The Giant Print Library

Diary Fiction for younger readers Updated: October 2012

Any UK member of our library service may borrow up to a maximum of 6 books per service for a 3 month loan period.

Most of the books have been produced by the National Blind Children's Society and are in 24 point type with identical covers to the ordinary print versions of the books.

Please be aware that due to their size, many of the books are split into two or

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more volumes, and these will have the same covers.

For details on borrowing any of the titles listed or for further information regarding the Giant Print collection please contact Liz Farrell or Hazel Sharrock, Children's Librarians at RNIB National Library Service on 0161 429 1975.

Diary fiction

Adlington, L. J.The diary of Pelly-D. 2008. Suggested reading age 13+. 1V.A young building worker finds a diary buried in a water can on a construction site. On first reading, the diarist, Pelly D, seems like any ordinary girl, writing about clothes, parties, boys. But underneath the light, sassy narrative,

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Toni V begins to sense that something very different, sinister, and scary is unfolding…

Almond, David.My name is Mina. 2010. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.Mina writes and writes in an empty notebook, and through her stories, thoughts, lessons and dreams, Mina's journal grows into something extraordinary.

Cabot, Meg.The princess diaries. 2000 Suggested age range 11+. 2vBook 1 in the Princess Diaries series (other books in this series are also available). Manhattan teenager Mia suddenly becomes heir to the Genovian throne - apparently she is actually a princess! She is transformed by a hair and make-up artist and is

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befriended by Josh Richter, the boy of her dreams…

Collins, TimDiary of a wimpy vampire: because the undead have feelings too. 2010.Suggested reading age 13+. 1v.Nigel Mullet was transformed into a vampire when he was still a teenager, and will remain this age forever. Unfortunately, Nigel became a vampire at the awkward age of fifteen, and must spend eternity coping with acne, a breaking voice, and an ineptitude with girls...

Cross, Vince.Blitz : a wartime girl's diary, 1940-1941. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.Part of the My Story series. It's 1940 and with London under fire Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing

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her family, Edie is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her parents and protecting her brother.

Daniels, LucyDolphin diaries. 2005. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.Jody McGrath's dolphin dreams are coming true! Her whole family is sailing around the world researching dolphins and Jody is recording all their exciting adventures in her Dolphin Diaries.

Fine, AnneThe diary of a killer cat. Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what the fuss is all about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive

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through the cat flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie get her beloved pet to change his wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble? The antics of Tuffy and his family are told by the killer cat himself.

Fine, Anne.Jennifer's diary. 1997. Suggested reading age 7+.Jennifer has a diary and Iolanthe doesn't. But what Iolanthe does have is a vivid imagination and a gift for writing stories. So when Iolanthe sees empty pages in Jennifer's diary, she feels compelled to fill them.

Green, Jessica.Diary of a would-be princess. 2007. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.All Jillian wants is to be like the princess-y girls who rule her class. What she doesn't want is to hang out

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with a load of dorky boys. But it's only when her plans go hilariously wrong, that things start turning unexpectedly right.

Johnson, Pete.Diary of an (un)teenager. 2004. Age range 11+. [Reading age 8, interest age 12+.] 1v.A Barrington Stoke book. "I won't have anything to do with designer clothes, or girls, or body piercing, or any of it... Do you know what I'm going to be? An (un)teenager." Spencer is determined: "Dear diary, I am going to stay EXACTLY as I am now. And that's a promise..."

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Kinney, Jeff.Diary of a wimpy kid. 2008. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.Book 1 in the Diary of a wimpy kid series (other books in this series are also available). Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage.

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Lloyd, SaciThe carbon diaries 2015. 2008. Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.Book 1 of The Carbon Diaries series. It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change. As her family spirals out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year of rationing with scathing abandon. In these dark days, Laura deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs.

Meres, Jonathan.Diary of a trainee rock god. 2006.Suggested reading age 9+. [Interest age 10-14, reading age 8]. 1v.A Barrington Stoke book. Darren is going to be the best rock guitarist everjust as soon as he learns how to play the guitar. But if he wants an

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electric guitar for his birthday, he has to solve his dad's puzzles first!

Morpurgo, Michael.The amazing story of Adolphus Tips. 2005. Suggested reading age 11+. 1v.A heart-warming tale of courage and warmth, set against the backdrop of the Second World War, about an abandoned village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat!

Morpurgo, Michael.The wreck of the Zanzibar. 1995. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.When Great Aunt Laura dies she leaves Michael a diary which reveals her greatest secret. The sea brings unexpected help - a mysterious secret which Laura has kept silent about until now.

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Nadin, Joanna. My so-called life: the tragically normal diary of Rachel Riley. 2007.Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.Rachel Riley is the offspring of a depressingly unbroken home. It is time to change things. Rachel resolves that this year she will become tragic, literary and interesting - and will win the heart of Justin, the lead guitarist from Certain Death. Laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end!

Oldfield, Pamela.Workhouse. 2008. Suggested interest age 9+. 1v.Part of the My Story series. It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious quick-

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tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble.

Rennison, LouiseAngus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicholson. 2000. Suggested age range 13+. 1vBook 1 in the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson (other books in this series are also available). Georgia relates her tale of love, life and full frontal snogging through her diary. She seems to get every situation hopelessly wrong - not so good for her but great for the reader who is treated to an hilarious account of a few months in the life of a typical teenager.

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Smith, Dodie.I capture the castle. 1949. Suggested reading age 13+. 3v.Seventeen year old Cassandra's diary chronicles her life in an old castle with her eccentric family. She writes about her life and the arrival of her landlords, the American Cotton family. She also writes about falling in love…

Taylor, Sean.A waste of good paper. 2012. Suggested reading age 13+. 1v.Jason is a boy at Heronford School for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Despite having major problems at school and at home, Jason finds time to write a searingly honest journal about his life and relationships, and through his writing he begins to reach an understanding of himself.

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Townsend, Sue.The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4. 1982. Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.Book 1 of the Adrian Mole series (other books in this series are also available). Dogged by misfortunes common to anyone above the age of 13, from spots to cracks in his parents' marriage, Adrian's life is brightened by his passion for a 14 year-old feminist, and also by his very forceful grandmother!

Ure, Jean.Skinny Melon and me. 1996. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.Cherry's teacher says that keeping a diary is a good way to unclog your head of all the bits and pieces that worry you or make you angry. Cherry's mum has remarried - will Cherry learn to like Slimey Roland?

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Will Mum reveal her secret? Or will the ups and downs of family life prove too much for all of them?

White, Ellen Emerson.Titanic: an Edwardians girl's diary 1912. 2008. Suggested reading age 11+. 1v.Part of the My Story series. Margaret Anne dreams of leaving the orphanage behind, and she can hardly believe her luck when she is chosen to accompany wealthy Mrs Carstairs aboard the great Titanic. But when the passengers are woken on a freezing night in April 1912, she finds herself caught up in an unimaginable nightmare...

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Wilson, Jacqueline.My secret diary. 2010. Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.A wonderfully written and engaging memoir of Jacqueline Wilson's life as a teenager - her problems with her family, first love, her school life and her friends.

Zevin, Gabrielle.Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac. 2007. Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.When Naomi tries to piece back the fragments of the last three and a half years of her life, she discovers a lot. It's not all bad though, because when a girl loses this much time she gets a chance to reinvent herself…

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