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl,
Carlisle Indiana School, Pennsylvania,1880
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy |
| Clark, Patricia Clark | Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653 [ |
| Turner, Ann Warren | The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 [Useful Information] |
| White, Ellen Emerson | Voyage On The Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S.Titanic,1912
Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 |
| Wyeth, Sharon Dennis | Freedom's Wings: Corey's Diary [Discussion Guide]
Flying Free: Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary (Bk. 2) Message in the Sky: Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary (Bk. 3) |
| Yep, Laurence | Lady Ch'Iao Kuo: The Red Bird of the South, China 539 A.D. |
Last Update: January 18, 2013