A Journey to the New World:  The Diary of Remember Patience

Whipple, Mayflower, 1620   Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

Standing in the Light:  The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan,

Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763   A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

Love They Neighbor:  The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson,

Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774   In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face as Tories surrounded by American patriots at the start of the American Revolution.

The Winter of Red Snow:  The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane

Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777   Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British.

A Line in the Sand:  The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales,

Texas, 1836   In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.

Valley of the Moon:  The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma

Valley, Alta California, 1846   The 1845-1846 diary of thirteen-year-old Maria, servant to the wealthy Spanish family which took her in when her Indian mother died. Includes a historical note about the settlement and early history of California.

So Far From Home:  The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl,

Lowell Massachusetts, 1847   In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie:  The Oregon Trail Diary of

Hattie Campbell, 1847   In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

All the Stars in the Sky:  The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack

Ryder,  the Santa Fe Trail, 1848   A girl's diary records the year 1848 during which she, her brother, mother, and stepfather traveled the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe.

Seeds of Hope:  The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California

Territory, 1849   A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York.

A Picture of Freedom:  The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont

Plantation, Virginia, 1859   In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

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

Island, Delaware, 1861   In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state.

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?:  The Civil War Diary of Emma

Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864   The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow:  The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo

Girl, New Mexico, 1864   In her first book for the "Dear America" series, acclaimed historical fiction writer Ann Turner brings readers the deeply affecting story of a Navajo girl on the Long Walk.

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly:  The Diary of Patsy, a Freed

Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865   Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.

The Great Railroad Race:  The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory,

1868    As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.

Land of the Buffalo Bones:  The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers,

an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, 1873   Fourteen-year-old Polly Rodgers keeps a diary of her 1873 journey from England to Minnesota as part of a colony of eighty people seeking religious freedom, and of their first year struggling to make a life there, led by her father, a Baptist minister.

My Face to the Wind:  The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie

Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881   Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.

West to a Land of Plenty:  The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New

York to Idaho Territory, 1883   While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.

A Coal Miner's Bride:  The Diary of Anetka Kaminska Lattimer,

Pennsylvania, 1896   A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.

Dreams in the Golden Country:  The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a

Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903   Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.

Voyage of the Great Titanic:  The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S.

Titanic, 1912   In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic , and experiences its sinking.

A Time for Courage:  The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen,

Washington, D.C., 1917   A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.

When Christmas Comes Again:  The World War I Diary of Simone

Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917   Teenage Simone's diaries for 1917 and 1918 reveal her experiences as a carefree member of New York society, then as a "Hello girl," a volunteer switchboard operator for the Army Signal Corps in France.

Color Me Dark:  The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration

North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919   Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall:  The Diary of Bess Brennan, the Perkins

School for the Blind, 1932   In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Christmas After All:  The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift,

Indianapolis, IN, 1932   In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.

Survival in the Storm:  The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards,

Dalhart, Texas, 1935   A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the " Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression.

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

Vienna Austria to New York, 1938   During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.

My Secret War:  The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long

Island, New York, 1941   Thirteen-year-old Madeline 's diaries for 1941 and 1942 reveal her experiences living on Long Island during World War II while her father is away in the Navy.

Early Sunday Morning:  The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows,

Hawaii, 1941   In her diary, twelve-year-old Amber describes moving to Hawaii in 1941 and experiencing the horror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?:  The Diary of Molly Mackenzie

Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968   In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States.