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Reading order

Dear America Books in Order

This page lists the complete Dear America reading order by Kathryn Lasky, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.

Updated 2026-06-22 / 44 books / 1996-2013

Dear America Reading Order

01 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864(By: Barry Denenberg) 1996 Buy

02 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 1996 Buy

03 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart(By: Kristiana Gregory) 1996 Buy

04 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865(By: Joyce Hansen) 1997 Buy

05 A Picture Of Freedom(By: Patricia McKissack) 1997 Buy

06 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941(By: Barry Denenberg) 1998 Buy

07 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 1998 Buy

08 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi(By: Jim Murphy) 1998 Buy

09 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763(By: Mary Pope Osborne) 1998 Buy

10 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence(By: Sherry Garland) 1998 Buy

11 Stationery Pack(By: Patricia McKissack) 1998 Buy

12 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912(By: Ellen Emerson White) 1998 Buy

13 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868(By: Kristiana Gregory) 1999 Buy

14 My Heart is on the Ground(By: Ann Rinaldi) 1999 Buy

15 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl(By: Ann Turner) 1999 Buy

16 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin(By: Karen Hesse) 1999 Buy

17 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(By: Patricia McKissack) 2000 Buy

18 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2000 Buy

19 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941(By: Mary Pope Osborne) 2000 Buy

20 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938(By: Barry Denenberg) 2000 Buy

21 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 2001 Buy

22 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Mar’a Rosal’a de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,(By: Sherry Garland) 2001 Buy

23 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849(By: Kristiana Gregory) 2001 Buy

24 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881(By: Jim Murphy) 2001 Buy

25 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer(By: Beth Seidel Levine) 2002 Buy

26 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck 2002 Buy

27 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 2002 Buy

28 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?(By: Ellen Emerson White) 2002 Buy

29 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932(By: Barry Denenberg) 2002 Buy

30 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935(By: Katelan Janke) 2002 Buy

31 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847(By: Barry Denenberg) 2003 Buy

32 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson(By: Ann Turner) 2003 Buy

33 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota(By: Marion Dane Bauer) 2003 Buy

34 All the Stars in the Sky(By: Megan McDonald) 2003 Buy

35 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(By: Patricia McKissack) 2004 Buy

36 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909(By: Deborah Hopkinson) 2004 Buy

37 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) 2004 Buy

38 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941(By: Kirby Larson) 2010 Buy

39 Like the Willow Tree(By: Lois Lowry) 2011 Buy

40 Cannons at Dawn(By: Kristiana Gregory) 2011 Buy

41 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2011 Buy

42 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880(By: Susan Patron) 2012 Buy

43 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2013 Buy

44 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906(By: Judy Blundell) 2013 Buy

Dear America Books by Publication Order

1996 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864(By: Barry Denenberg) #1

1996 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 #2

1996 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart(By: Kristiana Gregory) #3

1997 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865(By: Joyce Hansen) #4

1997 A Picture Of Freedom(By: Patricia McKissack) #5

1998 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941(By: Barry Denenberg) #6

1998 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 #7

1998 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi(By: Jim Murphy) #8

1998 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763(By: Mary Pope Osborne) #9

1998 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence(By: Sherry Garland) #10

1998 Stationery Pack(By: Patricia McKissack) #11

1998 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912(By: Ellen Emerson White) #12

1999 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868(By: Kristiana Gregory) #13

1999 My Heart is on the Ground(By: Ann Rinaldi) #14

1999 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl(By: Ann Turner) #15

1999 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin(By: Karen Hesse) #16

2000 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(By: Patricia McKissack) #17

2000 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) #18

2000 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941(By: Mary Pope Osborne) #19

2000 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938(By: Barry Denenberg) #20

2001 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 #21

2001 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Mar’a Rosal’a de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,(By: Sherry Garland) #22

2001 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849(By: Kristiana Gregory) #23

2001 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881(By: Jim Murphy) #24

2002 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer(By: Beth Seidel Levine) #25

2002 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck #26

2002 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 #27

2002 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?(By: Ellen Emerson White) #28

2002 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932(By: Barry Denenberg) #29

2002 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935(By: Katelan Janke) #30

2003 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847(By: Barry Denenberg) #31

2003 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson(By: Ann Turner) #32

2003 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota(By: Marion Dane Bauer) #33

2003 All the Stars in the Sky(By: Megan McDonald) #34

2004 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(By: Patricia McKissack) #35

2004 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909(By: Deborah Hopkinson) #36

2004 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) #37

2010 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941(By: Kirby Larson) #38

2011 Like the Willow Tree(By: Lois Lowry) #39

2011 Cannons at Dawn(By: Kristiana Gregory) #40

2011 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) #41

2012 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880(By: Susan Patron) #42

2013 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) #43

2013 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906(By: Judy Blundell) #44

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This catalog currently lists 44 Dear America books published across 1996-2013.

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