Garland, Sherry. <br/><br/>
Valley of the moon :  the diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros / 
by Sherry Garland. 
 - New York, NY :  Scholastic Inc,  2001. 
 - p.  cm. 
 - Dear America .
<br/><br/> Summary: 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-439-08820-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>California--History--1846-1850--Fiction<br/>Household employees--Fiction<br/>Racially mixed people--Fiction<br/>Orphans--Fiction<br/>Diaries--Fiction