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Patricia C. McKissack Books in Order

Patricia C. McKissack is a celebrated author, renowned for her poignant and thought-provoking works that have earned her numerous accolades. A Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner, her notable books include the critically acclaimed <em>The Dark-Thirty</em> and <em>Porch Lies</em>, an ALA Notable Book. McKissack's collaborations with Jerry Pinkney have yielded exceptional results, as seen in <em>Goin' Someplace Special</em>, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and <em>Mirandy and Brother Wind</em>, a Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Caldecott Honor Book. Her writing continues to captivate readers of all ages with its depth and emotional resonance.

Bibliography verified: April 2026

Quick Answer

What are all of Patricia C. McKissack's book series? Patricia C. McKissack has written 10 book series. The most notable is the Dear America series.

Complete series list with all books in reading order below.

Book Series by Patricia C. McKissack

  • #1
    A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(1996)
  • #2
    Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart (By: Kristiana Gregory)(1996)
  • #3
    A Picture Of Freedom cover
    A Picture Of Freedom(1997)
  • #4
    Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg) cover
    Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg)(1998)
  • #5
    West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy) cover
    West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy)(1998)
  • #6
    A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland) cover
    A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland)(1998)
  • #7
    Stationery Pack cover
    Stationery Pack(1998)
  • #8
    The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory)(1999)
  • #9
    My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi) cover
    My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi)(1999)
  • #10
    The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner) cover
    The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner)(1999)
  • #11
    A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse) cover
    A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse)(1999)
  • #12
    Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North cover
    Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(2000)
  • #13
    My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne) cover
    My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)(2000)
  • #14
    Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2001)
  • #15
    Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2001)
  • #16
    When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine) cover
    When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine)(2002)
  • #17
    My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2002)
  • #18
    Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White) cover
    Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White)(2002)
  • #19
    Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke) cover
    Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke)(2002)
  • #20
    Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner) cover
    Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner)(2003)
  • #21
    Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer) cover
    Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer)(2003)
  • #22
    All the Stars in the Sky (By: Megan McDonald) cover
    All the Stars in the Sky (By: Megan McDonald)(2003)
  • #23
    Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 cover
    Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(2004)
  • #24
    Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson) cover
    Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson)(2004)
  • #25
    The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson) cover
    The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson)(2010)
  • #26
    Like the Willow Tree (By: Lois Lowry) cover
    Like the Willow Tree (By: Lois Lowry)(2011)
  • #27
    Cannons at Dawn (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Cannons at Dawn (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2011)
  • #28
    Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron) cover
    Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron)(2012)
  • #1
    A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1989)
  • #2
    Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1991)
  • #3
    Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1992)
  • #4
    Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1994)
  • #5
    Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1994)
  • #6
    Rebels Against Slavery (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Rebels Against Slavery (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1996)
  • #7
    Black Hands, White Sails: The Story Of African American Whalers (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Black Hands, White Sails: The Story Of African American Whalers (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(1999)
  • #8
    Days Of Jubilee (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Days Of Jubilee (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(2003)
  • #9
    Best Shot in the West (With: Frederick L. McKissack) cover
    Best Shot in the West (With: Frederick L. McKissack)(2009)
  • #1
    Mary, Queen of Scots (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    Mary, Queen of Scots (By: Kathryn Lasky)(1994)
  • #2
    Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile (By: Kristiana Gregory)(1999)
  • #3
    Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor (By: Kathryn Lasky,Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor (By: Kathryn Lasky,Kristiana Gregory)(1999)
  • #4
    Isabel: Jewel of Castilla (By: Carolyn Meyer) cover
    Isabel: Jewel of Castilla (By: Carolyn Meyer)(2000)
  • #5
    Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2000)
  • #6
    Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess (By: Carolyn Meyer) cover
    Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess (By: Carolyn Meyer)(2000)
  • #7
    Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets (By: Patricia Clark Smith) cover
    Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets (By: Patricia Clark Smith)(2001)
  • #8
    Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South (By: Laurence Yep) cover
    Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South (By: Laurence Yep)(2001)
  • #9
    Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia (By: Anna Kirwan) cover
    Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia (By: Anna Kirwan)(2001)
  • #10
    Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars (By: Sheri Holman) cover
    Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars (By: Sheri Holman)(2002)
  • #11
    Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2002)
  • #12
    Kaiulani (By: Ellen Emerson White) cover
    Kaiulani (By: Ellen Emerson White)(2002)
  • #13
    Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2002)
  • #14
    Elisabeth: The Princess Bride (By: Barry Denenberg) cover
    Elisabeth: The Princess Bride (By: Barry Denenberg)(2003)
  • #15
    Kristina: The Girl King (By: Carolyn Meyer) cover
    Kristina: The Girl King (By: Carolyn Meyer)(2003)
  • #16
    Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba cover
    Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba(2003)
  • #17
    Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal (By: Anna Kirwan) cover
    Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal (By: Anna Kirwan)(2004)
  • #18
    Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven (By: Kathryn Lasky) cover
    Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2004)
  • #19
    Anacaona: Golden Flower (By: Edwidge Danticat) cover
    Anacaona: Golden Flower (By: Edwidge Danticat)(2005)
  • #20
    Catherine, The Great Journey (By: Kristiana Gregory) cover
    Catherine, The Great Journey (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2006)
  • #21
    It's Great to Be Eight cover
    It's Great to Be Eight(2000)

About Patricia C. McKissack

Patricia C. McKissack is a celebrated author, renowned for her poignant and thought-provoking works that have earned her numerous accolades. A Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner, her notable books include the critically acclaimed <em>The Dark-Thirty</em> and <em>Porch Lies</em>, an ALA Notable Book. McKissack's collaborations with Jerry Pinkney have yielded exceptional results, as seen in <em>Goin' Someplace Special</em>, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and <em>Mirandy and Brother Wind</em>, a Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Caldecott Honor Book. Her writing continues to captivate readers of all ages with its depth and emotional resonance.

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