Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Titanic | 1992 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 2 | My Story The Trenches | 1999 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 3 | My Story | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 4 | The Hunger | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 5 | Twentieth Century Girl | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 6 | The Crystal Palace | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 7 | The Great Plague | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 8 | The ‘45 Rising | 2001 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 9 | Battle of Britain | 2002 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 10 | Suffragette | 2003 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 11 | Victorian Workhouse | 2004 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 12 | Road to War | 2008 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 13 | Sophie’s Secret War | 2009 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 14 | Cadogan Square | 2010 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 15 | Factory Girl | 2011 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 16 | Nowhere to Run | 2012 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 17 | War Spy | 2013 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 18 | Victoria | 2014 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 19 | Codename Céline | 2015 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 20 | Coming Home | 2018 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 21 | Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan | 2020 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 22 | Mayflower | 2020 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 23 | Princess Sophia Duleep Singh | 2022 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
| 24 | Mary Prince | 2022 | Jim Eldridge | Buy |
Jim Eldridge is one of the most prolific contributors to Scholastic’s My Story series, which presents historical events through fictional diary entries written by young people. His contributions span centuries of history, from The Great Plague (2001) and The ‘45 Rising (2001) through to Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (2022) and Mary Prince (2022).
The series format — first-person diary entries by a young witness to history — makes distant events feel immediate and personal. Eldridge’s entries cover both World Wars extensively, along with subjects like the Titanic, the suffragette movement, Victorian workhouses, and the Mayflower voyage. His ability to research and inhabit different historical periods has made him one of the series’ most trusted contributors.