My America
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
p. 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
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 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.
5)
After the rain: Virginia's Civil War diary, book two
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st trade ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
106 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
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
Author
Series
My America volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
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
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. ; 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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 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.
12) We are patriots
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes.
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Language
English
Description
In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the prairie with her brave and sweet spirit.Meg continues to describe the daily realities on the prairie as she and her family make their lives in Kansas. Throughout these times of difficulty and joy, Meg is always courageous and thoughtful. Kate McMullan is the bestselling author of the I'M BAD, I'M DIRTY, I'M MIGHTY, and I STINK picture books illustrated...
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Language
English
Description
In Book Two of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family on the Kansas prairie, where they fight alongside the Abolitionists to keep Kansas a free state.
In Kate McMullan's second book of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg's family is reunited on the prairie. Their new life is soon jeopardized by not only the struggle against slavery and those who would have Kansas be a slave state, but also a devastating fire that threatens to destroy...
15) Home at last
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
106 p. : ill. ; 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.
17)
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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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book, Joshua's diary comes to an end with stories of life in Oregon, his sister lost in the woods, and Joshua starting school.
20)
An American spring
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21)
When freedom comes
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