The year is 1932 and Bess Brennan has a terrible accident that blinds her. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1932 She is the second youngest child in a once prosperous family, living in a big, beautiful, old house on Meridian, the main street of Indianapolis. Minnie Swift is twelve years old, and living through one of America's toughest times, The Great Depression. But when the two biggest newspaper publishers, Hearst and Pulitzer, raise the wholesale price that Finn and his friends pay for the papers they sell, the boys band together and go on strike.Ĭhristmas After All, The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932

When Finn Reardon's father dies, he decides to support his mother and eight siblings by peddling newspapers on the streets corners of New York City. The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie, New York City, 1899 Angela plays a part in the drama and turmoil as the workers begin to strike, protesting the terrible conditions. Hear My Sorrow, The Diary of Angela Denoto, A Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909Īngela, an Italian immigrant girl, must go to work in a shirtwaist factory to support her family.

The tumultuous experience of a young African American girl who moves from the South to Chicago Katheleen 'Kat' Bowen get to participate as her mother, her sister, and many others close to her organize and act to win the right to vote.Ĭolor Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 Jasper, a 14-year-old Pilgrim, makes his mark at Plymouth by establishing a friendship with the Nauset Indians.Ī Time for Courage, The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 Lozette is a French slave who must find her place in the New World when her masters uproot her and bring her to colonial America. Look to the Hills, The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 The Devil's Book, The Salem Village Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691ĭeliverance Trembley finds herself caught up in the drama of the Salem witch trials. The Journal of Biddy Owens, The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama 1948īiddy's story covers the games, the grueling road trips, racial segregation, and day-to-day life in Birmingham during this pivotal time.

Early Sunday Morning by Barry Denenberg