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Teen stories through diaries, email and letters

Whether novels told through letters or journals of real people, these books may inspire teens to write their own stories.

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Reference and Information Services Staff, 11/06 

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book jacketChaseR: a novel in e-mails by Michael J. Rosen(2002)When his parents decide to move to an old house in the country, Chase uses email to his friends back in Columbus, Ohio, and to his sister in college to help him deal with cicadas, deer hunters, and other changes in his life.

book jacketClick here : (to find out how I survived seventh grade) : a novel by Denise Vega(2006)Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.

book jacketDiva by Alex Flinn(2006)Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

book jacketHeart on my sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger(2004)From the end of high school to the beginning of college, Chloe and Julian deal with major changes in their families and friendships and explore their feelings for each other through emails, letters, and a visit.

book jacketAn order of Amelie, hold the fries by Nina Schindler(2004)A series of humorous and sarcastic letters, emails, scratchings on take-out containers, newspaper clippings and other inventive exchanges between two teenagers trace a romance. Each page spread is devoted to one message. Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

book jacketrob&sara.com by P.J. Petersen(2004)Rob, who lives at a school for troubled teenagers, and Sara, the sixteen-year-old daughter of an army colonel, meet in a poetry chat-room and develop a close relationship via email.

book jacketSnail mail no more by Paula Danziger(2000)Now that they live in different cities, thirteen-year-old Tara and Elizabeth use email to "talk" about everything that is occuring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes.

book jacketTTFN by Lauren Myracle(2006)Sequel to TTYL.
Now high school juniors, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share "instant messages" with one another as one of them experiments with marijuana, another gets her first boyfriend, and the third moves three thousand miles away.

book jacketTTYL by Lauren Myracle(2004)Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.

book jacketThe write stuff by Jahnna N. Malcolm(2005)Rachel is the "It Girl"--she has the looks and any guy she wants. Until Dylan. To get Dylan, Rachel has her best friend, Hannah, write an e-mail for her. It works. Dylan thinks he's falling for Rachel--but he's really falling for Hannah. Original.

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