Dear America (1999)
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
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1. A Picture of Freedom1999-03-14 · 30mIn the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.
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2. Dreams in the Golden Country1999-04-01 · 30mA Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.
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3. A Journey to the New World1999-05-06 · 30mMem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.
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4. Standing in the Light1999-09-12 · 30mA young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.
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5. So Far From Home1999-10-02 · 30mMary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.
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6. The Winter of Red Snow1999-11-06 · 30mDuring the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
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7. Color Me Dark2000-02-07 · 30mA young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
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8. A Line in the Sand2000-04-10 · 30mIn this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
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9. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?2000-07-05 · 30mLiving in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.
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