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To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 by Barbara Haworth-Attard

To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937

Dear Canada

Barbara Haworth-Attard

192 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional sad slow-paced
A Sea of Sorrows: The Typhus Epidemic Diary of Johanna Leary by Norah McClintock

A Sea of Sorrows: The Typhus Epidemic Diary of Johanna Leary

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Norah McClintock

176 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction childrens historical emotional sad slow-paced
Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott by Carol Matas

Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott

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Carol Matas

185 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade adventurous emotional slow-paced
No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn by Julie Lawson

No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn

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Julie Lawson

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction childrens historical emotional slow-paced
These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens by Ruby Slipperjack

These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

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Ruby Slipperjack

200 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade challenging informative reflective slow-paced
All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts by Jean Little

All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts

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Jean Little

200 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall by Sarah Ellis

A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall

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Sarah Ellis

205 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson by Janet Lunn

A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson

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Janet Lunn

201 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction childrens historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles Du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge by Maxine Trottier

Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles Du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge

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Maxine Trottier

222 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade informative lighthearted medium-paced
Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor by Janet McNaughton

Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor

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Janet McNaughton

193 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional hopeful informative slow-paced