01147cam a2200301 4500 51776486 TxAuBib 20090101120000.0 000608s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00055620 9780439088206 0439088208 TxAuBib AAA Garland, Sherry. Valley of the Moon the Diary of Maria Rosalia De Milagros / by Sherry Garland. New York : Scholastic, 2001. 217 p. ; 21 cm. 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. 20090101. Household employees Fiction. Racially mixed people Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Diaries Fiction. California History 1846-1850 Juvenile fiction. California History 1846-1850 Fiction. Dear America.