Teen Fiction in Journal Form

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth

• !6 year old Erin wants to be a writer.  She keeps a journal on hertrip from Minnesota to Alabama.

Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

• Holly reluctantly keeps a journal account of her experiences as a runaway.

The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty

• A humorous "mystery" told through Bindy's journal entries among other creative things such as notes, conversation transcripts, etc.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

• Miranda's journey documents her family's survival of a worldwide catastrophe.

This is All by Aidan Chambers

• A "pillow book" kept by Cordelia documenting her teen years, including first love and first sex.

Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Renison

Returnable Girl by Pamela Lowell

• A teen in foster care keeps a journal about her experiences.

I'm Exploding Now by Sid Hite

• Max starts writing whenever he feels the "i'm exploding" feeling at the suggestion of his aunt Ginny

The Day I Killed James by Catherine Ryan Hyde

• Theresa's journal entries about her life after James' suicide.