6 best-selling middle grade books like A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

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

By: Karen Hesse

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Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

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

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1. 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…"

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

By: Karen Hesse

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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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  • civil war
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3. Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743

By: Kristiana Gregory

3.33

Format: None pages,

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4. Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope

By: Jean Little

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

In 1897, in Guelph, Ontario, eleven-year-old Victoria chronicles her family's experiences when they… read more

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5. 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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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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7. 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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8. Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846

By: Rodman Philbrick , W.R. Philbrick

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member… read more

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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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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. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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