Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
A weekend four years ago that ended in someone's death comes back to haunt Rose. The police have her diary of that summer and are questioning her again, and someone else wants to keep her from telling what really happened--forever.
Excerpts from the diaries of seven American women authors of the nineteenth century, and the influence of their personal writing on their public writing.
In a diary covering the years 1846 to 1848, a young Metis teenager describes her journey from St. Eustace, Qu?bec, to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she settles with her family and decides to become a teacher.
In 1901, fourteen-year-old Mable Riley dreams of being a writer and having adventures while stuck in Perth County, Ontario, assisting her sister in teaching school and secretly becoming friends with a neighbor who holds scandalous opinions on women's rights.
Thirteen-year-old Henry's life is turned upside down when his older brother Jesse picks up their father's hunting rifle and leaves home, leaving him and his family to move to a new city, where he keeps a journal to confide in.
