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Colonial America: 16th-18th Centuries

• Boy Captive of Old Deerfield / Mary P. Wells Smith [JF S638 3]
• Boys of the Border / Mary P. Wells Smith [JF S638 4]
• Calico Captive / Elizabeth George Speare [JF S741 4]
• Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / Jean Lee Latham [JF L3341 4 B]
• Children of the Longhouse / Joseph Bruchac [JF BRUCHAC, JOSEPH Childre]
• The Courage of Sarah Noble / Alice Dalgliesh [JF D152.6.2]
• Danger in the Harbor / Joann Grote [JF GROTE, JOANN Danger I]
• Dawn Rider / Jan Hudson [JF H865.5]
• Dream Seekers: Roger William's Stand for Freedom / Loree Lough [JF LOUGH, LOREE Dream]
• Fire by Night: the Great Fire Devastates Boston / Loree Lough [JF LOUGH, LOREE Fire by]
• Friendship's First Thanksgiving / William Accarsi [JF ACCARSI, WILLIAM Friendsh]
• John Billington, Friend of Squanto / Clyde Robert Bulla [JF BULLA, CLYDE John]
• Journey to the New World: Diary of Remember Patience Willow/ Dear America Series [JF L3334 12] and [JF LASKY, KATHRYN Journey
• Kaya and the River Girl / Janet Shaw [JF SHAW, JANET Kaya and]
• Last of the Mohicans / James Fenimore Cooper [JF COOPER, JAMES Last]
• Maggie's Choice: Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening / Norma Lutz [JF LUTZ, NORMA Maggies]
• The Matchlock Gun / Walter D. Edmonds [JF EDMONDS, WALTER DUMUX Matchlock]
• Mayflower Adventure / Collen Reece [JF REECE, COLLEN Mayflowe]
• Morning Girl / Michael Dorris [JF D736 15]
• Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Diary / My America Series [JF HERMES, PATRICIA Our stra]
• Pedro's Journal: a Voyage with Christopher Columbus / Dear America Series [JF C763 19]
• Plymouth Pioneers / Collen Reece [JF REECE, COLLEN Plymouth]
• Roanoke: a Novel of the Lost Colony / Sonia Levitin [JF L6273 21]
• Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare [JF S741 22] and [JPBK S]
• Small Pox Strikes! Cotton Mather's Bold Experiement / Norma Lutz [JF LUTZ, NORMA Smallpox]
• Standing in the Light: the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan / Dear America [JF OSBORNE, MARY POPE Standing]
• The Starving Time: Elizabeth's Diary Book 2 / My America Series [JF HERMES, PATRICIA Our stra]

Revolutionary America: 1775-1783

• The Arrow Over the Door / Joseph Bruchac [JF BRUCHAC, JOSEPH Arrow ov]
• Ben & Me: a New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos / Robert Lawson [JF L446 3 B]
• Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary / My America Series [JF GREGORY, KRISTIAN Five smo]
• Guns for General Washington: a Story of the American Revolution / Seymour Reit [JF R2785.8]
• Johnny Tremain / Esther Forbes [JPBK F] and [JF FORBES, ESTHER Johnny T]
• Journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War Patriot / My Name is America [JF DENEBERG, BARRY Journal]
• Mary Alice Peale / Kathleen Duey [JF DUEY, KATHLEEN Mary]
• Mr. Revere & I: Being an Account of Certain Episodes in the Career of Pail Revere, Esq. as Recently Revealed by His Horse / Robert Lawson [JF L446 14 B]
• My Brother Sam is Dead / James Collier [JF COLLIER, JAMES LINCOLN My bro]
• Sarah Bishop / Scott O'Dell [JPBK O]
• Saratoga Secret / Betsy Sterman [JF STERMAN, BETSY Saratoga]
• Second Daughter: the Story of a Slave Girl / Mildred Pitts Walter [JF W235 22]
• Shh! We're Writing the Constitution / Jean Fritz [JPBK F]
• A Spy in the King's Colony / Lisa Banim [JF BANIM, LISA Spy in]
• War Comes to Willy Freeman / James Collier [JPBK C]
• The Winter of Red Snow: the Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart / Dear America Series [JF GREGORY, KRISTIN Winter o]
• The Year of the Bloody Sevens / William O. Steele [JF S804 28]

