TWRLS = Teens Write Real Life Stories
I Remember Warm Rain: 15 Teenagers 15 Coming to America Stories, Many Authors. 2007. Teen 305.8 T276i
The Freedom Writers Diary, by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. 1999. Teen 305.235 F853w
Anne Frank The Diary of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank. 1993. PB Teen
Children of Immigration, by Carola & Marcelo Suarez-Orozco. 2001. 305.23 S939c
Not Much Just Chillin’: The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers, by Linda Perlstein. 2003. 305.23 P451n
Hear These Voices: Youth At The Edge of the Millennium, by Anthony Allison. 1999. 305.235 A438h
The Boldness of Boys: Famous Men Talk About Growing Up, by Susan Strong. 2003. Teen 305.235 S924b
Growing Up In Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told By Themselves, Editor Yuval Taylor. 2005. Teen 306.362 G884u
Caught in the Crossfire: Growing Up In A War Zone, by Maria Ousseimi, 1995 305.235 O94c
Girls Got Game, Editor Sue Macy. 2001. Teen 810.8 G525g
New Kids On the Block: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens, by Janet Bode. 1989. Teen 305.235 B666n
In Our Village: Kambi ya Simba Through the Eyes of It’s Youth, Editor Barbara Cervone. 2006. Teen 916.78 I35o
The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, One Diary, Real Life, Many Authors. 2006. Teen 305.235 N911g
Your Name In Print, by Elizabeth & Timothy Harper. 2005. Teen 808.02 H293y
The Writer Within You, by Charles Jacobs. 2007. 808.02 J17w
The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspirations For Writing, by Monica Wood. 2004. 808.02 W877p
This Year You Write Your Novel, by Walter Mosley. 2007. 808.3 M912t
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott. 1994. 808.02 L235b
Extraordinary Short Story Writing, by Steven Otfinoski. 2005. 808.3 O87e
How To Write Poetry, by Paul B. Janeczko. 1999. 808.1 J33h
How To Write Poetry, by Nancy Bogen. 1994. 808.1 B674h
Poetry Starting From Scratch, by Michael A. Carey. 1989. 808.107 C275p
The Poem’s Heartbeat, by Alfred Corn. 1997. 8081 C812p
Other books about real life teens are in the 305.235 section in both the Teen and Adult areas.
Other books about writing are in the 808.02 section in the Teen, Children’s, and Adult areas.