Dear America
TV ShowEnded

Dear America

TV-Y7
1999
~30 min / ep
2 seasons
12 episodes
DramaFamily

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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Seasons

  • A Picture of Freedom

    1.A Picture of Freedom

    14-03-199930 min

    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.

  • Dreams in the Golden Country

    2.Dreams in the Golden Country

    01-04-199930 min

    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.

  • A Journey to the New World

    3.A Journey to the New World

    8.0
    06-05-199930 min

    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.

  • Standing in the Light

    4.Standing in the Light

    4.3
    12-09-199930 min

    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.

  • So Far From Home

    5.So Far From Home

    02-10-199930 min

    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.

  • The Winter of Red Snow

    6.The Winter of Red Snow

    06-11-199930 min

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

  • Color Me Dark

    7.Color Me Dark

    07-02-200030 min

    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.

  • A Line in the Sand

    8.A Line in the Sand

    10-04-200030 min

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

  • When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

    9.When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

    05-07-200030 min

    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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