The New Nation: 1783-1815

• The Cabin Faced West / Jean Fritz [JF FRITZ] and [JF FRITZ, JEAN Cabin] and [JPBK F]
• A Gathering of Days: a New England Girl's Journal / Joan Blos [JF BLOS, JOAN W. Gatherin]
• Girl of the Shining Mountains: Sacagawea's Story / Peter and Connie Roop [JF ROOP, PETER Girl of]
• Journal of Augustus Pelletier: Lewis and Clark Expedition / My America Series [JF LASKY, KATHRYN Journ]
• Lewis and Clark and Me: a Dog's Tale / Laurie Myers [JF MYERS, LAURIE Lewis]
• The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox [JF F839 21] and [JF FOX, PAULA Slave] and [JPBK F]
• Soft Rain: a Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears / Cornelia Cornelisseu [JF CORNELISSEU, CORNELIA Soft Ra]
• Tom Cringle: the Pirate and the Patriot / Gerald Hausman [JF HAUSMAN, GERALD Tom]
• Trail of Apple Blossoms / Irene Hunt [JF H913 23]

Expanding the Frontier: 1815-1860

Westward Ho!

• The Birchbark House / Louise Erdrich [JF ERDRICH, LOUISE, Birchbar]
• As Far as I Can See: Meg's Diary / My America Series [JF MCMULLAN, KATE As Far]
• Betrayed / Patricia Calvert [JF CALVERT, PATRICIA Betrayed]
• For This Land: Meg's Prairie Diary / My America Series [JF MCMULLAN, KATE For this]
• Journal of Jededian Barstow: an Emigrant on the Oregon Trail / My Name is America Series [JF LEVINE, ELLEN Journal]
• Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy / My Name is America Series [JF BRUCHAC, JOSEPH Journal]
• A Line in the Sand: the Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence / Dear America [JF GARLAND, SHERRY Line in]
• Longwalker's Journey / Beatrice O. Harrell [JF HARRELL, BEATRICE ORCUTT Longwalk]
• A Perfect Place: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary Book 2 / My America Series [JF HERMES, PATRICIA Our stra]
• Riding the Pony Express / Clyde Robert Bulla [JF BULLA, CLYDE Riding]
• Susannah / Janet Hickman [JF HICKMAN, JANET Susannah]
• Valley of the Moon: the Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros / Dear America [JF GARLAND, SHERRY Valley o]
• Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary / My America Series [JF HERMES, PATRICIA Westward]

Gold Rush

• Ballad of Lucy Whipple / Karen Cushman [JF CUSHMAN, KAREN Ballad] and [JF C959 3] and [JPBK C]
• Bandit's Moon / Sid Fleischman [JF FLEISCHMAN, SID Bandits m]
• By the Great Horn Spoon / Sid Fleischman [JF F620 3.2] and [JPBK F]
• Clem's Chances / Sonia Levitin [JF LEVITIN, SONIA Clems]
• Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: a Chinese Miner / My Name is America [JF YEP, LAURENCE Journal]
• Seeds of Hope: the Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild / Dear America Series [JF GREGORY, KRISTINA Seeds of]
• Silver Dollar Girl / Katherine Ayers [JF AYERS, KATHERINE Silver]

Immigration

• Beyond the Western Sea: Book One, Escape from Home / Avi [JF AVI Beyond t] ·
• Precious Gold, Precious Jade / Sharon Heisel [JF HEISEL, SHARON E. Precious] and [JPBK H]

Slavery

• Letters From a Slave Girl / Mary Lyons [JF LYONS, MARY Letters] and [JF L995 14]
• Long Journey Home / Julius Lester [JF L621 14]
• Now Let Me Fly / Dolores Johnson [JF J6305 16]
• Seaward Born / Lee Wait [JF WAIT, LEE Seaward]
• Send One Angel Down / Virginia Schwartz [JF SCHWARTZ, VIRGINIA Send one]
• Time Pieces : the Book of Times / Virginia Hamilton [JF HAMILTON, VIRINIA Time]
• To Be a Slave / Juluis Lester [JPBK L]

