So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Dear America)
By: Barry Denenberg
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Library Binding
In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massa…
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1. So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Dear America)
By: Barry Denenberg
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Library Binding
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2. Meet Felicity: An American Girl (The American Girls: Felicity, #1)
By: Valerie Tripp , Dan Andreasen , Luann Roberts
4.67
Format: 668 pages, Paperback
Meet Felicity Merriman, a spunky, spritely nine-year-old girl who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, … read more
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3. 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.
4. 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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5. Meet Samantha: An American Girl (American Girls: Samantha, #1)
By: Susan S. Adler , Renée Graef , Nancy Niles
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
Samantha Parkington is an orphan being raised by her wealthy grandmother at the start of a brand-ne… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Dragon Slippers (Dragon Slippers, #1)
By: Jessica Day George
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to l… read more
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12. Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 (Royal Diaries #7)
By: Ellen Emerson White
3.51
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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13. Lady of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749
By: Anna Kirwan
3.76
Format: 336 pages,
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14. Shallow Graves
By: Kali Wallace
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Breezy remembers leaving the party: the warm, wet grass under her feet, her cheek still stinging fr… read more
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15. Meet Kirsten: An American Girl (American Girls: Kirsten, #1)
By: Janet Beeler Shaw
4.17
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War 2 Soldier
By: Walter Dean Myers
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
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21. 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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22. 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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23. Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
By: Carolyn Meyer
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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24. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)
By: Carolyn Meyer
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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25. 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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26. 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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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. The Journal Of Biddy Owens, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
By: Walter Dean Myers
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
The journal of Biddy Owens, a batboy for the Birmingham Black Barons, one of the best teams in the … read more
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30. 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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31. 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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