12 books in series

My Name Is America

My Name Is America is a 12-book series with 12 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Jim Murphy, Barry Denenberg, William Durbin, Walter Dean Myers, Kathryn Lasky, Ann Rinaldi, William Durban, Rodman Philbrick, W.R. Philbrick, Joseph Bruchac, Ellen Levine, and Ellen Emerson White.

A spin off series of Dear America historical novels, each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man's life during an important event or time period in American history.

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620

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2000 • 3 Readers • 158 pages

The journal of Douglas Allen Deeds

12 My Name Is America

2001 • 2 Readers • 155 pages 3

The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804

12 My Name Is America

2000 • 3 Readers • 171 pages 3

The Journal of James Edmond Pease, a Civil War Union soldier

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1998 • 3 Readers • 173 pages

The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant

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2000 • 2 Readers • 171 pages 4.5

The Journal of Biddy Owens

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2 Readers 2

The Journal of C.J. Jackson

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4 Readers 3

The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838

12 My Name Is America

2001 • 2 Readers • 203 pages 5