Dear America
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
- Created By
Deborah Forte
- First Aired on
Mar 14, 1999
- Popularity: 3.4279
- 0 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Scholastic Productions (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till Dec 02, 2000
Last episode: Isabel, Jewel of Castilla
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 12 episodes
Season 1 - Dear America
Aired
Episode 1A Picture of Freedom30 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.
Episode 2Dreams in the Golden Country30 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.
Episode 3A Journey to the New World30 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.
Episode 4Standing in the Light30 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.
Episode 5So Far From Home30 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.
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