Filter By Subjects
California Gold discoveries Juvenile fiction Cherokee Indians Juvenile fiction Chinese Americans Juvenile fiction Diaries Fiction Diaries Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining Juvenile fiction Historical fiction Orphans Fiction Trail of Tears, 1838 Juvenile fiction Uncles Juvenile fictionFilter By Subjects
California Gold discoveries Juvenile fiction Cherokee Indians Juvenile fiction Chinese Americans Juvenile fiction Diaries Fiction Diaries Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining Juvenile fiction Historical fiction Orphans Fiction Trail of Tears, 1838 Juvenile fiction Uncles Juvenile fictionBartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Summary: Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BARBruchac, Joseph
Summary: Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BRUDurbin, William
Summary: Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DURRinaldi, Ann.
Summary: A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plymouth in 1620-1621.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1900
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RINLevine, Ellen.
Summary: In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Denenberg, Barry.
Summary: William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DENWhite, Ellen Emerson.
Summary: An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WHIMurphy, Jim
Summary: James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MURYep, Laurence.
Summary: A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2000