Dear America

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota by Marion Dane Bauer

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota

Dear America #31

Marion Dane Bauer

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional informative slow-paced
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson by Ann Turner

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Dear America #32

Ann Turner

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative reflective fast-paced
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder by Megan McDonald

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder

Dear America #33

Megan McDonald

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl by Patricia C. McKissack

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

Dear America #34

Patricia C. McKissack

192 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

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

Dear America #35

Lisa Rowe Fraustino

203 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult dark informative slow-paced
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson

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

Dear America #36

Deborah Hopkinson

190 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional fast-paced
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Kirby Larson

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

Dear America #37

Kirby Larson

313 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional slow-paced
Like the Willow Tree by Lois Lowry

Like the Willow Tree

Dear America #38

Lois Lowry

224 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction childrens historical middle grade emotional slow-paced
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

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

Dear America #39

Kristiana Gregory

244 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction childrens historical adventurous slow-paced
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

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

Dear America #40

Andrea Davis Pinkney

336 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced