@LT 4Mats: Books told through letters, diaries, texts, emails, and more!

Looking for something different to read? If you like stories that are told through letters, diaries, text messages, instant messages, or even poetry, try one of these books out.

If you don't see it on shelf, ask at the reference desk. Links go to our catalog record so you can place a hold on it with your library card number from home.

These books are most appropriate for high school students.


Stolen by Lucy Christopher (Letter)

Scrawl by Mark Shulman (Journal)

Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick (Tweets and journal entries)

Top 8 by Katie Finn (Facebook, instant messaging, texts, and emails)

TTYL and TTFN by Lauren Myracle (instant messaging)

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Diary and drawings)

Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (Diaries)

Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (Diaries)

Impulse, Tricks, or any other title by Ellen Hopkins (told in poetry)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Diary)

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Diary)

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Diary/letter)

24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley (instant messages)

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (letters)

Terrier and Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (Diary)

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Diary)

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (Diary)

The Monday Mashup

Welcome to another installment of the Monday Mashup. Today we bring you a book to check out and a video perfect for this time of year!


Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff:

If you like your fiction gritty and real, you don't want to miss this story. Lily, Noah, and Simon have been good friends for a long time, and all of their lives are defined by some sort of tragedy. Simon's dealing with a family member's illness; Noah's got an abusive parent; and Lily's folks are not going to be keeping their marriage together for anything. Oh, and both Noah and Simon have the hots for Lily, even though she only has eyes for one of them.

This is a story told through three voices and all are very beliable and realistic. You won't soon forget it.

And if you dig it, check our book mark holder since Steve was kind enough to send our library a ton of bookmarks about this book, too.


And for this week's video...check out how to wrap your cat (it's totally harmless). Can you believe a cat would sit that still and let someone do that?

The Monday Mashup

Welcome to the first installment of the Monday Mashup. We'll give you a book review or two and a video or link to enjoy for the week.

This week, two books you should check out:

Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick

Amber Appleton's got it rough, living out of a bus since she and her mom get kicked out of the place they were staying. But Amber's positive things will get better. . . until her mom ends up way worse than where they already are. This one's a weeper but Amber is one heck of a rock star character.

When I Was Joe by Keren Davis

Imagine if you were witness to a horrible crime, and because you don't want to say anything, you have to change everything about you? That's life for Ty - now Joe. He can't stay in London anymore, and he's starting over with a new life, new friends, a new name, and maybe new romance. But will his past come back to haunt him? A gripping, past-paced thriller.

This week, take a peek at the website I Heart Daily. If you're interested in style, entertainment, beauty, or love a good story about teen girls doing awesome things, this is a must read site.

I Heart Daily is run by Melissa Walker and Anne Icikawa. It's about stuff - cool stuff you'll love to see or want to know more about (maybe even score yourself a deal or two).

One of the best parts of the website is their Red Hearts feature, where teens get chance to post on what makes them excited. You can even take part!

November Book Talk

Listened to a book talk lately? If you have or haven't, here's a slide show of some recent teen fiction, perfect for high schoolers.

Read one of these and have something to share? Add your comment to be automatically entered into our monthly drawing for a free book! If you want to know more about these titles, stop by the library and talk to Kelly.

Nov2010 booktalk

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