Civil War: 1860-1863

• Across Five Aprils / Irene Hunt [JPBK H]
• Across the Lines / Carolyn Reeder [JPBK R]
• A Ballad of the Civil War / Marty Stolz [JF STOLZ, MARY Ballad o]
• Bigger / Patricia Calvert [JF C139 3] and [JPBK C]
• Bull Run / Paul Fleischman [JF F619 4]
• Dear Ellen Bea: a Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies / Mary Lyons [JF LYONS, MARY Dear ell]
• JayHawker / Patricia Beatty [JF BEATTY, PATRICIA Jayhawke]
• Joseph: 1816, a Rumble of War / Bonnie Pryor [JF PRYOR, BONNIE Joseph]
• A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin / Dear America Series [JF HESSE, KAREN Light in]
• Private Captain: a Story of Gettysburg / Marty Crisp [JF CRISP, MARTY Private]
• Rifles for Watie / Harold Keith [JF K269 21]
• Shades of Gray / Carolyn Reeder [JF R253 22]
• Silent Thunder: a Civil War Story / Andrea Davis Pinkney [JF PINKNEY, ANDREA DAVIS Silent t]
• Three Against the Tide / D. Anne Love [JF LOVE, D ANNE Three ag]
• Thunder at Gettysburg / Patricia Lee Gauch [JF G231.24]
• Which Way Freedom? / Joyce Hansen [YPBK H]
• Who Comes with Cannons / Patricia Beatty [JF BEATTY, PATRICIA Who]

Reconstruction & the Industrial Revolution: 1865-1900

Closing the Frontier

• The Borning Room / Paul Fleischman [JF F619 3]
• Carlota / Scott O'Dell [JF ODELL, SCOTT Carlota]
• Daughter of Suqua / Diane Johnston Hamm [JF HAMM, DIANE JOHNSTON Daughter]
• Grasshopper Summer / Anne Turner [JF T781.8]
• The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West / Dear America Series [JF GREGORY, KRISTIN Great ra]
• Journal of Sean Sullivan: Transcontinental Railroad Worker / My Name is America [JF DURBIN, WILLIAM Journal]
• My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Pierce, a Prairie Teacher / Dear America [JF MURPHY, JIM My face]
• My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose a Sioux Girl / Dear America [JF RINALDI, ANN My heart]
• Rodzina / Karen Cushman [JF CUSHAM, KAREN Rodzina]
• Sing Down the Moon / Scott O'Dell [YPBK O]
• West to a Land of Plenty: the Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi / Dear America [JF MURPHY, JIM West to a]
• Little House on the Prairie Series / Laura Ingalls Wilder [JF WILDER, LAURA INGALLS] and [JPBK W]
  • Little House in the Big Woods
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Farmer Boy
  • On the Banks of Plum Creek
  • By the Shores of Silver Lake
  • The Long Winter
  • Little Town on the Prairie
  • These Happy Golden Years
  • The First Four Years

Industrial Revolution

• A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Laminska / Dear America Series [JF BARTOLETTI, SUSAN CAMPBELL Coal Min]

Twentieth Century

Turn of the Century, World War I, and the Roaring Twenties

• Black Gold / Marguerite Henry [JF H396 1B]
• Dreams in Gold Country: Diary of Zipporah Feldman a Jewish Immigrant Girl / Dear America Series [JF LASKY, KATHRYN Dreams I]
• Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic / Sarah Masters Buckey [JPBK H]
• Journal of Finn Reardon: a Newsie /My Name is America Series [JF BARTOLET, SUSAN Journal]
• Journal of Otto Peltonen: a Finnish Immigrant / My Name is America [JF DURBIN, WILLIAM Journal]
• Letters From Rifka / Karen Hesse [YPBK H]
• Lord of the Nutcracker Men / Iain Lawrence [JF LAWRENCE, IAIN Lord of]
• My Grandmother's Journey / John Cech [JF C324 15]
• A Real American / Richard Easton [JF EASTON, RICHARD Real]
• A Time for Courage: the Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen / Dear America Series [JF LASKEY, KATHRYN Time for]
• Titanic Crossing / Barbara Williams [JF W751 24]
• Witness / Karen Hesse [JF HESSE, KAREN Witness]
• The 21 Balloons / William Pene DuBois [JF DUBOIS, WILLIAM Twenty]

