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  After the Rain

  Virginia’s Diary, Book Two

  by Mary Pope Osborne

  Five Smooth Stones

  Hope’s Diary

  by Kristiana Gregory

  Westward to Home

  Joshua’s Diary

  by Patricia Hermes

  Freedom’s Wings

  Corey’s Diary

  by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

  While the events described and some of the characters in this book may be based on actual historical events and real people, Margaret Cora Wells is a fictional character, created by the author, and her diary is a work of fiction.

  Copyright © 2001 by Kate McMullan

  All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.

  SCHOLASTIC, MY AMERICA, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  McMullan, Kate.

  As far as I can see : Meg’s diary / by Kate McMullan.

  p. cm. — (My America)

  Summary: In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.

  ISBN 0-439-18895-4

  [1. Frontier and pioneer life — Fiction. 2. Diaries — Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series.

  PZ7.M47879 As 2001

  [Fic] — dc21

  00-067026

  CIP AC

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  Photo research by Zoe Moffitt

  Book design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

  First edition, September 2001

  e-ISBN 978-0-545-62976-8

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