While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.

A look at what life might have been like for royal teens of the past, mixing storytelling with historical facts. Includes Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile; Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain; and Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England. Adapted from the Scholastic Book series, Dear America: the royal diaries.