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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.
6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In 1862, sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he documents in his journal the battle he watches unfold there.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.
