My Name is America

My Name is America

My Name is America is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Press. Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man living during an important event or time period in American history.

Books

*"The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce:A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620" by Ann Rinaldi
*"The Journal of William Thomas Emerson:A Revolutionary War Patriot Boston, Massachusetts, 1774" by Barry Denenberg
*"The Journal of Augustus Pelletier:Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804" by Kathryn Lasky
*" The Journal of Jedediah Barstow:An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845" by Ellen Levine
*"The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds:The Donner Party Expedition, 1846" by Rodman Philbrick
*"The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung:A Chinese Miner, California, 1852" by Laurence Yep
*"The Journal of Sean Sullivan:A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867" by William Durbin
*"The Journal of Joshua Loper:A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871" by Walter Dean Myers
*"The Journal of Brian Doyle:A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship" by Jim Murphy
*"The Journal of Rufus Rowe:A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg Bowling Green, VA 1862" by Sid Hite
*"The Journal of Edmond Pease:A Civil War Union Soldier Virginia, 1863" by Jim Murphy
*"The Journal of Jesse Smoke:A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838" by Joseph Bruchac
*"The Journal of Finn Reardon:A Newsie, New York City, 1899" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
*"The Journal of Otto Peltonen:A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905" by William Durbin
*" The Journal of C.J. Jackson:A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935" by William Durbin
*"The Journal of Ben Uchida:Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942" by Barry Denenberg
*"The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins:A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944" by Walter Dean Myers
*"The Journal of Biddy Owens:The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948" by Walter Dean Myers
*" The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty:United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968" by Ellen Emerson White

ee Also

*Dear America
*My America
*The Royal Diaries

External Links

* [http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/books/index.htm Dear America Site]


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