My Story is a series of fictional diaries published by Scholastic UK. The series is a United Kingdom version of Dear America. At its launch in 2001, it was separated into a girls and boys line though it was later combined in 2008 with its first relaunch. My Story has been relaunched three more times and also had two brief spin-offs, My Royal Story and My True Story
The series originally focused on history of the United Kingdom. It was expanded to other countries with its first relaunch in 2008. Each book is told in a diary format with either a female or male protagonist. Most of the books feature a fictional protagonist though a few are based on real-life historical figures.
Background and topics[]
My Story began in 2001 as a United Kingdom version of Dear America. It launched with a reprint of Ellen Emerson White's Voyage on the Great Titanic. Two other Dear America books, A Journey to the New World and A Picture of Freedom, were later republished for the series as well as the My Australian Story book Surviving Sydney Cove. The books written for My Story originally focused only on English, Irish, and Scottish history. The series was originally split into a girls and boys line. A wide array of topics are featured, such as the Great Famine, Henry VIII's reign, and the Jacobite rising of 1745. The books featuring a male protagonist focused mostly on various wars and conflicts.
In 2008, My Story was relaunched for the first time. There was no longer a distinction between the books featuring a female and male protagonist. The topics and settings were expanded with the relaunch. For example, The Fall of the Blade is set in France during the French Revolution and Pyramid of Secrets is set in Ancient Egypt. Two short-lived spin-offs were launched during this time, including My Royal Story and My True Story. Many of the books in My Royal Story were reprints from The Royal Diaries. Books with similar themes as the spin-offs were later integrated into the main line, such as Lady Jane Grey, Wartime Princess, Dodger!, and No Way Back.
From 2013 to 2014, several My Story books featuring male protagonists were reprinted with new covers. All of the books focused on war. In 2014, there was a second relaunch of the series. Only one new book, Codename Céline, was published in this relaunch. My Story was once again relaunched in 2020. The new books in this relaunch focus on lesser known historical figures, such as Ignatius Sancho, Sophia Duleep Singh, and Mary Prince.
List of books[]
Original[]
2008 relaunch[]
2013 redesign[]
Cover | No. | Title | Author | Published | ISBN |
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1 | War Spy (aka Spy Smuggler) |
Jim Eldridge | July 2013[103] | 9781407136721 | |
2 | Battle of Britain | Chris Priestley | July 2013[104] | 9781407136677 | |
3 | Hero at Dunkirk | Vince Cross | July 2013[105] | 9781407136714 | |
4 | Desert Danger | Jim Eldridge | July 2013[106] | 9781407136691 | |
5 | The Trenches | Jim Eldridge | January 2014[107] | 9781407136738 | |
6 | Flying Ace | Jim Eldridge | January 2014[108] | 9781407136707 | |
7 | D-Day | Bryan Perrett | January 2014[109] | 9781407136684 | |
8 | U-Boat Hunter | Bryan Perrett | January 2014[110] | 9781407136745 |
2014 relaunch[]
2020 relaunch[]
Spin-offs[]
My Royal Story[]
My Royal Story is a spin-off of My Story. The series consists of republications from the original My Story series and Scholastic America's The Royal Diaries. Only one book, Henry VIII's Wives, is exclusive to My Royal Story.
My True Story[]
A short-live spin-off of My Story. Some books which were originally planned for My True Story were instead published in the main series, including No Way Back and Dodger!. Hero at Dunkirk was added to the main line through subsequent reprints.
Cover | No. | Title | Author | Published | ISBN |
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1 | What If They Find Us? | Kathy Clark | January 2010[158] | 9781407115924 | |
2 | Hero at Dunkirk | Vince Cross | June 2010[159] | 9781407117836 | |
3 | Standing Alone | Jim Eldridge | January 2011[160] | 9781407117829 | |
4 | Give Us the Vote! | Sue Reid | April 2011[161] | 9781407117812 |
Collections[]
Cover | No. | Title | Contains | Published | ISBN |
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1 | War Stories for Boys | Battle of Britain Desert Danger D-Day |
March 2009[162] | 9781407108681 | |
2 | Tudor Stories for Girls | My Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn and Me |
June 2009[163] | 9781407110967 | |
3 | War Stories for Girls | Blitz War Nurse Sophie's Secret War |
September 2009[164] | 9781407114828 | |
4 | Cadogan Square | 1900: A Brand New Century Suffragette |
August 2012[165] | 9781407134765 | |
5 | Courageous First World War Stories | The Trenches Standing Alone Flying Ace |
October 2014[166] | 9781407147345 | |
6 | War Stories | Battle of Britain Desert Danger D-Day |
January 2017[167] | 9781407178639 | |
7 | War Stories: Home and Away | Blitz War Nurse Sophie's Secret War |
January 2017[168] | 9781407178646 |
References[]
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See also[]
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