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Diaries, Letters and E-mail
Alexander, Caroline. Mrs.
Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's
Polar-bound Cat.
On their 1914 expedition
to Antarctica, Sir Earnest Shackleton and the crew of his ship,
the Endurance, spent 10 months stranded in ice "like an almond
in toffee"; after shifting ice-floes cracked the ship's hull,
the crew spent nearly a year camped on the frozen sea itself,
waiting for rescue. This dramatic story has been told before--but
perhaps never from the point of view of Mrs. Chippy, the Endurance's
cat. (Fic)
Black, Jonah. The Black Book: Diary of a Teenage Stud.
11th grade, take two.
Block, Francesca Lia. Missing Angel Juan.
Witch Baby goes to
the Big Apple to find her boyfriend. (YA Fic)
Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries.
Mia discovers her
family is a royal pain. (YA Fic)
Clark, Catherine. Wurst Case Scenario.
It's hard to be a
vegan in Wisconsin college town. (YA Fic)
Danzinger, Paula. PS Longer Letter Later.
Can penpals honestly
stay best friends? (Juv Fic)
Easton, Kelly. The Life History of a Star.
Love and loss in the
70's. (YA Fic)
Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater.
Journal of an abusive
boyfriend. (YA Fic)
Frank, Anne. The Diary of A Young Girl.
A haunting voice of
hope from the Holocaust. (j940.53; 940.53 F85d)
Go Ask Alice.
Based loosely on the
diary of a 15-year-old drug user chronicling her struggle to escape
the pull of the drug world. (YA Fic)
Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook.
Witnessing the rhythms
of her street. (YA Fic)
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Don't You Dare Read This,
Mrs. Dunphrey.
Living a lie, writing
the truth. (YA Fic)
Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka.
The long lonely journey
of a young refugee. (Juv Fic)
Holmes, Barbara Ware. Letters to Julia.
An aspiring teen author
and a publisher mentor each other by mail.
Klise, Kate. Trial by Journal.
Juvenile juror turns
detective. (Juv Fic M)
Kluger, Steve. Last Days of Summer.
As hilarious, poignant,
and foul-mouthed as baseball and Brooklyn can get. (Fic)
Lee, Tanith. Wolf Tower.
Claidi is lured away
by a handsome stranger to a world beyond her imagination. (Juv
Fic SF)
Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a Slave Girl.
In 1842, a North Carolina
slave plots a daring escape. (YA Fic)
Maxwell, Robin. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn.
Young Queen Elizabeth
I uncovers her mother's legacy. (Fic)
McCafferty, Megan. Sloppy Firsts.
An uncensored look
at Jessica Darling's complicated sophomore year. (YA Fic)
Moriarty, Jaclyn. Feeling Sorry for Celia.
Cryptic post-its,
silly penpals, runaway friends. (YA Fic, Fic)
Pfetzer, Mark. Within Reach.
No obstacle is too
big for this teenaged mountain climber. (YA 796.522)
Rees, Celia. Witch Child.
How long can Mary
hide her true nature? (YA Fic M)
Rennison, Louise. Angus Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging.
Just what you would
expect from a girl who dresses up like an olive. (YA Fic)
Stratton, Allan. Leslie's Journal.
Shocking account of
a relationship gone horribly wrong.
Tashjian, Janet. Tru Confessions.
Tru dreams of being
a television producer and making her disabled brother a star.
(Juv Fic)
12/22/07
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