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ⓘ About Patricia C. McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack was a renowned American writer, who was famous for writing children’s books. She had written several widely successful book series in her career such Dear America, The Clone Codes, Scraps of Time, Messy Bessey, Miami Jackson, etc. Throughout the course of her career, author McKissack had written more than 100 books. Some of the most popular ones include Color Me Dark, Look to the Hills, The Royal Diaries, A Slave Girl, The Great Migration North, French Slave GIrl, etc. McKissack was born on August 9, 1944, and died on April 7, 2017. She was the winner of the Regina Medal along with her husband named Frederick McKissack. They had won this award in 1998. Frederick breathed his last in April 2013.
All Book Series by Patricia C. McKissack
Miami Jackson Sees It Through
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2002
An African American Girl's Diary 1859
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2015
Let My People Go
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1998 Co-authored · James E. Ransome
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1989 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker
Book 2 of 9 · published 1991 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
Book 3 of 9 · published 1992 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters
Book 4 of 9 · published 1994 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues
Book 5 of 9 · published 1994 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Rebels Against Slavery
Book 6 of 9 · published 1996 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Black Hands, White Sails: The Story Of African American Whalers
Book 7 of 9 · published 1999 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Days Of Jubilee
Book 8 of 9 · published 2003 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Best Shot in the West
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2009 Co-authored · Frederick L. McKissack
Mirandy and Brother Wind
Book 2 of 5 · published 1988 Co-authored · Jerry Pinkney
Goin' Someplace Special
Book 3 of 5 · published 2001 Co-authored · Jerry Pinkney
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Book 4 of 5 · published 2007 Co-authored · Jerry Pinkney
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
Series opener · book 1 of 44 · published 1996 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
Book 2 of 44 · published 1996 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart
Book 3 of 44 · published 1996 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
Book 4 of 44 · published 1997 Anthology · Joyce Hansen
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
Book 6 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
Book 7 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
Book 8 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Jim Murphy
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Book 9 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Mary Pope Osborne
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
Book 10 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Sherry Garland
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912
Book 12 of 44 · published 1998 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868
Book 13 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
My Heart is on the Ground
Book 14 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Ann Rinaldi
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
Book 15 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Ann Turner
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
Book 16 of 44 · published 1999 Anthology · Karen Hesse
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
Book 17 of 44 · published 2000
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
Book 18 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
Book 19 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Mary Pope Osborne
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938
Book 20 of 44 · published 2000 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932
Book 21 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,
Book 22 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Sherry Garland
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849
Book 23 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881
Book 24 of 44 · published 2001 Anthology · Jim Murphy
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
Book 25 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Beth Seidel Levine
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
Book 26 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917
Book 27 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Book 28 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Ellen Emerson White
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
Book 29 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935
Book 30 of 44 · published 2002 Anthology · Katelan Janke
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
Book 31 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
Book 32 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Ann Turner
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
Book 33 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Marion Dane Bauer
All the Stars in the Sky
Book 34 of 44 · published 2003 Anthology · Megan McDonald
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763
Book 35 of 44 · published 2004
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Book 36 of 44 · published 2004 Anthology · Deborah Hopkinson
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
Book 37 of 44 · published 2004 Anthology · Lisa Rowe Fraustino
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
Book 38 of 44 · published 2010 Anthology · Kirby Larson
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
Book 41 of 44 · published 2011 Anthology · Andrea Davis Pinkney
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
Book 42 of 44 · published 2012 Anthology · Susan Patron
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
Book 43 of 44 · published 2013 Anthology · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
Latest in the series · book 44 of 44 · published 2013 Anthology · Judy Blundell
Mary, Queen of Scots
Series opener · book 1 of 20 · published 1994 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
Book 2 of 20 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Book 3 of 20 · published 1999 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky,Kristiana Gregory
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla
Book 4 of 20 · published 2000 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles
Book 5 of 20 · published 2000 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess
Book 6 of 20 · published 2000 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets
Book 7 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Patricia Clark Smith
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South
Book 8 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Laurence Yep
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia
Book 9 of 20 · published 2001 Anthology · Anna Kirwan
Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars
Book 10 of 20 · published 2002 Anthology · Sheri Holman
Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine
Book 11 of 20 · published 2002 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses
Book 13 of 20 · published 2002 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride
Book 14 of 20 · published 2003 Anthology · Barry Denenberg
Kristina: The Girl King
Book 15 of 20 · published 2003 Anthology · Carolyn Meyer
Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal
Book 17 of 20 · published 2004 Anthology · Anna Kirwan
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven
Book 18 of 20 · published 2004 Anthology · Kathryn Lasky
Anacaona: Golden Flower
Book 19 of 20 · published 2005 Anthology · Edwidge Danticat
Catherine, The Great Journey
Latest in the series · book 20 of 20 · published 2006 Anthology · Kristiana Gregory
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Patricia C. McKissack?
Patricia C. McKissack was a renowned American writer, who was famous for writing children's books. She had written several widely successful book series in her career such Dear America, The Clone Codes, Scraps of Time, Messy Bessey, Miami Jackson, etc. Throughout the course of her career, author McKissack had written more than 100 books.
Which Patricia C. McKissack series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Royal Diaries series, the earliest of Patricia C. McKissack's multi-book series: it opens with Mary, Queen of Scots (1994) and runs to 20 books across 1994–2006, ending with Catherine, The Great Journey (2006). Patricia C. McKissack's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Patricia C. McKissack written?
Patricia C. McKissack has 94 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2015. 79 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being The Royal Diaries series with 20 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Patricia C. McKissack's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Patricia C. McKissack's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Patricia C. McKissack Collections (1992, 1 book), The Royal Diaries (1994–2006, 20 books) and My Story (1997–2015, 2 books), plus 5 more.
How are Patricia C. McKissack's books organised into series?
This guide splits Patricia C. McKissack's 94 books into 9 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Royal Diaries (20 books, 1994–2006); Scraps of Time (4 books, 2005–2008); The Clone Codes (3 books, 2010–2012); Miami Jackson (2 books, 1999–2002); My Story (2 books, 1997–2015), plus 4 further series.