Parents need to know that dear america is a historical drama series based on scholastic books of the same name. Dear america is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by scholastic in 1996. My story is a series of historical novels for children published by scholastic uk. Voyage on the great titanic kindle edition by white, ellen emerson. The dear america books the series is relaunched by. Dear america the diary of deliverance trembly, witness to the salem witch trials, massachusetts bay colony, 1691 author. Find your childs favorite book characters and series right here at the scholastic store. The devils book, the salem village diary of deliverance trembley, massachusetts bay colony, 1691. Rinaldis is not among the five, and neither is the one about the navajo long walk.
Angeline reddy is the daughter of a famous lawyer, but shes no stranger to rulebreaking. Dear america is a series of historical fiction novels published by scholastic. Most of the books feature british characters and history, but some are about nonbritish characters during important events and times in world. Dear america is a series of historical fiction novels aimed at girls aged 814.
Lot 15 dear america my america royal diairies books hbpb. In less than 300 years, settlers spread across a vast wilderness that covered the western united states. Kathryn lasky is the newbery honorwinning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Scholastic canada dear canada make history your own. With this sweeping tale of life on the world war ii homefront, newbery honor author kirby larson brings her incredible talent to the dear america series. The hopes and dreams, trials and tribulations of a time period are captured by each young womans unique voice. In each of the books, a fictional diary of a real female figure of royalty as a child throughout world history was written by the author.
This chapter book is part of the dear america series from scholastic with a story based from the viewpoint of a young, recently freed slave girl in mars bluff, south carolina, in 1865. She knows that if she shares it with the wrong person, she will face unimaginable consequences. From the first landings in virginia and massachusetts in the early 1600s, american settlers kept pushing westward against an ever moving frontier. Three of the royal diaries books were adapted into films by hbo in 2000. Red rose of the house of tudor and ending in 2005 with catherine. Dear america features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history. The writing was descriptive the perceptions seemed accurate for a fourteen yr. Get 10% off your first order at the scholastic store online when you sign up.
Suddenly orphaned by the spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, elevenyearold lydia pierce and her fourteenyearold brother, daniel, of portland, maine, are taken by their uncle to be raised in the shaker community at sabbathday lake. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dear america. Books show wear with nicks, scuffs, some creasing of covers, small tears on the spines of some, a couple have minor penpencil scribbles on covers, some have a sticker or price sticker. International divisions of scholastic have also published series based on dear america, including dear canada. Dear america features the rich and spirited stories of fictional teenage women at various turning points in american. Its 1859 and clotee, a twelveyearold slave, has the most wonderful, terrible secret. Dear america series a childrens series chronicling major events in american history. The series was relaunched in the fall of 2010, before ending around january 2014. The other format of the dear america stationery set by scholastic books, patricia c.
Click here to watch the replay of the dear america history speaks webcast with your students. His historical fiction books include titles in the dear america, my name is america, and royal diaries series, many of which have been named ncsscbc notable social studies trade books for young people. The news about the series is that scholastic is relaunching it. The royal diaries is a series of 20 books published by scholastic press from 1999 to 2005. Courageous feats in history are dramatized in this anthology series based on a series of scholastic books. The books are in used condition, good reading copies. Dear america series with stories told in diary form, this historical fiction series will be sure to capture your independent readers attention.
The series was aimed at younger readers than dear america, and had three books per character. Dear america diaries series 15 books set dear america various on amazon. Growing up in the wild goldmining town of bodie, california, in the 1880s, angeline has seen it all saloons, brawls, dance halls, and a whole lot of desperation. Launched in 1996, scholastic s dear america series introduced history through the diaries of fictional girls living in various eras. Mckissack 1998, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Each topic has three books and is authored by a different writer. The royal diaries is a spinoff of the historical fiction series, dear america. It was a format that resonated with middlegrade readers.
