diaries

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The pillow book of Lotus Lowenstein

2009
Quirky sixteen-year-old Lotus Lowenstein's diary reveals that although she lives in Brooklyn and is failing high school French, she loves all things Gallic and dreams of living as an existentialist in Paris.

Startled by his furry shorts

2006
Teenaged Georgia continues her diary entries as she searches for the perfect boyfriend among the sexy Italian Masimo, the fun-loving Dave, and her ex-love Robbie.

Notable women in world history

a guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies
1998

Pieces of Georgia

2006
In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist who died suddenly, thirteen-year-old Georgia McCoy reveals how her life changes after she receives an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum.

Shelter

2006
When sixteen-year-old Skyler's teacher tells her to make a video diary the summer her mother builds a bomb shelter in the backyard, Sky chronicles her twin brother's increasing drug use, her strained relationship with her best friend when a boy enters the picture, and her mother's bad choice of a new boyfriend.

A coal miner's bride

the diary of Anetka Kaminska
2002
A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.

Dreams in a golden country

the diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish immigrant girl: New York City, 1903
2002

The perfumed pirates of Perfidy

2008
Charlie Small uses his journal to recount the adventures he had while serving aboard the Jolly Roger with a group of ruthless pirates.

Gorilla city

2008
Purports to be the journal of an eight-year-old boy explorer who has, miraculously, lived for four hundred years, travelling the Earth, fighting giant crocodiles, learning to speak with gorillas, and trying to find a way to return home.

The fantastic journey of Pieter Bruegel

2002
For over two years in the mid-1500s, Pieter Bruegel keeps a journal of his trip from his home in Antwerp, The Netherlands, to Rome, where he studies art before returning home again.

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