In the 1990s, Scholastic Books published two series of books in the form of diaries written by children in their tweens and early teens. Each book tells the story of a girl or boy as a way of illuminating a specific historical point in American history and includes not just the story/journal/diary itself but also photographs and copies of primary documents. The result is books that tell different sides of American history, helping children discover for themselves how complex and varied the country always has been and will forever be.
These are the titles included in this listing:
"The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774"
"The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner. California, 1852"
"The Journal of James Edmond Pease, A Civil War Soldier, Virginia, 1863"
"The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942"
Each book has a ribbon bookmark. When I was a child I was entranced by them. Now that I am adult I am even more so.
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