Great Depression: 1929-1941

• Bud, Not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis [JF CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER PAUL Bud not] and [JPBK C]
• Cat Running / Zilpha Keatley Snyder [JF S675 15]
• Hiding Mr. McNulty / Berniece Rabe [YAFICT RABE, BERNICE Hiding]
• Let the Circle Be Unbroken / Mildred Taylor [JF T2165 14] and [JPBK T]
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind / Dear America [JF DANENBERG, BARRY Mirror]
• Nothing to Fear / Jackie French Koller [JF KOLLER, JACKIE FRENCH Nothing]
• Nowhere to Call Home / Cynthia DeFelice [JF DeFELICE, CYNTHIA Nowhere]
• Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse [JPBK H]
• Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry / Mildred Taylor [JPBK T]
• Saving Grace /Priscilla Cummings [JF CUMMINGS, PRISCILLA Saving]
• Survival in the Storm: Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards / Dear America Series [JF JANKE, KATELAN Survival]

World War II and the Holocaust: 1938-1945

Europe

• Autumn Street / Lois Lowry [JF L956 3]
• Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon / Ida Vos [JF V920 5]
• The Devil's Arithmetic / Jane Yolen [JPBK Y]
• The Good Liar / Gregory Maquire [JF MAQUIRE, GREGORY Good Lia]
• The Journey Back / Johanna Reiss [JF REISS, JOHANNA Upstairs]
• One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: Diary of Julie Weiss / Dear America [JF DANENBERG, BARRY One Eye]
• My Secret War: the World War II Diary of Madeline Beck / Dear America [JF OSBORNE, MARY POPE My secre]
• Number the Stars / Lois Lowry [JF L956.16] and [JF LOWRY, LOIS Number t] and [JPBK L] and [JPBK R]
• A Picture of Grandmother / Esther Hantzig [JF HANTZIG, ESTHER Picture]
• To Cross a Line / Karen Ray [JF R2115 3]
• Torn Thread / Anne Issacs [JF ISSACAS, ANNE Torn Thr]
• The Upstairs Room / Johanna Reiss [JF R278 24]
• When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit / Judith Kerr [JF K455 26]
• When the Soldiers Were Gone / Vera Propp [JF PROPP, VERA When the]

Pacific

• Hiroshima / Laurence Yep [JF Y4359]
• When My Name Was Keoko: a Novel of Korea in World War II / Linda Park Sue [JF PARK, LINDA When]
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes / Sook Nyul Choi [JF C452 28]

Homefront

• Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp / My Name is America [JF DANENBERG, BARRY Jouranl]
• Lily's Crossing / Patricia Giff [JF GIFF, PATRICIA Lilys]
• My Wartime Summers / Jane Cutler [JF C976 15]
• Stepping on the Cracks / Mary Downing Hahn [JF H124 22]

Cold War, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Civil Rights Movement: 1945-1975

• Bat 6 / Virginia Wolff [JF WOLFF, VIRGINIA Bat] and [JPBK W]
• Flying South / Laura Malone Elliot [JF ELLIOT, LAURA Flying]
• Goodbye Vietnam / Gloria Whelan [JF W552 8]
• The King of Dragons / Carol Fenner [JF FENNER, CAROL King of]
• Journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro Leagues / My Name is America Series [JF MYERS, WALTER DEAN Journal]
• Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps / My America Series [JF WHITE, ELLEN Journal]
• Little Brother / Allan Baille [JF BAILLE, ALLAN Little]
• Lost in the War / Nancy Antle [YAFICT ANTLE, NANCY Lost in]
• The Purple Heart / Marc Talbert [YAFICT TALBERT, MARC Purple]
• Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues / Harriette Robinet [JPBK R]
• The Wall / Eve Bunting [JF BUNTING, EVE Wall]
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis [JF C983 26]
• Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty / Dear America Series [JF WHITE, ELLEN Where]

Late 20th Century

• My Palace of Leaves in Sarajevo / Marybeth Lorbiecki [JF LORBIECKI, MARYBETH My]
• Quake! / Joe Cottonwood [JF C829 19]

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11/1999
Updated 01/2004

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