My America is a Dear America

Dear America

Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...

 spin-off series, a series of fictional diaries of young children during American history. Created by Scholastic. It introduces kids to Jamestown

Jamestown Settlement

Jamestown Settlement is a name used by the Commonwealth of Virginia's portion of the historical sites and museums at Jamestown. Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America...

, the American Revolution, the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

, Westward Expansion, Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists,...

, and slavery

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...

. The series was discontinued in 2004.

Books

There are twenty one books in the My America Series:

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries by Patricia Hermes:

• Our Strange New Land
• The Starving Time
• Seasons of Promise

Hope's Revolutionary War Diaries by Kristiana Gregory

Kristiana Gregory

Kristiana Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the Dear America and Royal Diaries series...

:

• Five Smooth Stones
• We Are Patriots
• When Freedom Comes

Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries by Patricia Hermes:

• Westward to Home
• A Perfect Place
• The Wild Year

Meg's Prairie Diaries by Kate McMullan:

• As Far As I Can See
• For This Land
• A Fine Start

Corey's Underground Railroad Diaries by Sharon Dennis Wyeth:

• Freedom's Wings
• Flying Free
• Message in the Sky

Virginia's Civil War Diaries by Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne is an American children's book author. She is best known for her award-winning and bestselling Magic Tree House series, which has been translated into over 20 languages and sold over 53 million copies.-Background:...

:

• My Brother's Keeper
• After the Rain
• A Time to Dance

Sofia's Immigrant Diaries by Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky is an American author whose work includes several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.-Biography:...

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• Hope in my Heart
• Home At Last
• An American Spring