A Gathering Of Days
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.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: diaries [X], newbery medal, new hampshire, newbery, farm life, family life [X], historical fiction
Dreams In The Golden Country
Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 97
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: jews, emigration and immigration, family life [X], diaries [X], extreme read- voices, historical fiction
Amelia Writes Again
Ten-year-old Amelia draws pictures and writes about her daily life in the journal she receives for her birthday.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother, Rodrick, from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 336
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: middle schools, schools, family, diaries [X], audiobooks, humorous fiction, family life [X], school stories, families, humorous fiction, children's audiobooks, humorous stories, compact discs
Christmas After All
A fictional journal in which eleven-year-old Minnie Swift tells how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
With Nothing But Our Courage
Beginning in 1783, twelve-year-old Mary describes her Loyalist family's hardships as they are forced to leave New York State after the American Revolutionary War and flee to Canada.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: united empire loyalists, family life [X], united states, diaries [X], historical fiction, canada
Lucy Rose
Lucy Rose records in her diary her special summer plans--to make a keychain for her mother, to help decorate the living room, to prevent her parents' divorce, to vanquish some squirrels, and to enjoy a ninth birthday adventure with her father.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
Lucy Rose
Fourth grader Lucy Rose learns about the perils of eavesdropping while also confiding in her diary her worries that her recently divorced mother is beginning to date.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: eavesdropping, divorce, family life [X], diaries [X], schools, washington (d.c.), school stories
Lucy Rose, Here's The Thing About Me
Eight-year-old Lucy Rose keeps a diary of her first year in Washington, D.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1190
Lucy Rose
In her diary fourth grader Lucy Rose, lover of palindromes and big words, records her adventures with friends Jonique and Melonhead, including their unorthodox ways of raising money for the McBees to remodel their bakery.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older-all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 302
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: maturation (psychology), families, friendship, family life [X], diaries [X], humorous stories, humorous stories, domestic fiction, fiction, juvenile works, humorous fiction, electronic books, diary fiction, humorous fiction, electronic books, children's audiobooks, bilingual books
The Name Game!
In her diary, Daphne Davis doodles, draws, and documents a series of disasters on her first two days of fourth grade, most of which result from her new teacher accidentally calling her Daffy.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, school stories, diaries [X], schools, first day of school, names, personal, family life [X], personal names, families
The Vampire Dare!
In her diary, fourth-grader Daphne Davis draws and writes about her attempt to stop classmates from thinking she has cooties after what she thought would be a "cool" vampire outfit makes her the laughingstock of costume day.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Diary Of A Would-be Princess
In the journal her fifth-year teacher requires, Jillian records the ups and downs of her efforts to become popular as she hosts a class party, creates a school magazine, and tutors some socially misfit boys.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Life As We Knew It
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 132
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: natural disasters, family, diaries [X], family life [X], science fiction, diary fiction, teenage girls, families