Patricia C. McKissack

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Missouri

The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919

Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.

Color Me Dark

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Walter Dean Myers

Georgia

A World War II Soldier - Normandy, France, 1944

A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

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Retired library book #hardcover #fiction #history #chisholmtrail #cowboys #dearamerica #juvenile #kansas #mynameisamerica

New York

A Black Cowboy - The Chisholm Trail 1871

In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss, in an addition to a best-selling series composed by a Newbery Honor-winning author.

The Journal of Joshua Loper

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#hardcover #fiction #juvenilefiction #dearamerica #historicalfiction #exlibrarybook

In her diary, young Hope writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776 and the tensions between the Tories and the Patriots.

Five Smooth Stones

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Kathryn Lasky

Pennsylvania

The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower 1620

Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

A Journey to the New World

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The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

A Picture of Freedom

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Kristiana Gregory

The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868

As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the West in 1868.

The Great Railroad Race

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The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903

Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.

Dreams in the Golden Country

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Joseph Bruchac

A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears 1838

Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.

The Journal of Jesse Smoke

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Barry Denenberg

The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia 1864

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

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The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows

On the heels of the much-anticipated movie "Pearl Harbor", acclaimed author Barry Dennenberg has written a moving story of one girl's devasting expenrience at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy at approximately 8:00 A.M., Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The surprise attack involved a striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft. Nineteen U.S. ships, including five battleships, and about 150 U.S planes were destroyed; more than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and civilians were killed. President Roosevelt declared that it was "a day that will live in infamy." On December 8, Congress declared a state of war with Japan; three days later Germany and Italy declared was on the United States.

Early Sunday Morning

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William Durbin

A Transcontinental Railroad Worker - Nebraska and Points West, 1867

In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.

The Journal of Sean Sullivan

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Mary Pope Osborne

The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan

A strong-willed Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

Standing in the Light

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Lois Lowry

The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine 1918

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

Like the Willow Tree

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Ellen Emerson White

Washington

United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968

The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

In her diary in 1912, 13-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic and experiences its sinking.

Voyage on the Great Titanic

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Maryland

Utah

A Revolutionary War Patriot

William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule, in a boy-narrated companion to the Dear America series.

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson

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Ann Warren Turner

Ann Rinaldi

Michigan

The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1863

The narrator describes her experiences as her Navajo tribe is forced to relocate by the U.S. Army in 1864 New Mexico.

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Patricia C. McKissack

Color Me Dark

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Joshua Loper

Kristiana Gregory

Five Smooth Stones

Kathryn Lasky

A Journey to the New World

Patricia C. McKissack

A Picture of Freedom

Kristiana Gregory

The Great Railroad Race

Kathryn Lasky

Dreams in the Golden Country

Joseph Bruchac

The Journal of Jesse Smoke

Barry Denenberg

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

Kathryn Lasky

A Journey to the New World

Barry Denenberg

Early Sunday Morning

William Durbin

The Journal of Sean Sullivan

Mary Pope Osborne

Standing in the Light

Lois Lowry

Like the Willow Tree

Ellen Emerson White

The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

Mary Pope Osborne

Standing in the Light

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

Ellen Emerson White

Voyage on the Great Titanic

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Joshua Loper

Barry Denenberg

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson

Ann Warren Turner; Ann Rinaldi

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow