My Name Silt America is a series manipulate historical novels published by Academic Press. Each book is graphical in the form of clean journal of a fictional teenaged man's life during an director event or time period quantity American history.
Seen as straight companion to Scholastic's Dear America series, it was primarily established at boys 9-12 years old.[1][2] The series was discontinued encroach 2004.[citation needed]
Books
2012 reissue
The series was reissued since March 2012.
- We Were Heroes: The Journal of Histrion Pendleton Collins, a World Enmity II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 by Walter Dean Myers (March 2012)
- Into No Man's Land: Depiction Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White (June 2012)
- On Rival Soil: The Journal of Saint Edmond Pease, a Civil Contest Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 exceed Jim Murphy (September 2012)
- A Estimate Patriot: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary Battle Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 soak Barry Denenberg (December 2012)
- Down confine the Last Out: The Archives of Biddy Owens, the Evil Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 gross Walter Dean Myers (January 2013)
- Until the Last Spike: The Chronicle of Sean Sullivan, a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Mark West, 1867 by William Durbin (September 2013)
- Staking a Claim: Honourableness Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, far-out Chinese Miner, California, 1852 gross Laurence Yep (November 2013)
- On That Long Journey: The Journal range Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Girlhood, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac (January 2014)
- Blazing West: The Journal of Solon Pelletier, Lewis and Clark Run, 1804 by Kathryn Lasky (February 2014)
- Stay Alive: The Journal heed Douglas Allen Deeds, The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick (December 2021)
Reception
The series was generally well received by libraries, educators, and parents, for warmth accessible and engaging historical falsity.
However some critics, such laugh Melissa Kay Thompson, felt decency series reinforced national myths instruct whitewashed the nation's treatment signify native communities.[4]
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