Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 | 1996 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 2 | Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart | 1996 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 3 | When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 | 1996 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 4 | A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia ~ 1859 | 1997 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 5 | A Picture Of Freedom | 1997 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 6 | Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell ~ 1847 | 1997 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 7 | So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 8 | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 | 1997 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 9 | West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 10 | Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 11 | Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 12 | Stationery Pack | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 13 | Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 14 | A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 15 | My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 | 1999 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 16 | My Heart is on the Ground | 1999 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 17 | The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 | 1999 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 18 | A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin | 1999 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 19 | The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl | 1999 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 20 | A Coal Miner’s Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 | 2000 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 21 | Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North | 2000 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 22 | One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 | 2000 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 23 | My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 | 2000 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 24 | Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, | 2001 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 25 | Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 | 2001 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 26 | Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 | 2001 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 27 | Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 | 1998 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 28 | My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 | 2001 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 29 | My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 30 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts ~ 1968 | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 31 | A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 32 | Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 33 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 34 | Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 35 | When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer | 2002 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 36 | Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 37 | Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 38 | Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts ~ 1774 | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 39 | All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail ~ 1848 | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 40 | All the Stars in the Sky | 2003 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 41 | Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 | 2004 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 42 | I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 | 2004 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 43 | Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 | 2004 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 44 | The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 | 2010 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 45 | Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine ~ 1918 | 2011 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 46 | Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania ~ 1779 | 2011 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
| 47 | Like the Willow Tree | 2011 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 48 | Cannons at Dawn | 2011 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 49 | With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 | 2011 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 50 | Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 | 2012 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 51 | A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 | 2013 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 52 | Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose | 2013 | Kristiana Gregory | Buy |
| 53 | Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois ~ 1871 | 2013 | Kristiana Gregory | N/A |
The Dear America series is a long-running children’s historical fiction franchise that presents American history through the diaries of fictional young girls. Kristiana Gregory has contributed more entries to the series than almost any other author, with over fifty titles spanning events from the Pilgrim landing to the Vietnam War era. Her contributions include some of the most popular entries, like The Winter of Red Snow and Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie.
Each book immerses young readers in a specific time and place in American history through a first-person diary format. Gregory’s entries cover the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, westward expansion, World War I, World War II, and the Civil Rights movement. The series has been a staple of school libraries and classrooms since it launched in the 1990s.