Junior Fiction Book Finder

Dear America Series
written by multiple authors

call number JF DEAR

Historical fiction novels that give readers glimpses of the nation's past. Each of the books is a girl's diary that features real-life historical figures but is mostly about the girls' daily lives.

1600's

A Journey to the New World:
The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
by Kathryn Lasky

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

1700's

Look to the Hills:
The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack  

Standing in the Light:
The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
by Mary Pope Osborne  

Love Thy Neighbor:
The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner  

The Winter of Red Snow:
The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
by Kristiana Gregory

1800's

A Line in the Sand:
The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836
by Sherry Garland  

Valley of the Moon:
The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
by Sherry Garland  

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie:
The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847
by Kristiana Gregory  

So Far from Home:
The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg  

All the Stars in the Sky:
The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848
by Megan McDonald 

A Picture of Freedom:
The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
by Patricia McKissack 

A Light in the Storm:
The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
by Karen Hesse 

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow:
The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
by Ann Turner  

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?:
The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
by Barry Denenberg  

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly:
The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by Joyce Hansen  

The Great Railroad Race:
The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
by Kristiana Gregory 

Land of the Buffalo Bones:
The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
by Marion Dane Bauer  

Behind the Masks:
The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
by Susan Patron  

My Heart Is on the Ground:
The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
by Ann Rinaldi  

My Face to the Wind:
The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
by Jim Murphy 

West to a Land of Plenty:
The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy  

A Coal Miner's Bride:
The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

1900's

Dreams in the Golden Country:
The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
by Kathryn Lasky

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

Voyage on the Great Titanic:
The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
by Ellen Emerson White

A Time for Courage:
The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
by Kathryn Lasky

When Christmas Comes Again:
The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917
by Beth Seidel Levine

Like the Willow Tree:
The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
by Lois Lowry

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

Christmas After All:
The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
by Kathryn Lasky

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall:
The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
by Barry Denenberg

Survival in the Storm:
The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
by Katelan Janke

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping:
The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
by Barry Denenberg

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

My Secret War:
The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
by Mary Pope Osborne

With the Might of Angels:
The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
by Ellen Emerson White