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Daddy-Long-Legs
(age 9-12) by Jean Webster school ... growing up ... letters/journal Publisher comments: A kind woman who was always deeply interested in the problems of the downtrodden, Jean Webster made an orphan girl a major character in one of her most charming and popular books--Daddy-Long-Legs. The oldest at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott finds her life completely changed when, with the help of a mysterious benefactor, she is granted her wish to be able to go to college. In return for this great favor, Judy has to write her anonymous sponsor each month about her activities at the New England school, which she does in letters addressed to "Daddy-Long-Legs." A meeting with the rich, handsome uncle of her snobbish roommate sets Judy and readers alike on the road to uncovering the secrets surrounding her secret friend. |
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Goodbye, Coolsville! Hello, Nerdtown!
(age 9-12) by Jennifer Bancroft illness/loss ... letters/journal ... identity ... family ... growing up Publisher comments: Andi, after the loss of her mother, feels like her world has all but fallen apart. She finds herself constantly being influenced by friends that her dad doesn't approve of. So one day he decides that enough is enough and makes a decision that radically changes their lives. He quits his job and they move out of the city to a small town in the mountains. Andi is horrified! Upon their arrivial at their new home, Andi begins unpacking and discovers her mother's old journal from when she was Andi's age. As she reads the journals, Andi soon begins to realize that her mother experienced some of the same situations. |
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Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But...
(age 9-12) by Elvira Woodruff fantasy ... letters/journal ... spooky Catalog: Marty receives a surprising reply when he writes a letter describing his spirited but sick grandfather to Napoleon Bonaparte. |
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A Gathering of Days: a New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32, a Novel
(age 9-12) by Joan W. Blos historical ... growing up ... letters/journal Catalog: The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend. |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (age 9-12) by Jeff Kinney letters/journal ... growing up ... humor ... school ... friendship It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth |
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My Prairie Year: Based on the Diary of Elenore Plaisted
(age 9-12) by Brett Harvey letters/journal ... historical Nine-year old Elenore describes her experiences living with her family in the Dakota Territory in the late nineteenth century. |
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Letters from Rifka
(age 9-12) by Karen Hesse survival ... historical ... letters/journal In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America. |
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The Royal Diaries Series (age 9-12) princesses ... letters/journal ... historical Each novel in diary form follows the life of a royal figure from the past. Sometimes tragic, always exciting, these stories recall pivotal moments from history. title: Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer F MEY title: Anacaona, Golden Flower by Edwidge Danticat F DAN title: Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory F GRE title: Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine by Kristiana Gregory F GRE title: Elisabeth: the Princess Bride by Barry Denenberg F DEN title: Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky F LAS title: Isabel: Jewel of Castilla by Carolyn Meyer F MEY title: Jahanara, Princess of Princesses by Kathryn Lasky F LAS title: Kaiulani: the People's Princess by Ellen Emerson White F WHI title: Kristina: the Girl King by Carolyn Meyer F MEY title: Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South by Laurence Yep F YEP title: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky F LAS title: Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky F LAS title: Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia by Anna Kirwan F KIR title: Weetamoo, Chief of the Pocassets by Patricia Clark Smith F SMI | |
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Lemony Snicket: the Unauthorized Autobiography
(age 9-12) by Lemony Snicket humor ... letters/journal The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations. |
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Strider
(age 9-12) by Beverly Cleary school ... friendship ... growing up ... letters/journal Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running, well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring. With Strider's help, Leigh finds that the future he once hated to be asked about now holds something he never expected: hope. |
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The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition
(age 9-12) by Kathryn Lasky adventure ... historical ... letters/journal A fictional journal kept by twelve-year-old Augustus Pelletier, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. |
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
(age 9-12) by Beverly Cleary identity ... friendship ... authorship ... letters/journal In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world. |