# My America

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'''''My America''''' is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in [American history](/source/American_history). Created by [Scholastic](/source/Scholastic_Corporation), it is a spin-off of the series, ''[Dear America](/source/Dear_America)'', geared toward younger children (ages 7–10<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/Books-My-America/s?rh=n:283155,p_lbr_books_series_browse-bin:My+America |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}</ref>). The series covers: [Jamestown](/source/Jamestown%2C_Virginia), the [American Revolution](/source/American_Revolution), the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), [Westward Expansion](/source/Westward_Expansion), [Underground Railroad](/source/Underground_Railroad), and [slavery](/source/slavery). Each topic has three books and is authored by a different writer. Writers include well respected and popular children's authors, such as [Mary Pope Osborne](/source/Mary_Pope_Osborne) of [Magic Tree House](/source/Magic_Tree_House) fame. The series was discontinued in 2004, but the books continue to be a popular teaching device for introducing American history to elementary school age children.

==Books==
'''My America Series:'''

'''Elizabeth "Lizzy" Mary Barker's Jamestown Colony Diaries (1609) by Patricia Hermes:'''

(1) Our Strange New Land

(2) The Starving Time

(3) Season of Promise

'''Hope Penny Potter's Revolutionary War Diaries (1776) by Kristiana Gregory:'''

(1) Five Smooth Stones

(2) We Are Patriots

(3) When Freedom Comes

'''Joshua Martin McCullough's Oregon Trail Diaries (1848) by Patricia Hermes:'''

(1) Westward To Home

(2) A Perfect Place

(3) The Wild Year

'''Margaret "Meg" Cora Wells' Prairie Diaries (1856) by [Kate McMullan](/source/Kate_McMullan):'''

(1) As Far As I Can See

(2) For This Land

(3) A Fine Start

'''Corey Birdsong's Underground Railroad Diaries (1857) by Sharon Dennis Wyeth:'''

(1) Freedom's Wings

(2) Flying Free

(3) Message In The Sky

'''Virginia "Ginny" B. Dickens' Civil War Diaries (1863) by Mary Pope Osborne & Will Osborne:'''

(1) My Brother's Keeper

(2) After The Rain

(3) A Time To Dance

'''Sofia Monari's Immigrant Diaries (1903) by Kathryn Lasky:'''

(1) Hope In My Heart

(2) Home At Last

(3) An American Spring

==See also==
*[Dear America](/source/Dear_America)
*''[My America](/source/My_America_(film))''
*[My Name Is America](/source/My_Name_Is_America)
*[The Royal Diaries](/source/The_Royal_Diaries)
*[My Australian Story](/source/My_Australian_Story)
*[Dear Canada](/source/Dear_Canada)
*[My Story (UK)](/source/My_Story_(Scholastic_UK))
*[My Story (New Zealand)](/source/My_Story_(Scholastic_New_Zealand))
*[Mon Histoire (France)](/source/Mon_Histoire) (non-Scholastic)
*[I Am Canada](/source/I_Am_Canada)
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/book-lists-and-recommendations/series-characters-authors/dear-america-series.html ''Dear America'': Scholastic Book Series]

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Category:Children's book series
Category:Children's historical novels
Category:American children's novels
Category:American historical novels
Category:Fictional diaries
Category:Children's books set in the United States
Category:Novels set in the United States

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