Waiting for the Queen 

by Joanna Higgins

call number: JF HIGGINS J.

A surprising friendship develops between Eugenie, an escapee from the French Revolution, and Hannah, a Quaker girl, when they unite in the cause against slavery in this adventuresome tale of true nobility set amidst the rugged, eighteenth-century, Pennsylvania wilderness.  Fifteen-year-old Eugenie de La Roque and her family barely escape the French Revolution with their lives. Along with several other noble families, they sail to America, where French Azilium, as the area came to be known, is being carved out of the rugged wilderness of Pennsylvania. Hannah Kimbrell is a young Quaker who has been chosen to help prepare French Azilum for the arrival of the aristocrats. In this wild place away from home and the memories they hold dear, Eugenie and Hannah find more in common than they first realize. With much to learn from each other, the girls unite to help free several slaves from their tyrannical French owner, a dangerous scheme that requires personal sacrifice in exchange for the slaves' freedom.A story of friendship against all odds, 'Waiting for the Queen' is a loving portrait of the values of a young America, and a reminder that true nobility is more than a royal title.

Number the Stars 

by Lois Lowry

call number JF LOWRY L.

 It's 1943 Copenhagen and the Jews of Denmark are being "relocated," so Annemarie Johansen's best friend, Ellen, moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. When Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission, she must find the courage to save her friend's life.

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi

call number:  JF Avi

As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious.

The Magician's Elephant 
by Kate DiCamillo

call number:  JF DiCamillo K.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

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

My Name Is America Series
written by multiple authors

call number JF DEAR

A spin-off series of Dear America, Each of the books is a journal of a young man's life during an important event or time period in American history.

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce:
A Pilgrim boy, Plymouth, 1620
by Ann Rinaldi

Blazing West: The Journal of Augustus Pelletier:
Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
by Kathryn Lasky

On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke:
A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838
by Joseph Bruchac

The Journal of Jedediah Barstow:
An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845
by Ellen Levine

The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds:
The Donner Party Expedition, 1846
by Rodman Philbrick

Staking a Claim: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung:
A Chinese Miner, California, 1852
by Laurence Yep

The Journal of Rufus Rowe:
A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862
by Sid Hite

On Enemy Soil: The Journal of James Edmond Pease:
A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863
by Jim Murphy

Until the Last Spike: The Journal of Sean Sullivan:
A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867
by William Durbin

The Journal of Joshua Loper:
A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871
by Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Brian Doyle:
A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874
by Jim Murphy

The Journal of Finn Reardon:
A Newsie, New York City, 1899
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Journal of Otto Peltonen:
A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905
by William Durbin

The Journal of C.J. Jackson:
A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935
by William Durbin

The Journal of Ben Uchida:
Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
by Barry Denenberg

We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins:
A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
by Walter Dean Myers

Into No Man's Land: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty:
United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968
by Ellen Emerson White

My America Series
written by multiple authors

call number JF DEAR

A spin-off series of Dear America, My America is a series of fictional diaries of young girls and boys during American history

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries
by Patricia Hermes

Our Strange New Land
Season of Promise

Hope's Revolutionary War Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory

Five Smooth Stones
We Are Patriots
When Freedom Comes

Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries
by Patricia Hermes

Westward to Home
A Perfect Place
The Wild Year

Meg's Prairie Diaries
by Kate McMullan

As Far As I Can See
For This Land
A Fine Start

Corey's Underground Railroad Diaries
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Freedom's Wings
Flying Free
Message in the Sky

Virginia's Civil War Diaries
by Mary Pope Osborne

My Brother's Keeper
After the Rain
A Time to Dance

Sofia's Immigrant Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky

Hope in my Heart
Home At Last
An American Spring