My Name is America

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My Name is America is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Press. Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man living during an important event or time period in American history.

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  • The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce:A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 by Ann Rinaldi
  • The Journal of William Thomas Emerson:A Revolutionary War Patriot Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg
  • The Journal of Augustus Pelletier:Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 by Kathryn Lasky
  • The Journal of Jedediah Barstow:An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine
  • The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds:The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick
  • The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung:A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep
  • The Journal of Sean Sullivan:A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 by William Durbin
  • The Journal of Joshua Loper:A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871 by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Journal of Brian Doyle:A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship by Jim Murphy
  • The Journal of Rufus Rowe:A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg Bowling Green, VA 1862 by Sid Hite
  • The Journal of Edmond Pease:A Civil War Union Soldier Virginia, 1863 by Jim Murphy
  • The Journal of Jesse Smoke:A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac
  • The Journal of Finn Reardon:A Newsie, New York City, 1899 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
  • The Journal of Otto Peltonen:A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905 by William Durbin
  • The Journal of C.J. Jackson:A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 by William Durbin
  • The Journal of Ben Uchida:Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 by Barry Denenberg
  • The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins:A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Journal of Biddy Owens:The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty:United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

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