Our Strange New Land

Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.

My America Series-Elizabeth #2/Jamestown.

In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage. Simultaneous.

Offers a history of Africans in North America from the first arrivals in 1526 through the Revolutionary War.

Introduces life in colonial Jamestown, Virginia, as seen through the eyes of Sam Collier, John Smith's page, who works hard while wondering if he has the strength to survive in the New World.

In this book, Joshua's diary comes to an end with stories of life in Oregon, his sister lost in the woods, and Joshua starting school. Simultaneous.

In this book Meg brings her prairie diary to an end describing her days in the Kansas Territory, a deadly twister, and the start of school. Simultaneous.