14 must-read childrens books like The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America) by Jim Murphy

Cover of The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America) by Jim  Murphy

The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America)

By: Jim Murphy

3.67

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Jim Murphy's newest MNIA, Jonathan Dodge runs away from home to escape his father's anger. He jo…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America) by Jim Murphy , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Dulcie's Taste of Magic (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #11) by Gail  Herman, Disney Storybook Artists

1. Dulcie's Taste of Magic (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #11)

By: Gail Herman , Disney Storybook Artists

4.15

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Poor Dulcie! After the overworked baking fairy nearly ruins breakfast, Queen Clarion tells her to t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"That's why I bake. To fill fairies with goodness." And it was true, she realized. She didn't run the kitchen just to boss other fairies around. She didn't give orders just to make herself feel import…"

-Gail Herman, Dulcie's Taste of Magic (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #11)

Cover of A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America) by Judy Blundell

2. A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)

By: Judy Blundell

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Ear… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Dear America) by Ann Turner

3. Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Dear America)

By: Ann Turner

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

4. Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America)

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web … read more

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  • childrens
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (Dear America) by Beth Seidel Levine

5. When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (Dear America)

By: Beth Seidel Levine

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In April of 1917, Simone Spencer's world changes. Her beloved brother Will goes off to war, and Sim… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653 by Patricia Clark Smith

6. Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653

By: Patricia Clark Smith

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

It is 1654 in New England, native land of Algonquin tribes, among them the Pocasset, Wampanoag, and… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder by Megan McDonald

7. All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder

By: Megan McDonald

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Florrie finds the adventure of a lifetime along the Santa Fe Trail, meeting new challenges and dang… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl by Ann Turner

8. The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

By: Ann Turner

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

The narrator describes her experiences as her Navajo tribe is forced to relocate by the U.S. Army i… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9. Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl

By: Patricia C. McKissack

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed author Patricia McKissack's latest addition to the Dear America line, Lozette, a Frenc… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (Dear America Series) by Kathryn Lasky

10. Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (Dear America Series)

By: Kathryn Lasky

3.57

Format: None pages,

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

11. My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

By: Mary Pope Osborne

3.54

Format: None pages,

In a diary that brings to life the dramatic happenings on the home front during World War II, Madel… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

12. A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.54

Format: None pages,

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

13. With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954

By: Andrea Davis Pinkney

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King winner Andrea Davis Pinkney brings her talents to a brand-new Dear America diary… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941

By: Barry Denenberg

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Amber's journal chronicles two months that change her life forever. In late 1941 her family moves t… read more

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15. Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919

By: Patricia C. McKissack

3.65

Format: 304 pages,

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16. My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880

By: Ann Rinaldi

3.62

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Beginning in broken English, Nannie tells of her incredibly difficult first year at the school, inc… read more

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17. Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

Susanna Fairchild's family had planned to move to Oregon and begin a relatively quiet life there. B… read more

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18. A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As the fight for women's suffrage heats up, Kathleen"Kat" Bowen gets to participate as her mother a… read more

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19. Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (Dear America Series)

By: Deborah Hopkinson

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Angela and her family have arrived in New York City from their village in Italy to find themselves … read more

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20. Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912

By: Ellen Emerson White

3.51

Format: None pages,

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21. Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932

By: Kathryn Lasky

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

At the age of twelve, Minnie Swift is living through one of the toughest times in America's history… read more

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22. Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880

By: Susan Patron

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings her talents to the beloved Dear America series in … read more

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23. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859

By: Patricia C. McKissack

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters … read more

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24. I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino

3.42

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, an… read more

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25. Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1)

By: Cornelia Funke

3.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

With lonely Ben aboard, brave dragon Firedrake seeks mythical place where silver dragons can live i… read more

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26. Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,

By: Sherry Garland

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Maria Rosalia is a Mestizo servant in a Spanish home. Orphaned years ago, she and her brother Domin… read more

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27. Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota

By: Marion Dane Bauer

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary Rodgers, known as Polly. Promising religious freed… read more

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28. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan

By: Barry Denenberg

3.17

Format: None pages,

Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must learn to overcome her disability with the help of new … read more

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Cover of The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2) by Kiera Cass

29. The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2)

By: Kiera Cass

3.75

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The sequel to THE BETROTHED, a glittering royal romance, from New York Times bestselling author of … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Worlds could be changed when we chose not to walk into a room operating as if everyone was our enemy."

-Kiera Cass, The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2)

Cover of Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra (The Silent Years, #3) by Angela Elwell Hunt

30. Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra (The Silent Years, #3)

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Born in the small village of Modein, a town made famous by the warrior Maccabees, Salome Alexandra … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America) by Jim  Murphy

31. The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America)

By: Jim Murphy

3.67

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Jim Murphy's newest MNIA, Jonathan Dodge runs away from home to escape his father's anger. He jo… read more

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  • childrens
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • diary
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

16 best-selling fiction books like The Journal of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 (My Name Is America) by Jim Murphy

Transform Your Habits

Dulcie's Taste of Magic (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #11)

Gail Herman , Disney Storybook Artists

4.15

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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)

Judy Blundell

3.78

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Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Dear America)

Ann Turner

3.77

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Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America)

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.69

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Victoria Aveyard

3.85

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Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)

Victoria Aveyard

2.67

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Ally Condie

3.34

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The White Rose (The Lone City, #2)

Amy Ewing

3.88

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