Topic: Lowell Mill Girls
So Far from Home:
The diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl
by Barry Denenberg
So Far from Home is the fictional diary of Mary Driscoll, a fourteen year old girl who leaves her family in Ireland to immigrate to Lowell, Massachusetts to work in the textile mills. Readers can enjoy a first-hand account of what it was like to start a new life, work hard, and hopefully create change in the world.
Denenberg, Barry. (1998). Dear america: So Far from Home - The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl. Scholastic. 170 p. ISBN: 9780590926676
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: D - Dear America series
The diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl
by Barry Denenberg
So Far from Home is the fictional diary of Mary Driscoll, a fourteen year old girl who leaves her family in Ireland to immigrate to Lowell, Massachusetts to work in the textile mills. Readers can enjoy a first-hand account of what it was like to start a new life, work hard, and hopefully create change in the world.
Denenberg, Barry. (1998). Dear america: So Far from Home - The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl. Scholastic. 170 p. ISBN: 9780590926676
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: D - Dear America series
Topic: Oregon Trail
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
by Kristiana Gregory
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie is the fictional diary of Hattie Campbell, a thirteen year old girl who, with her parents, siblings, and friends travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life in Oregon Territory. They experience challenges, loss, love, and adventure on their journey.
Call Number: G -- Dear America Series
by Kristiana Gregory
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie is the fictional diary of Hattie Campbell, a thirteen year old girl who, with her parents, siblings, and friends travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life in Oregon Territory. They experience challenges, loss, love, and adventure on their journey.
- Gregory, Kristiana (1997). Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie -- the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell. Scholastic Inc. 168 p. ISBN: 9780590226516.
Call Number: G -- Dear America Series
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail
by Ellen Levine
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow is the fictional diary of Jedediah Barstow, a thirteen year old orphan boy who travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life and seek adventure in Oregon Territory.
Call Number: Levine
by Ellen Levine
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow is the fictional diary of Jedediah Barstow, a thirteen year old orphan boy who travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life and seek adventure in Oregon Territory.
- Levine, Ellen (2002). My name is america: The journal of jedediah barstow: An Emigrant on the oregon trail. Scholastic. 176 p. ISBN: 9780439063104
Call Number: Levine
Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary
by Patricia Hermes
Westward to Home is the fictional diary of Joshua Martin McCullough, a nine year old boy who, with his family, travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life in Oregon Territory. This book is the first in a set of three.
Hermes, Patricia (2001). Westward to home: Joshua's Journal. Scholastic. 108 p. ISBN: 9780439112093
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Hermes
by Patricia Hermes
Westward to Home is the fictional diary of Joshua Martin McCullough, a nine year old boy who, with his family, travels across the country in a covered wagon to start a new life in Oregon Territory. This book is the first in a set of three.
Hermes, Patricia (2001). Westward to home: Joshua's Journal. Scholastic. 108 p. ISBN: 9780439112093
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Hermes
Topic: American Revolution
The Winter of Red Snow:
The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
by Kristiana Gregory
The Winter of Red Snow is the fictional diary of Abigail Stewart, an eleven year old girl who finds herself in the midst of the Continental Army's camp in Valley Forge in 1777. First book in a set of two.
Gregory, Kristiana (2010). The winter of red snow: The diary of abigail jane stewart. Scholastic. 178 p. ISBN: 9780545262347
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America
The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
by Kristiana Gregory
The Winter of Red Snow is the fictional diary of Abigail Stewart, an eleven year old girl who finds herself in the midst of the Continental Army's camp in Valley Forge in 1777. First book in a set of two.
Gregory, Kristiana (2010). The winter of red snow: The diary of abigail jane stewart. Scholastic. 178 p. ISBN: 9780545262347
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America
Love Thy Neighbor : The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
by Ann Warren Turner
The Winter of Red Snow is the fictional diary of Prudence Emerson, a thirteen year old girl whose parents support the British in the American Revolution. In a rarely told perspective, we see her deal with missing her friends and trying to stand up for what she believes in.
Turner, Ann Warren (2003). Love thy neighbor: The tory diary of prudence emerson. Scholastic. 188 p. ISBN: 9780439153089
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America
by Ann Warren Turner
The Winter of Red Snow is the fictional diary of Prudence Emerson, a thirteen year old girl whose parents support the British in the American Revolution. In a rarely told perspective, we see her deal with missing her friends and trying to stand up for what she believes in.
Turner, Ann Warren (2003). Love thy neighbor: The tory diary of prudence emerson. Scholastic. 188 p. ISBN: 9780439153089
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson:
A Revolutionary War Patriot
by Barry Denenberg
This journal is the fictional diary of William Emerson, a twelve year old boy who signs up to fight the British Army and help gain America's freedom.
Denenberg, Barry (2001). The Journal of William Thomas Emerson a Revolutionary War Patriot. Scholastic. 156 p. ISBN: 9780590313506
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: D- Dear America series
A Revolutionary War Patriot
by Barry Denenberg
This journal is the fictional diary of William Emerson, a twelve year old boy who signs up to fight the British Army and help gain America's freedom.
Denenberg, Barry (2001). The Journal of William Thomas Emerson a Revolutionary War Patriot. Scholastic. 156 p. ISBN: 9780590313506
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: D- Dear America series
Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary
by Kristiana Gregory
This journal is the fictional diary of Hope Penny Potter, a nine year old girl who lives in Philidelphia with her family at the outbreak of the American Revolution. First book in a set of three.
Gregory, Kristiana (2001). Five smooth stones: hope's diary. Scholastic. 109 p. ISBN: 9780439148276
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America
by Kristiana Gregory
This journal is the fictional diary of Hope Penny Potter, a nine year old girl who lives in Philidelphia with her family at the outbreak of the American Revolution. First book in a set of three.
Gregory, Kristiana (2001). Five smooth stones: hope's diary. Scholastic. 109 p. ISBN: 9780439148276
Collection: J-Fiction
Call Number: Dear America