Lois Lowry

Melding myth and memory into lyrical journeys through forgotten worlds.

About Lois Lowry(1946 – present)

Lois Lowry's contributions to literary fiction are marked by emotional depth, intellectual curiosity, and a distinctive narrative style. Their stories explore questions of identity, time, and truth—offering readers a layered and lasting experience.

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Dear America

WWTC
1. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864(By: Barry Denenberg) (1996) –Description or Buy on Amazon
JTNW
2. A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620(By: Kathryn Lasky) (1996) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ITMS
4. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865(By: Joyce Hansen) (1997) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ESMP
6. Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941(By: Barry Denenberg) (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DGCD
7. Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903(By: Kathryn Lasky) (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SLCD
9. Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763(By: Mary Pope Osborne) (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
VGTD
12. Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912(By: Ellen Emerson White) (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GRRD
13. The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868(By: Kristiana Gregory) (1999) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GWCA
15. The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl(By: Ann Turner) (1999) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CMDD
17. Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(By: Patricia McKissack) (2000) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CMBD
18. A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) (2000) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MSWW
19. My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941(By: Mary Pope Osborne) (2000) –Description or Buy on Amazon
OELO
20. One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938(By: Barry Denenberg) (2000) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CAAG
21. Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932(By: Kathryn Lasky) (2001) –Description or Buy on Amazon
VMDM
22. Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,(By: Sherry Garland) (2001) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SHGR
23. Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849(By: Kristiana Gregory) (2001) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MFTW
24. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881(By: Jim Murphy) (2001) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TFCS
27. A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917(By: Kathryn Lasky) (2002) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MMWD
29. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932(By: Barry Denenberg) (2002) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SSDB
30. Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935(By: Katelan Janke) (2002) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SFFH
31. So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847(By: Barry Denenberg) (2003) –Description or Buy on Amazon
LBBD
33. Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota(By: Marion Dane Bauer) (2003) –Description or Buy on Amazon
LTHD
35. Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(By: Patricia McKissack) (2004) –Description or Buy on Amazon
HMSD
36. Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909(By: Deborah Hopkinson) (2004) –Description or Buy on Amazon
IWDD
37. I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) (2004) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FBUD
38. The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941(By: Kirby Larson) (2010) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WMAD
41. With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) (2011) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BMDA
42. Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880(By: Susan Patron) (2012) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DRHC
43. Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) (2013) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CTBD
44. A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906(By: Judy Blundell) (2013) –Description or Buy on Amazon

Lois Lowry Books and Series – Structured Keywords

Dear America series by Lois Lowry. Complete reading order and series order.

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906(By: Judy Blundell) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620(By: Kathryn Lasky) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917(By: Kathryn Lasky) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880(By: Susan Patron) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932(By: Kathryn Lasky) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(By: Patricia McKissack) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903(By: Kathryn Lasky) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941(By: Barry Denenberg) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909(By: Deborah Hopkinson) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865(By: Joyce Hansen) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota(By: Marion Dane Bauer) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(By: Patricia McKissack) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932(By: Barry Denenberg) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881(By: Jim Murphy) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941(By: Mary Pope Osborne) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938(By: Barry Denenberg) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849(By: Kristiana Gregory) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847(By: Barry Denenberg) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763(By: Mary Pope Osborne) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935(By: Katelan Janke) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941(By: Kirby Larson) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl(By: Ann Turner) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868(By: Kristiana Gregory) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,(By: Sherry Garland) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912(By: Ellen Emerson White) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864(By: Barry Denenberg) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) – Book in the Dear America series by Lois Lowry.