Valley of the moon : the diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros /
by Sherry Garland.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic Inc, 2001.
- 218 p.
- Dear America .
The 1845-1846 diary of thirteen-year old Maria, servant to the wealthy Spanish family which took her in when her Indian mother died. Includes a historical note about the settlement and early history of California.