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My First Nowruz
(age 8-11)
by Riahi Kashani
family ... identity ... folklore ... letters/journal
My First Nowruz chronicles an 8-year-old girl's first celebration of the Persian
New Year. These joyous traditions might be unfamiliar to many of us.
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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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Hannah's Journal: the Story of an Immigrant Girl
(age 8-11)
by Marissa Moss
historical ... letters/journal
Hannah's small European village buzzes with tales of life in a faraway land free
from persecution. Cousin Esther has passage for two aboard a ship bound for New York, and Hannah
convinces Mama and Papashka to let her use the extra ticket. Will America really be everything
they've dreamed of?
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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 Jedediah Barstow: an Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845
by Ellen Levine F LEV
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 Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth 1620
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: The Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
by Joseph Bruchac F BRU
title: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968
by Ellen Emerson White F WHI
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
title: The Journal of Rufus Rowe: Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg, Bowling Green Virginia, 1862
by Sid Hite F HIT
title: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: the Donner Party Expedition
by Rodman Philbrick F PHI
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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: 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: Christmas After All: the Diary of Minnie Swift
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Seeds of Hope: the Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
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: I Walk in Dread: the Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
by Lisa Rowe Fraustino F FRA
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: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: the Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
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: Survival in the Storm: the Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
by Katelan Janke F JAN
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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Lucy Rose Series (age 8-11)
by Katy Kelly
growing up ... friendship ... family ... school ... letters/journal
Here's the thing about Lucy Rose: she has an extremely interesting take on life,
and has an extremely lot to do to keep things together. This series is a good friend to have.
title: Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me
title: Lucy Rose: Big on Plans
title: Lucy Rose: Working Myself to Pieces and Bits
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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: Amelia Hits the Road
title: Amelia Takes Command
title: Amelia Works it Out
title: Amelia Writes Again
title: Amelia's Family Ties
title: Amelia's Notebook
title: Oh Boy, Amelia!
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Trial by (Jury) Journal
(age 8-11)
by Kate Klise
humor ... mystery ... letters/journal
Get ready for a trial unlike any Tyle County has ever seen. Sixth-grader Perry
Keet is missing, and Bob White, his co-worker at Tyle Park Zoo, will stand trial for the alleged
murder. But Keet's disappearance is only the beginning of this legal thriller.
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Faraway Summer
(age 8-11)
by Johanna Hurwitz
identity ... friendship ... letters/journal ... family
In the summer of 1910, Dossi is surprised and terrified to discover that her sister
is sending her to a Vermont farm on a charity-sponsored vacation. The landscape and the people of
Vermont are very different from her urban Jewish tenement, but Dossi is enchanted by the big
blue sky and the peaceful countryside. She longs to make the daughter of her Christian
host family her friend, and she fills a journal with her thoughts, fears, and impressions
of a universe very different from her own. And soon Dossi begins to realize that,
sometimes, worlds apart are not so far away from each other after all.
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Regarding the Fountain
(age 8-11)
by Kate Klise
mystery ... letters/journal ... humor ... school
The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal
Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc.
We need a new drinking fountain. Please send a catalog.
Designer Flo Waters responds:
``I'd be delighted...but please understand that all of
my fountains are custom-made.''
Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos,
transcripts, and official documents.
sequel: Regarding the Sink: Where, Oh Where, Did Waters Go?
sequel: Regarding the Bathrooms: a Privy to the Past
sequel: Regarding the Bees: a Lesson, in Letters, on Honey, Dating, and Other Sticky Subjects
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Letters From Camp
(age 8-11)
by Kate Klise
mystery ... humor ... family ... letters/journal
Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs
of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to
suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.
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