Coretta scott king award winner and newbery honor author patricia mckissacks inspiring a picture of freedom is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover. It launched in 2001 and was initially separated into a girls and boys line. Dear america books were clamoring to see us relaunch the series. Relaunching means theyre adding new books to the dear america series, and, theyre reissuing five of the older books. The revolutionary war diary of abigail jane stewart, valley forge, pennsylvania, 1777 by. Sometime that fall, i began reading scholastics dear america series. They are similar to the dear america series, each book is written in the form of the diary of a fictional young woman or man living during an important event in history. When pearl harbor is attacked, america is finally unable to ignore the wars raging in europe and asia any longer. Each of the four books in this box set offers a different story about the early days of life in the american colonies and the revolutionary battle for independence that of a girl on board the mayflower bound for the new world, a pilgrim boy, a. Jamestown, the american revolution, the american civil war, westward expansion, underground railroad, and slavery. Browse favorites like dog man, harry potter, wings of fire and more.
The fictional diaries that put dear america on bestseller lists are now available in the boxed dear america library collections. A journey to the new world and hear my sorrow were also the first and last books in the relaunch. Each book in the series was a fictional diary of a fictional girl living through real historic events. Each book in the series was a fictional diary of a fictional girl living. Dear america stationery set by scholastic books, patricia. When the orphanage receives an unusual request from an american woman looking for a traveling companion, margarets teachers agree that she is the perfect candidate to accompany mrs. Childrens book series and characters the scholastic. The royal diaries was a spinoff of scholastic s popular dear america series. My america is a series of historical fiction books published by scholastic.
The diary of remember patience whipple, mayflower, 1620 by kathryn lasky 1996 the winter of red snow. Scholastic has reinvigorated its venerable dear america series of diaryformat historical novels with an interactive web site and newly designed titles by awardwinning writers, including this first release from larson, author of the newbery honor book hattie big sky 2006. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Barry denenberg is a critically acclaimed author of nonfiction and historical fiction. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young womans life durin. The lenape indians, who have been viciously attacked by white settlers, retaliate by kidnapping caty and her brother. My take i just kept wanting to cry throughout this story, but i had to laugh as well, for patsy had everyone.
It was discontinued in 2004, ending with an american spring, sofias last diary. It was briefly relaunched in 20 with new editions of. A handsome warrior named snow hunter teachers caty to respect lenape traditions. Terrified and angry caty rejects the lenape family that tries to raise her as thier own. My story is a series of fictional diaries published by scholastic uk.
I would have liked the author to elaborate in the story itself regarding the mills and living conditions. Newbery awardwinning author susan patron brings her talents to the beloved dear america series. Dear america features the rich and spirited stories of fictional teenage women at various turning points in american history. A polish girl is sent to america against her will as the promised bride to a pennsylvania coal miner. Newbery awardwinning author lois lowry brings a brandnew, beautiful diary to the dear america series. Created by scholastic, it is a spinoff of the series, dear america, geared toward younger children grades 35.
Scholastic relaunches acclaimed dear america series this. Caty logan has always lived a quiet life with her quaker family. The series shares similarities to dear america, the royal diaries, and my name is america. For an easy reference list of the entire dear canada series, print the book checklist 385 kb pdf. Dreams in the golden country, the diary of zipporah feldman, a jewish immigrant girl, new york city, 1903 by kathryn lasky new dreams and old traditions flourish and clash when a jewish girl and her family emigrate from russia to america. The series featured several topics, including the jamestown settlement, the american. Dear america lot of 3 hardcover books scholastic ebay.
The series began in 1996 with kathryn laskys a journey to the new world, until the cancellation in 2004 after hear my sorrow. Her beloved guardians of gahoole fantasy series has sold more than 4 million copies, and she is the author of a time for courage as well as the daughters of the sea series, the wolves of the beyond series, and other dear america titles. Survival of the storm does have some damage to the binding, please look at pictures. Im glad scholastic decided not to reissue those two. Carstairs on the titanic, so that once margaret arrives in new york she will be free to join her. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, hear.
Share this historical fiction series with your independent reader. There are thirtysix books in the original dear america series. Launched in 1996, scholastics dear america series introduced history. Sometime that fall, i began reading scholastic s dear america series. The dear america book series helped me make sense of the. The series was published by scholastic, starting in 1999 with elizabeth i.
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