My America
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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1863, as the Civil War approaches her quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nine-year-old Virginia records in a journal the horrible things she witnesses before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First trade edition.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.
7) Flying free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, build a new life in Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping to help those they left behind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.
12)
We are patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War diary, book two
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13) A fine start
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book Meg brings her prairie diary to an end describing her days in the Kansas Territory, a deadly twister, and the start of school.
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For this land
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15) Home at last
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1903, ten-year-old Sofia and her family begin their life in America in Boston, where her father works in a grocery, her mother sells pasta, and she goes to school while trying to stay in touch with her old friend Maureen. Includes historical notes.
16) Hope in my heart
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.
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Message in the sky
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18)
A time to dance: Virginia's Civil War diary, book three
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19)
The wild year
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20)
An American spring
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21)
When freedom comes
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