Characters Corey Birdsong, Sofia Monari, Hope Penny Potter Books Our Strange New Land, My Brother's Keeper, As Far As I Can See, Hope In My Heart, The Starving Time | ||
My America is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in American history. Created by Scholastic, it is a spin-off of the series, Dear America, geared toward younger children (grades 3-5). The series covers: Jamestown, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, Westward Expansion, Underground Railroad, and 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 of 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
There are twenty-one books in the My America series:
Corey's Underground Railroad Diaries by Sharon Dennis Wyeth:
Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries by Patricia Hermes:
Hope's Revolutionary War Diaries by Kristiana Gregory:
Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries by Patricia Hermes:
Meg's Prairie Diaries by Kate McMullan:
Sofia's Immigrant Diaries by Kathryn Lasky:
Virginia's Civil War Diaries by Mary Pope Osborne: