Barry Denenberg

Series

Pub. Date

1997.

Physical Desc

170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.

4) Mirror, mirror on the wall: the diary of Bess Brennan

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2002.

Physical Desc

139 pages ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.

5) The journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War patriot

Author

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

1998.

Physical Desc

156 pages : illustrations,map ; 19 cm.

Language

English

Description

William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.

6) One eye laughing, the other weeping: the diary of Julie Weiss

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

pages ; cm.

Language

English

Description

During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.

7) Titanic sinks!

Author

Pub. Date

[2011]

Physical Desc

72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Language

English

Description

Presents the true story of the building and launching of the Titanic and offers a "you are there" feeling when the steamship struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.

8) The journal of Ben Uchida, citizen #13559, Mirror Lake internment camp

Author

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

1999.

Physical Desc

156 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.

9) One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss: Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

This special Dear Ameirca edition is actually two stories in a single volume. In part one of a two-part story, Julie Weiss's world is suddenly torn apart by a war that will forever change the face of humanity. Her life as a privileged Jewish girl quickly becomes one of humiliation and terror. In part two, Julie has left Nazi Austria for New York, where she begins a new life with her extended family who she has never met.

10) When will this cruel war be over?: the Civil War diary of Emma Simpson

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

156 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

11) Nelson Mandela: no easy walk to freedom

Author

Language

English

12) The story of Muhammad Ali: heavyweight champion of the world

Author

Series

Famous lives

Language

English

Description

Describes the life of the controversial heavyweight fighter, both in and out of the ring.

13) Shadow life: a portrait of Anne Frank and her family

Author

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

xv, 224 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

14) Stealing home: the story of Jackie Robinson

Author

Series

Scholastic biography

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

116 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Language

English

Description

The story of the first Black man to play baseball in the major leagues.

15) The true story of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI

Author

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

A biography of the former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on the FBI's impact on the major law enforcement issues of the 1920s through the early 1970s.

16) Lincoln shot!: a president's life remembered

Author

Pub. Date

2008.

Physical Desc

40 pages : illustrations ; 46 cm

Language

English

Description