Dear America Series by Kathryn Lasky
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Overview: Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels aimed at girls aged 8-14. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman’s life during an important event or time period in American history.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.
A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
As the fight for women’s suffrage heats up, Kathleen"Kat" Bowen gets to participate as her mother and her sister, and many others close to her organize and act to win the right to vote.
January 19, 1917
The picket line has been going on for over a week! And people said they would not last a day and the weather still has not broken. What’s more is news of the picket is spreading and more and more women are coming from other parts of the district and some from as far away as
Maryland and Virginia. President Wilson felt so sorry for them in the cold that he invited them in for coffee but they refused. They said they would only come in to talk about a federal amendment for the women’s right to vote. No coffee! This made me think of Sojourner Truth’s words about men who help lift women into carriages and over mud puddles–that of course is the easy part, just like giving them coffee. Giving them the vote is the hard part.
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
At the age of twelve, Minnie Swift is living through one of the toughest times in America’s history, The Great Depression. She keeps a detailed diary over the span of one Christmas month. Reflecting the sadness but also the optimism that characterized the time, this is an intimate portrait of a Midwestern family’s days and nights, ups and downs, triumphs and losses. It’s the story of one family’s persevering spirit: The Christmas Spirit.
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