Dear America
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A journey to the New World: the diary of Remember Patience Whipple
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A line in the sand: the Alamo diary of Lucinda Lawrence
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West to a land of plenty: the diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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The great railroad race: the diary of Libby West
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My heart is on the ground: the diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl
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A coal miner's bride: the diary of Anetka Kaminska
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Color me dark: the diary of Nellie Lee Love, the great migration North
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My secret war: the World War II diary of Madeline Beck
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One eye laughing, the other weeping: the diary of Julie Weiss
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Christmas after all: the Great Depression diary of Minnie Swift
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Seeds of hope: the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild
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Valley of the Moon: the diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros
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Pub. Date
2002
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189 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935.
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A time for courage: the diary of Kathleen Bowen
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When Christmas comes again: the World War I diary of Simone Spencer
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Pub. Date
2002
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188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.
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Land of the buffalo bones: the diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota
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I walk in dread: the diary of Deliverance Trembley, witness to the Salem witch trials
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Look to the hills: the diary of Lozette Moreau, a French slave girl
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Pub. Date
2010
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313 p. : photos, map ; 20 cm.
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Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941 when her brother joins the Navy, the United States goes to war, she attempts to document her life through photography, and her father--the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle--follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him. Includes historical notes.
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2011
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244 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
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From the winter of 1779 until 1781, Abigail Stewart and her family follow the path of her father's Continental Army unit after their Valley Forge home burns down, enduring harsh winters and scarce food, and narrowly escaping danger time and again.
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Pub. Date
2011
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216 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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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.
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2011
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324 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
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Across the wide and lonesome prairie: the Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell
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Behind the masks: the diary of Angeline Reddy
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A city tossed and broken: the diary of Minnie Bonner
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Down the rabbit hole: the diary of Pringle Rose
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