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Dolphin Diaries (age 8-11)
by Ben M. Baglio
letters/journal ... animals ... adventure
Jody McGrath's dream adventure--a trip around the world with her family, studying
dolphins--is threatened by unforeseen circumstances, including a surprise passenger and a
sudden storm.
title: Into the Blue
title: Touching the Waves
title: Riding the Storm
title: Under the Stars
title: Racing the Wind
title: Following the Rainbow
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Sister
(age 8-11)
by Eloise Greenfield
letters/journal ... family ... identity
Doretha is thirteen, black, and confused by her ambivalence about
herself. . . . Leafing through her diary, Doretha remembers, and each memory of the past
four years reveals something about her and about the people she has loved. The book is
strong in perception, in its sensitivity, in its realism.
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Emma's Journal: the Story of a Colonial Girl
(age 8-11)
by Marissa Moss
historical ... letters/journal
The year is 1774, and the British army has blockaded Boston. Ten-year-old Emma is
stuck at Aunt Harmony's house in the city, far from her family. Emma desperately wants to help
the American struggle for freedom. When Papa gives her a secret code the militia uses, she
finally gets her chance to change the course of history.
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Rachel's Journal: the Story of a Pioneer Girl
(age 8-11)
by Marissa Moss
historical ... letters/journal
young Rachel and her family travel by covered wagon following the Oregon Trail from
Illinois all the way to California. The terrain is rough and the seven-month trip is filled with
adventure--a surprise encounter with Indians, a thunderous buffalo stampede, even the perilous
crossing of a flooded river. Rachel's own handwritten journal chronicles every detail and features
cherished "pasted-in" mementos--wildflowers, buttons, quilt patches--gathered along the way.
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My Name Is America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the My Name is America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a boy living in that time and place.
title: The Journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: The Journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867
by William Durbin F DUR
title: The Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
by Joseph Bruchac F BRU
title: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: a Chinese Miner, California, 1852
by Laurence Yep F YEP
title: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
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Dear America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the Dear America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a girl living in that time and place.
title: A Line in the Sand: the Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1835
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Annetka Kaminski, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti F BAR
title: A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
by Karen Hesse F HES
title: A Picture of Freedom: the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: A Time for Courage: the Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, Booneville, Missoura, 1847
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Color Me Dark: the Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: Valley of the Moon: the Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: Dreams in the Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy,a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by Joyce Hansen F HAN
title: A Journey to the New World: the Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, Plimoth Colony, 1620
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Land of the Buffalo Bones: the Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
by Marion Dane Bauer F BAU
title: My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: My Secret War: the World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: the Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: So Far from Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: Standing in the Light: the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: the Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
by Ann Turner F TUR
title: The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Voyage on the Great Titanic: the Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
by Ellen Emerson White F WHI
title: When Christmas Comes Again: the World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917
by Beth Seidel Levine F LEV
title: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: the Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Winter of Red Snow: the Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-1778
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: West to a Land of Plenty: the Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
by Jim Murphy F MUR
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Beethoven Lives Upstairs
(age 8-11)
by Barbara Nichol
historical ... friendship ... letters/journal ... the arts
The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how
Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change
from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration.
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Love, Ruby Lavender
(age 8-11)
by Deborah Wiles
letters/journal ... illness/loss ... family
When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit her new grandbaby in Hawaii,
Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely, empty, horrible summer without her in boring
old Halleluia, Mississippi. What happens instead? She makes a new friend, saves the school
play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother . . . and finally
learns to stop blaming herself for her grandfather's death. Not too bad, for a nine-year-old.
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The Amelia Series (age 8-11)
by Marissa Moss
realistic ... humor ... letters/journal ... growing up
Like spending recess with your best friend, Marissa Moss keeps us up to date with
everything that's going on in Amelia's life.
title: The All-New Amelia
title: Amelia Writes Again
title: Amelia's Notebook
title: Amelia's Bully Survival Guide
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