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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