Reading list: Dear America
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620, by Kathryn Lasky.
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691, by Lisa Rowe Fraustino.
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763, by Mary Pope Osborne.
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763, by Patricia McKissack.
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774, by Ann Turner.
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777, by Kristiana Gregory.
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779, by Kristiana Gregory
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836, by Sherry Garland.
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta, California, 1846, by Sherry Garland.
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847, by Kristiana Gregory.
So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847, by Barry Denenberg
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848, by Megan McDonald.
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849, by Kristiana Gregory.
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859, by Patricia McKissack.
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861, by Karen Hesse.
When Will this Cruel War be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864, by Barry Denenberg.
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864, by Ann Turner.
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865, by Joyce Hansen.
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868, by Kristiana Gregory.
Down the Rabbit Hole: the Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873, by Marion Dane Bauer.
My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880, by Ann Rinaldi.
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880, by Susan Patron.
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Pararie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881, by Jim Murphy.
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883, by Jim Murphy.
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903, by Kathryn Lasky.
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Farncisco, California, 1906, by Judy Blundell.
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909, by Deborah Hopkinson.
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Maragaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912, by Ellen Emerson White.
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917, by Kathryn Lasky.
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917, by Beth Seidel Levine.
Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918, by Lois Lowry.
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919, by Patricia McKissack.
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932, by Kathryn Lasky.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932, by Barry Denenberg.
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935, by Katelan Janke.
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938, by barry Denenberg.
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941, by Mary Pope Osborne
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941, by Barry Denenberg.
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941, by Kirby Larson.
With the Might of Angels: The Dairy of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954, by Andrea Davis Pinkney.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968, by Kathryn Lasky.