In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.
Presents the fictional journal of twelve-year-old Ben Uchida in which he describes his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.
The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.
