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Christmas After All

Christmas After All

The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift

Dear America
by Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

©2001, ISBN: 9780439219433

Hardcover, 190 pages

Current Retail Price: $10.95

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Historical Setting: Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932

Minnie Swift is 12 when the great Depression hits, so she keeps a diary during the Christmas season to reflect the tough times, and hopeful times, she and her family go through.

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Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)

Related Categories

20th Century: 1929-1949
Great Depression (1929-1939)

Recommended for...

4th grade (Ages 9-10)
5th grade (Ages 10-11)
6th grade (Ages 11-12)

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Sincerelyornot, 10/7/2011

Probably the best parts of this series is written by Katherine Lasky. She wrote some of the American Girls books too, I believe. The style is clean, lots of fun anecdotal family scenes with historical details woven seamlessly into the background. This is one of the shorter diaries, highly recommended as a Christmas car trip read-aloud.

An Old-fashioned Christmas

Sincerelyornot, 10/7/2011

Probably the best parts of this series is written by Katherine Lasky. She wrote some of the American Girls books too, I believe. The style is clean, lots of fun anecdotal family scenes with historical details woven seamlessly into the background. This is one of the shorter diaries, highly recommended as a Christmas car trip read-aloud.