The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy

10 best books like The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy (Ann Rinaldi): Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691, Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C., Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777, Kristina: The Girl King, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

Jahanara: Princess of Princesses

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0439223504

In the 1600s, the Mughal emperors of India were among the greatest rulers of the East. Jahanara is the daughter of one of these ultra-rich and powerful figures, Shah Jahan The Magnificent. The oldest and favorite of his children, she is showered with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies, and is attended by...

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

Author	Lisa Rowe Fraustino
ISBN	0439249732

One of our final two Dear Americas, this is the compelling diary of a young girl who finds herself caught up in the turmoil and drama of the Salem Witch Trials.

Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where she does her daily chores in...

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C.

Author

Kristiana Gregory

Disclaimer: The last time I read this book was in middle school, so my review will be spotty and more nostalgic than any review should be. Oh well.

I avidly read the Royal Diaries series during my middle school years. Like most young girls, I was fascinated with princesses and--maybe not so much...

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

Author	Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN	0590134620

Catharine Carey Logan and her family have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life as the Quakers and Delaware Indians share a mutually trusting relationship. Recently, however, this friendship has been threatened by violence against the Indians. Then, Catharine and her brother are taken captive...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan

Author	Barry Denenberg
ISBN	0439194466

Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must learn to overcome her disability with the help of new friends and skills at the Perkins School for the Blind, in the wake of America's Great Depression.

After Bess Brennan is blinded in a sledding accident, she must face a frightening, much-altered...

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

Author	Kristiana Gregory
ISBN	0590226533

This is a great fictional account of the winter George Washington’s army spent in Valley Forge. I quite enjoyed it.

Warning: There are a few things that might make some readers squeamish, including the severing of limbs in wartime surgeries.

Content:
* alcohol
* profanity
*...

Kristina: The Girl King

Author	Carolyn Meyer
ISBN	0439249767

Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden.

Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore...

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell

Author	Kristiana Gregory
ISBN	0590226517

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and rub our lips every hour or so. It smells bad, it tastes bad, and the blowing dust sticks.

It feels like we...

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl

Author	Patricia C. McKissack
ISBN	0439210380

In acclaimed author Patricia McKissack's latest addition to the Dear America line, Lozette, a French slave, whose masters uproot her and bring her to America, must find her place in the New World.

Arriving with her French masters in upstate New York at the tail end of the French-Indian War,...

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

Author

Kathryn Lasky

Journey to the New World (Mayflower) / 0-590-50214-X

Like so many of the Dear America series, this book has wonderful history; the journey across the sea is so real, you can almost feel the narrator's sea sickness. The arrival in the New World is presented realistically: full of hope, joy, and...