Upon arriving at the camp, she is assigned to help a surgeon named Hammond. The girl in blue by Ann Rinaldi is a story of a girl named Sarah who runs away from her home and disguises herself as a man to join the Union Army during the American Civil War. Her first book, Term Paper, was published in 1979, and prior to this, she had written four unpolished books, which she termed as “terrible.” She continued writing for the newspaper even throughout much of her writing career. Before dedicating her time to full-time writing, she worked as an author for a local newspaper columnist. She was a writer for the Great Episode series, a novel series featuring books set during the American Colonial Era.īefore her death, Ann Rinaldi lived in Somerville, New Jersey, with her husband, who she married in 1960.

Additionally, in 2000 her novel Wolf by the Ears was chosen as one of the best novels preceding 25 years and later selected as one of the best novels preceding 100 years. She wrote over 40 novels, eight of which were notable books by the ALA. With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By:Andrea Davis Pinkney)īehind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By:Susan Patron)ĭown the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By:Susan Campbell Bartoletti)Ī City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By:Judy Blundell)Īnn Rinaldi was a young adult, historical, literature, and fiction author popularly known for her historical fiction books The Last Silk Dress, In My Father’s House, A Break with Charity, and Acquaintance with Darkness. Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By:Deborah Hopkinson) Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By:Marion Dane Bauer)Īll the Stars in the Sky (By:Megan McDonald) Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By:Ann Turner)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 (By:) Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By:Sherry Garland) The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By:Ann Turner)Ī Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By:Susan Campbell Bartoletti) Standing in the Light (By:Mary Pope Osborne)Ī Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By:Sherry Garland) I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By:Joyce Hansen)ĭreams in the Golden Country (By:Kathryn Lasky) The Winter of Red Snow (By:Kristiana Gregory) A Journey to the New World (By:Kathryn Lasky)

The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi