My America — Multiple Authors

• Jun-2000
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September 20, 1609 Papa works furiously on our house. Jessie and I work alongside him. Mama still frowns, though, when I climb to the roof. And in the lean-to beside us, John Bridger lounges with his lazy brothers. They will be sorry when winter com...

• Jan-2001
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In book one of this diary of life on the Oregon Trail, Pat Hermes tells the story of Joshua McCullough's family's experiences as they pack up their belongings and head west in a wagon train.

It is 1848 when Joshua McCullough and his family lea...

• Feb-2001
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 Hope's story begins... As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots in 1776, Hope's life becomes more and more confusing. She wonders if she will ever see Papa again. Her brother Ethan has proclaimed that he i...

• May-2001
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November 1 We have a sweet, little house that Papa and I built....It is different from England. But it feels almost like a real home now. Tonight, at twilight, Papa laid a fire on our hearth. Mama was nursing baby Abigail. We talked about Caleb. Ju...

• May-2001
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In her debut for the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Birdsong, an amazingly literate young slave boy in antebellum Kentucky.This is the family's tryng escape from bondage.

March 1858
Mama and me ran. Our turn to...

• May-2002
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863 Virginia's story begins... During the days leading up to the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Virginia Dickens begins keeping a diary. At first, there is little to report. But all too soon, peaceful Gettysburg becomes the...

• May-2002
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 Hope's story continues... The Revolutionary War continues to rage in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania -- close to Hope's home in Philadelphia. Her papa and brother finally return, but when Hope discovers that Papa has jo...

• May-2002
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In this sequel to My America: Freedom's Wings, Corey Birdsong and his family have escaped slavery and the South and found refuge in Canada. This book is part of the re-launch of the My America series.

In Sharon Dennis Wyeth's sequel to My Amer...

• May-2002
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Part of the My America relaunch, in Ms. Osborne's sequel to My Brother's Keeper, Ginny moves to Washington, D.C. where she must face changing times, marked by the assassination of President Lincoln.

In the final months of the Civil War, Virgin...

• Aug-2002
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In Kate McMullan's first My America book, the drama and adventure of the American prairie come to life when Meg must leave her family and move to Kansas to avoid the St. Louis cholera epidemic.Margaret Cora Wells is a resilient young girl living in S...

• Nov-2002
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In her third and final journal, Elizabeth and her brother, now reunited, grieve the death of their mother, while dramatic changes take place in Jamestown, under the strict leadership of Lord Delaware.

Elizabeth, who is finally reunited with he...

• Nov-2002
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In Patricia Hermes's Book Two of Joshua's journey West in 1848, we meet the young adventurer once again upon his arrival in Oregon where his new life will begin.

It is the fall of 1848, and Joshua and his family have finally arrived in Oregon...

• May-2003
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In Book Two of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family on the Kansas prairie, where they fight alongside the Abolitionists to keep Kansas a free state.In Kate McMullan's second book of Meg's Prairie Diary, Meg's family is r...

• May-2003
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In the final book of Corey's Diary, Corey Birdsong and his family are living a full life in Canada, on their own farm, but they cannot forget about friends left behind, still in the grips of slavery.

In "Message in the Sky", Corey begins atten...

• Aug-2003
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In Joshua's final diary, by Patricia Hermes, we meet the young adventurer once again out West.

Joshua continues to chronicle the pioneering life as he and his family continue to grow and thrive out West, in Oregon. Throughout these times of ha...

• Aug-2003
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In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the prairie with her brave and sweet spirit.Meg continues to describe the daily realities on the prairie as she and her family make their lives in Kansas. ...

• Aug-2003
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In her third and final diary, by Mary Pope Osborne, Ginny continues to face rapidly changing times in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Virginia Dickens continues to chronicle the aftermath of the Civil War, as she and her family move their live...

• Nov-2003
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Ellis Island, 1903 Sofia's story begins... Sofia and her family arrive at Ellis Island after a difficult journey from Italy. Only Sofia is separated from her parents and sent into "quarantine." Now she must overcome her fears, while she maintains th...

• Nov-2003
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Kathryn Lasky brings readers the second installment of Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, depicting Sofia's move to the North End of Boston and her first steps as a new American.

After her dramatic release from quarantine and reunion with her family,...

• May-2004
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In Hope's third and final diary, by Kristiana Gregory, we meet Hope once again in the middle of the Revolutionary War, as she continues to bravely face the turmoil and violence.

Hope describes the realities of life in Pennsylvania as she is ca...

• May-2004
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In her third and final diary, by Kathryn Lasky, Sofia continues to face the hardship of her new life in America with her cheerful and courageous spirit.

Sofia continues to chronicle life in her new home, the North End of Boston, as her best fr...