DEAR AMERICA Series
by Scholastic
In September of 1996, Scholastic launched a new historical fiction series entitled
DEAR AMERICA. Since that time the series has become highly popular prompting Scholastic to
launch three companion series (MY NAME IS AMERICA, MY AMERICA, and THE ROYAL DIARIES) and
the rest, as they say, is history.
In more than two dozen novels for DEAR AMERICA, the contributing authors have chosen
important events or periods of American history and written about those times through the
eyes of a young girl. Fact and fiction join together in the DEAR AMERICA diaries to give a
unique perspective to the glorious, and sometimes not so glorious, moments in America's
past. The young girls in this series are from all different backgrounds and each has a
different story to tell. The novels also contain an "Historical Notes" section
at the end that provides facts, photos, and other material highlighting the actual events
that inspired their fictional stories.
So whether you enjoy reading about the colonies, the westward movement, the Titanic, or
the Civil War --- grab a DEAR AMERICA diary and travel back in time! And be sure to check
out the other info that Kidsreads.com has gathered about the series and its authors.
--- by Ann L. Bruns
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