My Name Is America series by Various Authors (See Below) (13 Books)
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Overview: My Name Is America is a series of historical novels for older boys published by Scholastic Press. Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man’s life during an important event or time period in American history. The series was discontinued in 2004.
Genre: Fiction > General
The Journal Of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 [PDF] by Jim Murphy
Jonathan Dodge runs away from home to escape his father’s anger. He joins the crew of a whaling ship headed for Alaska’s frozen seas, where he finds danger and adventure. Jim Murphy once again writes an exciting story of a young boy on the cusp of a great, and sometimes violent, world. Jonathan Dodge has run away from his father’s house, fleeing his father’s wrathful punishments. He signs on as a "greenhorn," a sailor on an Alaskan whaling ship. On the high seas Jonathan finds more adventure and danger than one boy could have hoped for.
The Journal Of Sean Sullivan, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker [ePUB] by William Durbin
The Broken Blade tells the story of a fifteen-year-old who goes to Nebraska to work on the Transcontinental Railroad with his father.
The Journal of Rufus Rowe, A Witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg [PDF] by Sid Hite
Sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home, to escape his cruel stepfather. He finds work and shelter in Fredericksburg, Virginia, just as the Rebel troops begin to amass in preparation for a confrontation with the Union Army. Rufus befriends several Confederate officers, who do not believe the Confederate army can be beaten, and sensitively observes and records the gripping battle that takes place there.
The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie [PDF] by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
When his father dies, Finn Reardon must support his family by selling newspapers on the streets of Manhattan, where he finds himself in the middle of the Newsie Strike of 1899. When Finn Reardon’s father dies, he decides to support his mother and eight siblings by peddling newspapers on the streets corners of New York City. But when the two biggest newspaper publishers, Hearst and Pulitzer, raise the wholesale price that Finn and his friends pay for the papers they sell, the boys band together and go on strike. Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings humor and wit to this classic David and Goliath struggle between the Newsies and the newspaper publishers.
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 [ePUB] by Ellen Emerson White
The brother of an anti-war demonstrator, a young marine is fighting a war no one understands while his sister is fighting on the home front to end the war in Vietnam and bring her brother home. An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister diarists. He is a Marine stationed in Vietnam. She is at home in America, far away from her brother’s war zone, fighting for peace. As the marine writes in his journal about his experiences as a soldier, fighting an enemy he can’t see, his siter seeks peace. In these gripping installments of DEAR AMERICA and MY NAME IS AMERICA, Ellen Emerson White captures the unique time period when America was at war both in a far-off place, and at home where adults and children alike marched in the streets for peace and freedo. Poignant and comlex, these two characters will give readers glimpse into perhaps the most tumultuous time in modern American history.
The Journal of C. J. Jackson, a Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 [PDF] by William Durbin
April 10, 1935 The dust has been blowing bad for several years in a row now. And with crop failures coming back to back like they have, hundreds of families have lost their farms. A Monday never passes without Sheriff Jake Allison posting a notice of foreclosure at the Boise City courthouse. Times are so rough, that when they hold an auction to sell a place, the only people that show up are the banks and the insurance companies. Nobody else has a nickel.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke : A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 [ePUB] by Joseph Bruchac
When thousands of Cherokees were forced west by settlers in the 1830s, they named the path they followed the Trail of Tears. This powerful fictionalized journal retraces one young Native American boy’s trek down that lonesome way.
The Journal Of Otto Peltonen, A Finnish Immigrant [PDF] by William Durbin
After his family emigrates from Finland to Minnesota, Otto Peltonen and his father work in the dangerous iron ore mines of the Mesabi Range. There, in the face of discrimination from the foremen, who accept bribes for the prime mining spots, Otto and his father take part in the beginnings of the labor unionization.
Blazing West, the Journal of Augustus Pelletier, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 [ePUB] by Kathryn Lasky
Fourteen-year-old Augustus, half French, half Omaha Indian, sets out to proof himself worthy of Lewis and Clark on their great adventure of discovery. He follows the explorers for two hundred miles before making his presence known to the commanding captain of the Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis, himself. Gus’s ability to read and write makes him useful to the explorers, and he starts to keep a record of their travels. But traveling west isn’t easy, and the company faces constant danger. Is Augustus a tough enough explorer to survive such hardships?
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy [PDF] by Ann Rinaldi
The story of Jasper, a 14-year-old Pilgrim who makes his mark at Plymouth by establishing a friendship with the Nauset Indians.
Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 [ePUB] by Laurence Yep
In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong Ming-Chung makes the dangerous trip to America to join his uncle on his hunt for a fortune. The true treasure for Ming-Chung, though, is America itself. In the midst of the lawless, often hostile environment, he is able to forge an international community of friends.
The Journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 [ePUB] by Walter Dean Myers
Biddy Owens is the batboy for the Birmingham Black Barons, one of the best teams in the Negro Leagues. With a supporting cast of characters that includes some of the greatest players ever, Biddy¹s story covers the games, the grueling road trips, racial segregation, and day-to-day life in Birmingham during this pivotal time in American history.
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp [PDF] by Barry Denenberg
For almost 11 months in the internment camp, 12-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal and he writes, "It never seemed to matter before, but now my face was the face of the enemy".
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Other Books:
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg
The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 by Jim Murphy
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