Series
Dear America
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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 & episodes
1A Picture of Freedom14 Mar 1999 · 30mIn the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.
2Dreams in the Golden Country1 Apr 1999 · 30mA 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.
3A Journey to the New World6 May 1999 · 30m · ★ 8.0Mem, 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.
4Standing in the Light12 Sept 1999 · 30m · ★ 4.3A 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.
5So Far From Home2 Oct 1999 · 30mMary, 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.
6The Winter of Red Snow6 Nov 1999 · 30mDuring the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
7Color Me Dark7 Feb 2000 · 30mA young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
8A Line in the Sand10 Apr 2000 · 30mIn this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
9When Will This Cruel War Be Over?5 Jul 2000 · 30mLiving in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.
Details
- Created by
- Deborah Forte
- First aired
- 14 Mar 1999
- Last aired
- 2 Dec 2000
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- HBO
- Episodes
- 12
