RIYL+Multi-Genre

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 – Britishhumor) 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) Crank by Ellen Hopkins (book in verse) 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) Operation Red Jericho and its sequel Operation Typhoon Shore by Joshua Mowll (Maps, charts, and other illustrations) 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)