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Dear America Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Dear America books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Dear America series? Start with "A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)" (1996) and follow publication order through all 28 books.
The complete Dear America reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1996

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

A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack)
1997

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

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

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

Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack)
1998

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

My Heart is on the Ground
1999

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

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

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

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

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2001

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

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

My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like the Willow Tree (By: Lois Lowry)
2011

Cannons at Dawn (By: Kristiana Gregory)
2011

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