Arcadia Public Library

Seventeen-year-old Margaret "Cuckoo" Clark keeps a journal detailing the trials and tribulations of high school life as she and her close-knit group of outcast friends try to break down the barriers between their school's "warring nations."

When Evan looks into the hand-bound book that his father was reading when he passed away, the diary of a Japanese soldier in World War II, questions about the book and how it relates to Evan begin to multiply.

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn't around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home. But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina's uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art,...

Josh is a sixteen-year-old who owns a pet ferret and dreams about becoming a death metal guitarist and being kissed by a girl who is not a relation--unfortunately he does not have the money for cool clothes and guitars, so he pours out his frustrations into the diary his mother gave him as a birthday present.

Queen Song: Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary -- how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life. Steel Scars: Diana Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is...

Chloe Snow, now a sophomore, struggles to cope with being cast as a lowly ensemble member in the school musical, her parents' looming divorce, and complicated relationships with friends.

Lately Mimi's mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving her to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. Her mother advises Mimi to start journaling, like all the woman in her family before her. Mimi takes to poetry, and with it a way to write down the realities of growing into a woman, the pains of online bullying, and the new experiences of having a boyfriend. And all in the shadows of a sexual assault case that is everywhere...

Jess Morgan is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else. When she discovers her late aunt's diaries, Jess learns she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt Anna truly the Romanov princess Anastasia? Or is this some elaborate hoax? As Jess digs into the century-old mystery she discovers another, bigger truth: only you can write your own story. -- adapted from jacket