15 must-read historical books like Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little

Cover of Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little

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…

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

1. 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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Cover of Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America) by Mary Pope Osborne

2. Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America)

By: Mary Pope Osborne

4.01

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Catharine Carey Logan and her family have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life as the Quakers and… read more

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

3. 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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Cover of Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little

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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Cover of Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty by Ellen Emerson White

5. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty

By: Ellen Emerson White

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister diarists. He is a Marine stationed in Vietnam. Sh… read more

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Cover of A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky

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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Cover of Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 by Kristiana Gregory

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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Cover of Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

8. 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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Cover of When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

9. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

By: Barry Denenberg

4.27

Format: 24 pages,

A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southern life as the Civil War rages at her doorstep an… read more

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Cover of The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl by Ann Turner

10. 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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Cover of I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen

11. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865

By: Joyce Hansen

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

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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

12. 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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Cover of My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

13. 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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Cover of The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) by Kit Pearson

14. The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)

By: Kit Pearson

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler's army. Norah lies in bed … read more

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Cover of A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

15. 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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Cover of The Miracle Worker by William  Gibson

16. The Miracle Worker

By: William Gibson

4.06

Format: None pages,

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17. 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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18. 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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19. A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence

By: Sherry Garland

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardsh… read more

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20. One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss

By: Barry Denenberg

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This special Dear Ameirca edition is actually two stories in a single volume. In part one of a two-… read more

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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. Journal Of William Thomas Emerson, A Revolutionary War Patriot

By: Barry Denenberg

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set in Massachusetts, this is the journal of a boy, surrounded by the politics and violence of war,… read more

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25. 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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26. Lady of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749

By: Anna Kirwan

3.76

Format: 336 pages,

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27. 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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28. West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

By: Jim Murphy

3.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as th… read more

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29. 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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30. 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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31. 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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