| Authors: |
Garland, Sherry
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Scholastic, 1998. |
| Description: |
201 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0590394665 (alk. paper) |
| Series: |
Dear America
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| Tags |
dear america, historical fiction, alamo, diary, american history, children's, history, ya, texas, young adult, children, children's literature, frontier, historical, juvenile, old west, texas history, war, 19th century, america, biography, boyle, children's books, children's nonfiction, family life, fiction, fifth grade reading level, girls, journal, juvenile fiction, mexico, new orleans, packed, pioneer life, report, revolution, social studies, texana, united states, us history, usa |
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| Summary: |
In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom. |