num_pages: 56
description: The year is 1774, and the British army has blockaded Boston. Ten-year-old Emma is stuck at Aunt Harmony's house in the city, far from her family. Emma desperately wants to help the American struggle for freedom. When Papa gives her a secret code the militia uses, she finally gets her chance to change the course of history.
language: English
title: Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl
titlecomplete: Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl (Young American Voices, #2)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Picture Books, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, American Revolutionary War, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 178
places: Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
series: Young American Voices
publisher: Clarion Books