Kristiana GregoryKristiana Gregory has written numerous books for middle-grade readers, including Orphan Runaways, Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express, The Stowaway, and three titles in the Dear America series: The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigil Jane Stewart, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, and The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West. Widely praised for her accurate and compelling historical fiction, she is also the author of Earthquake at Dawn, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults; and Jenny of the Tetons, which won a Golden Kite Award for fiction. Each book was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Read More Read Less