Dear America Diary Challenge

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3 participants (12 books)

07 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 10 of the Dear America Diary series before the end of the year. 

Challenge Books

All books added
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce Hansen

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly

Dear America #7

Joyce Hansen

224 pages • digital • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

Dear America #20

Mary Pope Osborne

182 pages • hardcover • 2000

fiction historical middle grade young adult informative fast-paced
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

Dear America #10

Mary Pope Osborne

184 pages • hardcover • 1998

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional medium-paced
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

Dear America #35

Lisa Rowe Fraustino

203 pages • hardcover • 2004

fiction historical middle grade young adult dark informative slow-paced
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell

Dear America #5

Kristiana Gregory

140 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous medium-paced
Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

Dear America #38

Lois Lowry

224 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction childrens historical middle grade emotional slow-paced
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose

Dear America #43

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

320 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous slow-paced
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 by Judy Blundell

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906

Dear America #42

Judy Blundell

218 pages • hardcover • 2013 user-added

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous fast-paced
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954

Dear America #40

Andrea Davis Pinkney

336 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction historical middle grade young adult inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Dear America: Behind the Masks by Susan Patron

Dear America: Behind the Masks

Dear America #41

Susan Patron

304 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction historical middle grade young adult mysterious medium-paced