num_pages: 219
description: Meet Anetka, a 13-year-old Polish girl who comes to America as a promised bride to a Pennsylvania coal miner. Her fascinating diary entries give readers a personal glimpse into what life was like in a coal-mining town during a tumultuous time in our country's past.
language: English
title: A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
titlecomplete: A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (Dear America)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Diary, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, American, Historical Fiction, Romance, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 5327
places: Poland, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic