Larger	After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book Two (My America) Author: Mary Pope Osborne
	Book Information Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Book Type: Paperback Rating: 5 ISBN-13: 9780439369046 - ISBN-10: 0439369045 Publication Date: 5/1/2002 Pages: 112 Reading Level: Ages 9-12

In the final months of the Civil War, Virginia and her family move to Washington, D.C. where the cold winter brings uncertainty and hardship. Virginia takes a job as a servant in a wealthy home to help her family. But, just as things start to improve as her father gets a job, and the war finally comes to an end, the tragic assassination of Ginny's beloved President Lincoln occurs. In this, her second diary chronicling the Civil War, Ginny learns that life is constantly changing. Indeed, even as Lincoln dies, her nephew is born. Throughout, Ginny faces life with hope and courage.