12 Best middle grade books like For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2) by Kate McMullan

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For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2)

By: Kate McMullan

4.09

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Book Two of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family on the Kansas pra…

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1. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher (Dear America)

By: Jim Murphy

3.75

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled West to earn money and make a new life for themselve… read more

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

2. 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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America) by Kristiana Gregory

3. Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America)

By: Kristiana Gregory

3.82

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia durin… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

4. A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861

By: Karen Hesse

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

Thursday, February 28, 1861 P. Cloudy. Wind N.W. Fresh Mr.Lincoln has arrived at last in Washington… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

5. Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

By: Lois Lowry

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear Am… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 by Kristiana Gregory

6. Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.40

Format: 82 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Eleanor lives in a palace in Poitier, France, with her father, Count William of A… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

7. Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title THE WINT… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My America: We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two by Kristiana Gregory

8. My America: We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two

By: Kristiana Gregory

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Ms. Gregory's sequel to Five Smooth Stones, Hope's brother returns, but she worries about her fa… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Cold Mountain

By: Charles Frazier

3.98

Format: 350 pages,

Cold Mountainis a novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Between Shades of Gray

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she ge… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin

11. The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.11

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769 (Royal Diaries #4)

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

"I look up now into the oval mirror and see barely a trace of the mud-splattered girl tearing throu… read more

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13. Home at Last: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #2)

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kathryn Lasky brings readers the second installment of Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, depicting Sofia'… read more

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14. Who Was Milton Hershey?

By: James Buckley Jr. , Ted Hammond

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey's life was filled with invention and inno… read more

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15. 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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16. The Kitchen House

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that ex… read more

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17. Our Strange New Land (My America: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, #1)

By: Patricia Hermes

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In May 1607, three ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made… read more

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18. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov whose … read more

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19. Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.27

Format: None pages,

With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to lif… read more

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20. The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the despair and hope of the difficult winter between 1… read more

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21. The Starving Time (My America: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, #2)

By: Patricia Hermes

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In Pat Hermes' sequel to Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth faces harsher times as she records the col… read more

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22. Hope In My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1)

By: Kathryn Lasky

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Book One of Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, renowned author Kathryn Lasky tells the story of Sofia M… read more

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23. Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell

By: Kristiana Gregory

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped … read more

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24. The Book of Lost Friends

By: Lisa Wingate

4.16

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

A new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young women on a journey in search of f… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sad thing when stories die for the lack of listenin' ears."

-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends

"The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences."

-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends

"We all have scars. It's when you're honest about them that you find the people who will love you in spite of your nicks and dents. Perhaps even because of them. The people who don't. These people are…"

-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends

"I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has a history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in…"

-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends

Cover of No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18) by Jeff Kinney

25. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In No Brainer , book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old by Hendrik Groen

26. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

By: Hendrik Groen

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Bachman's A Man Called Ove: an irresistible, f… read more

Similar categories in Hendrik Groen's The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old book and Kate McMullan's For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2)

  • fiction
Cover of The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham

27. The Hope of Azure Springs

By: Rachel Fordham

4.34

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orph… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Fighting a battle with the earth seems like a plenty noble calling to me. Putting food on your table and on the plates of others - it's a quieter way. But it's a good way."

-Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

"Yes, Em, your freckles are perfect. Looks are a funny thing, very peculiar. Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful."

-Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

"Does she bring you happiness, make you laugh?" Gideon had asked. When Caleb confessed that she did, his father then asked, "Do you like who you are when you are with her?" Again Caleb answered in the…"

-Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

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28. The Bandit Queens

By: Parini Shroff

3.93

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she di… read more

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  • fiction
"So I’d stay home. So my world wouldn’t get any bigger."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"At least you were seen. Hated, but seen. I was just invisible."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"Thanking him had nearly given her an ulcer, but she'd managed by imagining him dead."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"It wasn’t as though she wanted people looking at her — it was far safer to be invisible."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

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29. The Last Bookshop in London

By: Madeline Martin

4.15

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Books… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You can't save the world, but keep trying in any small way you can."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"...his mistreatment had nothing to do with her, and everything to do with him."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word after word, page after page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never experienced and walked in the footsteps of a person she's never been."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word by word, page by page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never expected and walked in the footsteps of a person she'd never been. (p. 107)"

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

Cover of Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? by Megan Stine

30. Who Was Queen Elizabeth II?

By: Megan Stine

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2) by Kate McMullan

31. For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2)

By: Kate McMullan

4.09

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Book Two of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family on the Kansas pra… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

18 must-read fiction books like For This Land (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #2) by Kate McMullan

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Jim Murphy

3.75

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Ann Turner

3.77

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Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America)

Kristiana Gregory

3.82

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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861

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3.00

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