Books in Diary/Letter Format

    I Can't Believe I have to do This? By Jan Alford
    Keesha’s House by Helen Frost
    Making up Megaboy by Virginia Walter
    Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman
    Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
    We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers who Died in the Holocaust: Jacob Boas
    Spud: John van de Ruit
    The Quillan Games by D.J. MacHale (and others in this series)
    Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
    Acceleration by Graham Mcnamee
    The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
    Last days of Summer : Steve Kluger
    Mislaid Magician by Patricia Wrede
    The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
    Letters to my Mother by Teresa Cardenas
    Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-shaw
    Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpugo
    Nothing but the Truth : Avi
    Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie : David Lubar
    Letters from a Slave Boy : Lyons
    Letters from a Slave Girl : Lyons
    Diary of Petr Ginz 1941-1942 edited by Chava Pressburger
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Jeff Kinney
    In Ned’s Head : Anders Jacobsson
    Japan Ai : A Tall Girls Adventures in Japan
    I had Seen Castles : Cynthia Rylant
    3 NB’s of Julian Drew : James Deem
    The amazing life of birds : (the twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leech) / as discovered by Gary Paulsen
    Letters from a Slave Girl by Lyons
    P.S. Longer Letter Later by Danzinger & Martin
    Snail Mail No More by Danzinger & Martin
    Feeling Sorry for Celia by Moriarty (Gr 7+)
    The Girl in the Box by Sebestyen
    Catherine Called Birdy by Cushman
    The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot - lots of sequels
    Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Rennison (Gr 7+) - there are sequels
    Alice I think by Juby
    Truth or Dairy by Clark
    Love, Stargirl by Spinelli
    Wolf by the Ears by Rinaldi
    The Year of the Secret Assignment by Moriarity
    The Murder of Bindy McKenzie by Moriarity
    Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
    Book of a Thousand Days by Hale
    Don't You Dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
    Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, Ron Koertge
    My Travels with Capts. Lewis and Clark by George Shannon, Kate McMullan
    This Vast Land: A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Stephen E. Ambrose
    Bloodline, by Kate Cary
    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
    Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer
    Adrian Mole series, Sue Townsend
    Spud, John Van de Ruit
    Stonecutter, Leander Watts
    Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl, D.L. Garfinkle
    Stowaway, Karen Hesse

    Compiled by Anie Schafer
    Marin Country Day School

     

     

     

     

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