My name is America
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The journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union soldier
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The journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War patriot
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The journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II soldier
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6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
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The journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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The journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a Pilgrim boy
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003, c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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In 1905, fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becomes involved in a union fight for better working conditions.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
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The journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee boy
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The journal of C.J. Jackson: a Dust Bowl migrant
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Homecoming saga volume 4
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
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The journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.
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The journal of Finn Reardon: a newsie
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