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Series · 1999–2000Ended

Dear America

2 seasons·12 episodes·30 min avg.·United States of America

Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.

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A Picture of FreedomUp next
Mar 14, 1999

In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.

02
Dreams in the Golden Country
Apr 1, 1999

A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.

03
A Journey to the New World
May 6, 1999·8.0

Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.

04
Standing in the Light
Sep 12, 1999·4.2

A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.

05
So Far From Home
Oct 2, 1999

Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.

06
The Winter of Red Snow
Nov 6, 1999

During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.

07
Color Me Dark
Feb 7, 2000

A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.

08
A Line in the Sand
Apr 10, 2000

In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.

09
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Jul 5, 2000

Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.

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