RIYL+Zines

Books in alternative formats:

** Books in Alternative Formats ** // Amelia’s Notebook // by Marissa Moss (“Amelia” series) (handwritten notebook with drawings) // Among Friends // by Caroline Cooney (diary format from multiple points of view) // Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging // by Louise Rennison (diary format – British humor) // Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous Pregnant Teenager // edited by Beatrice Sparks, PhD. // Before We Were Free // by Julia Alvarez (diary format, escape from Dominican Republic) // Dear America Series // (historical diaries from girls) // Dear Dumb Diary // series by Jim Benton (diary format) // Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies // by Mary E. Lyons // Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey // by Margaret Peterson Haddix (diary of neglected teenager) // Foreign Exchange: a Mystery in Poems // by Mel Glenn // Go Ask Alice // by Anonomous (diary of drug addiction) // Hard Love // by Ellen Wittinger (zine format) // How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found // by Sara Nickerson (comic book illustrations) // Love That Dog // by Sharon Creech (free verse poetry) // Monster // by Walter Dean Meyers (screenplay of murder trial) // My Name is America // Series (historical diaries from boys) // P. S. Longer Letter Later // and //Snail Mail No More// by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin (letter format) // Rats Saw God // by Rob Thomas (100 page assignment) // Regarding the Fountain //, //Regarding the Sink// (“Regarding the…” series by Klise) (letters/documents/pics) // Royal Diaries Series // (historical diaries from princesses) // Stop Pretending // by Sonya Sones (free verse poetry) // Tangerine // by Edward Bloor (diary format) // The Brimstone Journals // by Ron Koertge (high school violence in poetry format) // The Invention of Hugo Cabret // by Brian Selznick (pictures/words) // The Perks of Being a Wallflower // (diary format) // The Princess Diaries // by Meg Cabot (diary format) // The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems // by Mel Glenn // Witch Child // by Celia Rees (diary of witch hunts) Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. [|See the Borders Interview with Jeff Kinney]

**__ Books for teens with zines as a part of the plot: __** "Girl Goddess #9" by Francesca Lia Block - the title story is about the zine of two teenage girls. "Zine Scene" by Hilary Carlip and Francesca Lia Block "A Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution" "Teeth" by Hugh Gallagher - "Neil is a twentysomething writer whose column in a defunct underground youth 'zine has made him a cult hero" "Potential" and/or "Definition" by Ariel Schrag Miss Smithers by Susan Juby features a zine written by the main character. In //The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things// the main character starts a zine. At the end of King Dork, they distribute a zine to promote their band.

Updated from YALSA BK 04/05/09