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Dear America

Dear America

1999•30m•TV-Y7•Drama•Family
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 14, 1999

Episodes

Episode 1 - A Picture of FreedomE130m

A Picture of Freedom

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.

Mar 14, 1999

Episode 2 - Dreams in the Golden CountryE230m

Dreams in the Golden Country

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.

Apr 1, 1999

Episode 3 - A Journey to the New WorldE330m

A Journey to the New World

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.

May 6, 1999

Episode 4 - Standing in the LightE430m

Standing in the Light

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.

Sep 12, 1999

Episode 5 - So Far From HomeE530m

So Far From Home

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.

Oct 2, 1999

Episode 6 - The Winter of Red SnowE630m

The Winter of Red Snow

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

Nov 6, 1999

Episode 7 - Color Me DarkE730m

Color Me Dark

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.

Feb 7, 2000

Episode 8 - A Line in the SandE830m

A Line in the Sand

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

Apr 10, 2000

Episode 9 - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?E930m

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

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.

Jul 5, 2000

Recommendations

Tyler Perry's The Oval
Road to Avonlea
Sofia the First
Liberty's Kids
The Way Home
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
A Gentleman in Moscow
My Brilliant Career
Around the World in 80 Days
Little House on the Prairie
Offspring
Charmed
Victoria
Agatha Christie's Marple
Chicken Girls
Wonder Woman
Free Rein
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Secrets of Sulphur Springs
Alex Haley's Queen

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This Life
The Great
The King: Eternal Monarch
The Andy Griffith Show
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A Very British Coup
Flourished Peony
The Demon Master
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Senna
Brave Son of India: Maharana Pratap
G.B.H.
Always My General
Prosper
The Beautiful Life: TBL
The King's Affection
Mystery of Antiques III
Miracles
Shall We Dance
A.D. The Bible Continues