Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846
by Sherry Garland • Book 21 of the Dear America Series
This diary tells the story of Maria's life as a servant in a Spanish home in California,... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
Year Published 2001
Word Count 34,801
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 50168, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Orphans--Fiction
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- 1846-1850
- Racially mixed people
- Diaries
- Household employees
- Orphans
- Household employees--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- California
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- California--History--1846-1850--Fiction
- History
- California--History--1846-1850--Juvenile fiction
- Diaries--Fiction
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