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…
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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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2. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C.
By: Josephine Bailey , Kristiana Gregory
3.90
Format: 4 pages, Audio CD
Established "Dear America" author Kristiana Gregory kicks off "The Royal Diaries" with the captivat… read more
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"Princess," he said, spreading his arms in a shrug, "how does such a little thing like you get such a big temper?" I held up my hand to shield my eyes from the sun. "Marc Antony," I said, "how does su…"-Josephine Bailey, Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C.
3. A Time to Dance (My America: Virginia's Civil War Diary, #3)
By: Mary Pope Osborne
4.04
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In her third and final diary, by Mary Pope Osborne, Ginny continues to face rapidly changing times … read more
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4. 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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5. Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angélique Richard
By: Sharon Stewart
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Angelique Richard's life is turned upside down when she and her family, along with the people of Gr… read more
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6. Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743
By: Kristiana Gregory
3.33
Format: None pages,
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7. A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
By: Kathryn Lasky
4.12
Format: 207 pages,
From the diary of twelve-year-old Mem, short for Remember, comes the story of her family's trip on … read more
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8. The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp
By: Barry Denenberg
4.44
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For almost 11 months in the internment camp, 12-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal and he writes, … read more
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9. After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary (My America: #2)
By: Mary Pope Osborne , Will Osborne
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Part of the My America relaunch, in Ms. Osborne's sequel to My Brother's Keeper, Ginny moves to Was… read more
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10. Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853
By: Barry Denenberg
4.14
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
Author Barry Denenberg brings us into the whirlwind that is the life of Princess Elisabeth of Austr… read more
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11. 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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12. Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (Royal Diaries #1)
By: Kathryn Lasky
3.00
Format: None pages,
November 10, 1544. I have been living with this constant fear of exile now for two days. So far I h… read more
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13. My Brother's Keeper (My America: Virginia's Civil War Diary, #1)
By: Mary Pope Osborne
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mary Pope Osborne's book, part of the relaunch of the My America series, tells the story of Ginny ,… read more
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14. Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829
By: Anna Kirwan
4.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess, in a … read more
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War 2 Soldier
By: Walter Dean Myers
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
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20. Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 (Royal Diaries #6)
By: Patricia C. McKissack
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
In 1595, Nzingha is the strong, intelligent daughter of the Ngola (leader) of the Mbundu people of … read more
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21. Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595
By: Sheri Holman
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
In the late seventh century, the land that we now call Korea was embroiled with political and relig… read more
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22. Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
By: Carolyn Meyer
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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23. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)
By: Carolyn Meyer
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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24. Jahanara: Princess of Princesses
By: Kathryn Lasky
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
In the 1600s, the Mughal emperors of India were among the greatest rulers of the East. Jahanara is … read more
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25. Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (Royal Diaries #8)
By: Laurence Yep
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
The Royal Diaries proudly presents two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep, whose stunning diary… read more
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26. 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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27. Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858
By: Kathryn Lasky
3.43
Format: 98 pages,
Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary and in poems the con… read more
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28. Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940
By: Jean Little
3.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When a frightened girl and boy arrive on the Twiss family's doorstep, to escape the Blitz, Charlott… read more
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29. A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson, Virginia to Canada West, 1863-1864
By: Karleen Bradford
4.33
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Julia May and her family have done the unthinkable. They have fled from their life of slavery on a … read more
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30. Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country
By: Kathryn Lasky
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experience… read more
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31. No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn
By: Julie Lawson
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Charlotte struggles to find her twin brother after the rest of her family is killed in the tragic H… read more
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