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

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

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

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

  • A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, VA 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack*

  • A Time of Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C. 1917 by Kathryn Lasky (not yet published)

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

  • All the Starts in the Sky, The Santa Fe Trail Dairy of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848

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

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

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

  • Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg

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

  • Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer (not yet published)

  • Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Warren Turner (not yet published)

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

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

  • My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, PA 1800 by Ann Rinaldi

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

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

  • Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory

  • So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Criscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg*

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

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

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

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

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

  • Valley of the Moon: They Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros Sanoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland

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

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

  • When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, NYC to Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine

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

  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, MA 1968 by Ellen Emerson White (Vietnam War)

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

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

  • The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers

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

  • The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by W.R. Philbrick

  • The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie, New York, NY 1899

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

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

  • The Journal of Jebediah Barstow: an Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine

  • The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac

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

  • The Journal of Otto Peltonen a Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, MN 1905 by William Durbin

  • The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: A United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

  • The Journal of Rufus Rowe, A Witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, VA 1862

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

  • The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska adn Points West, 1867 by William Durbin

  • The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, MA 1774 by Barry Denenberg

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

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My America

  • Corey's Underground Railroad Diaries by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
           
    Book One: Freedom's Wings, 1857*
           
    Book Two: Flying Free, 1858*
           
    Book Three: Message in the Sky, 1959

  • Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary by Patricia Hermes
           
    Book One: Our Strange New Land, 1609
           
    Book Two: The Starving Time, 1609
           
    Book Three: Season of Promise, 1611

  • Hope's Revolutionary War Diaries by Kristiana Gregory
           
    Book One: Five Smooth Stones, 1776
           
    Book Two: We Are Patriots, 1777

  • Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries by Patricia Hermes
           
    Book One: Westward to Home, 1848
           
    Book Two: A Perfect Place, 1848
            Book Three: The Wild Year, 1849

  • Virginia's Civil War Diaries by Mary Pope Osborne
           
    Book One: My Brother's Keeper, 1863*
            Book Two: After the Rain, 1864*
           
    Book Three: A Time to Dance, 1865-66

  • Meg's Prairie Diary by Kate McMullan
           
    Book One: As Far As I Can See, 1856
           
    Book Two: For This Land, 1856
           
    Book Three:  A Fine Start, 1857

  • Sofia's Immigrant Dairies
            Book One: Hope in My Heart, 1903
           
    Book Two: Home at Last, 1903
     

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The Royal Diaries

  • Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia 1914 by Carolyn Meyer

  • Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory

  • Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France 1136 by Kristiana Gregory

  • Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary, 1953 by Barry Deneberg

  • Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky

  • Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain 1466 by Carolyn Meyer

  • Jahanara, Princess of Princesses, India 1627 by Kathryn Lasky

  • Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White

  • Kristina; The Girl King, Sweden 1693

  • Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 by Laurence Yep

  • Marie Antoinette Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769 by Kathryn Lasky

  • Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France 1553 by Kathryn Lasky

  • Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa 1595 by Patricia McKissack

  • Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595 by Sheri Holman

  • Victory: May Blossom of Britannia, England 1829 by Anna Kirwan

  • Weetamoo: Heart of Pocassets, Massachusetts, RI, 1653

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