Dear America Book List in Publication Order

Authors: Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, Barry Denenberg, Patricia McKissack, Joyce Hansen, Jim Murphy, Mary Pope Osborne, Ellen Emerson White, Sherry Garland, Ann Rinaldi, Karen Hesse, Ann Turner, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Katelan Janke, Beth Seidel Levine, Marion Dane Bauer, Megan McDonald, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Deborah Hopkinson, Kirby Larson, Lois Lowry, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Susan Patron, Judy Blundell
Number of Books in Series: 43 so far
Age Group: 8 - 13 years

Reading Level:

AR 4.3-6.6
GLE 2.4-6.6
F&P/GRL R-X
DRA 40-60

Book 1 Summary: 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.

Dear America Book List:

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 is the sequel to The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777; the other books in the series are independent stories and can be read in any order.

Book 1:

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1996
AR: 6.0 (4.0 Points, Quiz #17627)
GLE: 3.1; F&P/GRL: X; DRA: 60

Book 2:

The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1996
AR: 5.5 (4.0 Points, Quiz #17650)
GLE: 2.8; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 3:

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1996
AR: 6.6 (3.0 Points, Quiz #17648)
GLE: 6.5; F&P/GRL: U; DRA: 50

Book 4:

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 1997
AR: 4.6 (5.0 Points, Quiz #17636)
GLE: 5.2; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 5:

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 1197
AR: 5.5 (4.0 Points, Quiz #17602)
GLE: 5.2; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 6:

So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 1997
AR: 4.4 (3.0 Points, Quiz #17641)
GLE: 3.5; F&P/GRL: R; DRA: 40

Book 7:

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
Ages 8 - 13. October 1, 1997
AR: 5.0 (5.0 Points, Quiz #17624)
GLE: 4.8; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 8:

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
Ages 8 - 13. March 1, 1998
AR: 5.2 (6.0 Points, Quiz #18799)
GLE: 4.8

Book 9:

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
Ages 8 - 13. March 1, 1998
AR: 4.5 (4.0 Points, Quiz #18762)
GLE: 4.8; F&P/GRL: R; DRA: 40

Book 10:

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1998
AR: 5.1 (4.0 Points, Quiz #25224)
GLE: 4.8; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 11:

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 1998
AR: 6.5 (5.0 Points, Quiz #25892)
GLE: 3.3; F&P/GRL: U; DRA: 50

Book 12:

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1998
AR: 5.6 (6.0 Points, Quiz #25891)
GLE: 4.8

Book 13:

My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 1999
AR: 4.3 (5.0 Points, Quiz #31191)
GLE: 5.2

Book 14:

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 1999
AR: 5.7 (5.0 Points, Quiz #31190)
GLE: 5.8; F&P/GRL: W; DRA: 60

Book 15:

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1999
AR: 5.3 (4.0 Points, Quiz #32207)
GLE: 5.6; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 16:

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 1999
AR: 5.1 (5.0 Points, Quiz #32208)
GLE: 6.2; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 17:

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
Ages 8 - 13. July 1, 2000
AR: 5.5 (6.0 Points, Quiz #42429)
GLE: 5.5; F&P/GRL: U; DRA: 50

Book 18:

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 2000
AR: 4.9 (5.0 Points, Quiz #35834)
GLE: 6.5; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 19:

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
Ages 8 - 13. October 1, 2000
AR: 5.6 (6.0 Points, Quiz #44824)
GLE: 6.6

Book 20:

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2000
AR: 5.5 (4.0 Points, Quiz #44821)
GLE: 5.3; F&P/GRL: R; DRA: 40

Book 21:

Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 2001
AR: 6.2 (6.0 Points, Quiz #50168)
GLE: 5.6; F&P/GRL: W; DRA: 60

Book 22:

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
Ages 8 - 13. June 1, 2001
AR: 5.5 (5.0 Points, Quiz #52606)
GLE: 6.1; F&P/GRL: R; DRA: 40

Book 23:

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
Ages 8 - 13. November 1, 2001
AR: 5.4 (5.0 Points, Quiz #55193)
GLE: 5.5; F&P/GRL: W; DRA: 60

Book 24:

Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
Ages 8 - 13. February 29, 2000
AR: 5.6 (3.0 Points, Quiz #54162)
GLE: 5.5; F&P/GRL: S; DRA: 40

Book 25:

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
Ages 8 - 13. October 1, 2001
AR: 5.6 (6.0 Points, Quiz #54170)
GLE: 4.9

Book 26:

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2002
AR: 5.8 (6.0 Points, Quiz #59358)
GLE: 5.9; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 27:

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2002
AR: 5.9 (6.0 Points, Quiz #58676)
GLE: 5.9; F&P/GRL: S; DRA: 40

Book 28:

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 2002
AR: 6.0 (4.0 Points, Quiz #64750)
GLE: 4.9; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 29:

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 2002
AR: 6.4 (6.0 Points, Quiz #64752)
GLE: 5.9; F&P/GRL: X; DRA: 60

Book 30:

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2002
AR: 5.8 (5.0 Points, Quiz #64754)
GLE: 5.9

Book 31:

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 2003
AR: 5.9 (7.0 Points, Quiz #68064)
GLE: 4.9; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 32:

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 2003
AR: 5.6 (5.0 Points, Quiz #68065)
GLE: 4.9; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 33:

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 2003
AR: 5.3 (5.0 Points, Quiz #70045)
GLE: 5.5; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

Book 34:

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763
Ages 8 - 13. April 1, 2004
AR: 5.0 (4.0 Points, Quiz #77004)
GLE: 5.4; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 35:

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
Ages 8 - 13. October 1, 2004
AR: 6.3 (8.0 Points, Quiz #83121)
GLE: 6.4; F&P/GRL: X; DRA: 60

Book 36:

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909
Ages 8 - 13. October 1, 2004
AR: 4.8 (5.0 Points, Quiz #83014)
GLE: 4.4; F&P/GRL: S; DRA: 40

Book 37:

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2010
AR: 5.0 (8.0 Points, Quiz #139518)
GLE: 2.5; F&P/GRL: X; DRA: 60

Book 38:

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2011
AR: 5.6 (6.0 Points, Quiz #141528)
GLE: 2.7; F&P/GRL: T; DRA: 50

Book 39:

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779
Ages 8 - 13. May 1, 2011
AR: 4.8 (5.0 Points, Quiz #143877)
GLE: 2.5; F&P/GRL: W; DRA: 60

Book 40:

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
Ages 8 - 13. September 1, 2011
AR: 4.8 (8.0 Points, Quiz #146291)
GLE: 2.4; F&P/GRL: U; DRA: 50

Book 41:

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
Ages 8 - 13. January 1, 2012
AR: 6.1 (8.0 Points, Quiz #150475)
GLE: 5.7; F&P/GRL: W; DRA: 60

Book 42:

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
Ages 8 - 13. March 1, 2013
AR: 5.3 (6.0 Points, Quiz #157767)

Book 43:

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871
Ages 8 - 13. March 1, 2013
AR: 5.1 (6.0 Points, Quiz #157458)
GLE: 4.6; F&P/GRL: V; DRA: 50

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