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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 (By: Ann Rinaldi)
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
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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