A new entry in the popular historical series goes back to the Depression era. Aggie's family falls into hardship when her father is injured and can't deliver milk to their poor neighbors. Shy Aggie must then step in to fill his shoes—and face the banker who threatens to foreclose her family's farm.

BAYOU GRAND COEUR, LOUISIANA 1863 "I wonder if the Confederates think of this war as their own? Or the Yankees? Who would want a war to be their own?" Amelina is frightened. She is used to being alone while her Nonc Alain is away trading, but now Yankee soldiers are so close that she can sometimes hear the rumble of gunfire. Just because her close-knit Cajun community has for the most part been uninvolved in the war doesn't mean Nonc Alain's farm would be spared if the Yankees swept through the area. When Amelina makes a startling discovery that challenges everything she's been told about the Yankees, she is forced to make her own decision about what is right and what is wrong. Can she find the courage to face the danger that her decision brings?

PALOUSE, WASHINGTON 1943 "Please god, let us win this lousy war soon" World War II has changed life for everyone in the little farming town of Palouse, Washington. Josie Poe spends long nights afraid that bombs could begin to fall at any moment. Her days are consumed with trying to find ways to help the war effort. Like most American kids, she is growing a Victory Garden, wearing clothes that are two or three years old, and saving up money to buy war stamps and bonds. But the harder she works to help the war effort, the more Josie Poe is ashamed of her older brother. Tom hasn't enlisted in the armed services, even though all his good friends have. Everyone in town has a loved one fighting in Europe or the Pacific—none of the other young men were cowardly about their duty. When a robbery seems to involve Tom, Josie has to find out the truth about her brother. What she learns—and what she does—will change her relationship with him forever.

Rosa dreams of being a movie star—until her aunt, a Hollywood make-up artist, allows her to take a look at what lies behind the scenes!

Finding herself in the path of Sherman's march, young Maddie is frightened and unsure about how to get back to her family from whom she has been separated. Original.

With more than a quarter of a million copies in print, and now with an appealing new look, American Diaries has a loyal following among fans of American Girls and Dear America. Memorable heroines, exciting plots, and lots of authentic period detail are guaranteed to keep historical fiction lovers eagerly awaiting each new addition to the series. And each book is set in a period of American history vital to an understanding of our country's rich past, making the series perfect for classroom or home schooling use.In the sixteenth book in the series, Nell Dunne is scared. This New Year's Day will be the most important day of her life. Her family is desperately trying to escape the poverty and hunger they knew in Ireland. Will the new century in their new country bring them hope and a better life.

"The suffragists are all over the newspapers these days. Father fumes and frets about it and Mother soothes him, saying it will never be put into law. " Everything is changing for women in 1913. The "Washington Post" is full of headlines about the suffragists. More women are working to support themselves. The nearly 100-year battle for women's right to vote is coming closer to victory. Francesca Vigilucci's father rages about it; her mother avoids the topic altogether. Francesca only knows she doesn't want the future her parents have planned for her, a life of privilege and good works as the obedient wife to a successful man. The only person who seems to understand is Laura, a cleaning girl in the Vigilucci household. Then a prominent suffragist, in town for the White House picket line and a suffragist parade, comes to one of Mother's charity luncheons. Francesca finds the courage to admit her secret dream of becoming a reporter—but how can she ever persuade her parents?

Living in Hawaii makes the war feel very remote to Janey—until, without warning, bombs begin to fall on that infamous day in December, causing Janey and her family to run for their lives.

While working long hours at the mill, orphan Zellie Blake, who is desperately trying to care for her little brother, unexpectedly finds hope in an unlikely friendship that brings about the start of a new life—one filled with love and family. Original.