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My America volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
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Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
107 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Meg records in her diary the events from July to November of 1856, when her family is reunited and must face challenges from fires to pro-slavery border ruffians who are trying to take over Kansas Territory.
6) Flying free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
103 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, build a new life in Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping to help those they left behind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
108 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
172 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
169 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Description
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
203 p. : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Description
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
18) We are patriots
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes.
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The Vietnam War journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Determined to do his duty for his country, Patrick Seamus Flaherty joins the Marines right after graduation to fight in the Vietnam War. But Southeast Asia is a far cry from Patrick's hometown of Boston, and as soon as he arrives, he realizes that he's made a terrible mistake.Confronted with oppressive heat, dense jungles, and an enemy that...
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Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Walter Dean Myers's the WWII JOURNAL OF SCOTT PENDLETON COLLINS is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!
Following in the footsteps of his father and great-grandfather, both war veterans, Scott Pendleton Collins signs up for the army during the height of World War II. He is shipped out to England only to face weeks of boredom. He and his unit want to be out in the fields, doing...
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