diaries

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Trial by jury journal

2002
Twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case.

Miss Smithers

2005
Sixteen-year-old Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant.

Leaving the shallows

2003
Jody McGrath, daughter in a family of dolphin researchers, goes to Australia, where she encounters a beautiful dolphin that is growing sick due to the practices of a local tourist operation.

The clue in the diary

1994
Nancy uses a lost diary to exonerate an innocent prisoner.

Take command, Captain Farragut!

2002
An imagined series of letters between David Glasgow Farragut and his father chronicle Farragut's experiences as the youngest midshipman about the US Navy warship the Essex.

Daybook of critical reading and writing

1998
daybook, n. a book in which the events of the day are recorded; specif. a journal or diary. The activities in the daybook emphasize five angles of literacy - five different ways to approach reading and writing. Strategies within each angle offer specific ways for you to read critically or write effectively.

The shape of mercy

a novel
2008
Lauren Durough leaves her life of privilege to take a part-time job transcribing the journal entries of Mercy Hayworth, a victim of the Salem witch trials, and as she is pulled into Mercy's life, she discovers many of Mercy's traits and trials live on in her ancestor, Lauren's new boss.

Surf's up!

2009
A beach vacation complete with surfing lessons threatens to break up the close friendship of Bonnie and Lucy when Bonnie is first to advance to the next level of surfing and Lucy's jealous thoughts are revealed in her diary.

Mermaid Mary Margaret

2004
Eleven-year-old Mary Margaret takes a cruise through the Greek Isles with her recently widowed grandmother and keeps a journal of her adventures.

Journal of a teenage genius

1987
In a series of journal entries, a young scientist describes his less-than-successful experiments and trips into the past using his neighbor's time machine.

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