A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia McKissack (1997).When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg (1996).The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory (1996).

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky (1996).There are thirty-six books in the original Dear America series: Several of the stories were filmed and released on videotape. Originally all the books had a ribbon inserted as a bookmark for the books but were removed in the later releases. The re-launch series and releases contain a new cover style and different pictures of the main characters than those of the original releases. The breadth of historical topics covered in these books through fiction makes the Dear America series a favorite teaching device of history schoolteachers around the country. The Dear America series covers a wide range of topics, including: the Pilgrims' journey to the New World, the Salem Witch Trials, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, western expansion, slavery, immigration, nineteenth-century prairie life, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Great Depression, Native Americans' experiences, racism, coal mining, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the fight for women's suffrage, the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the Battle of the Alamo, the Vietnam War, and more. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010.

The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. For the 1987 Vietnam war documentary, see Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.ĭear America is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996.

So Far From Home by Barry Denenberg