Orem Library

Eight decades ago, an aspiring young writer received a journal for her 13th birthday. Her life and history were forever changed. IT WAS LOVE at first sight for Anne Frank when she saw a red-checkered diary on display in a store window in 1942. She had to have it—and days later, it was among the gifts she received on her 13th birthday. When her Jewish family escaped to the Secret Annex amid Nazi persecution in World War II, the diary was the first

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When 15-year-old Priscilla's parents pass away, she has nowhere to go but to her last "living" relatives in the European town of Nachtwald. When she arrives, she learns that not only is Nachtwald populated by vampires, werewolves, witches and more preternatural beings, but that her relatives are vampires! Amidst the pandemonium, she turns to her diary, and slowly learns what it takes to survive a new family, new friendships, and the anxiety of

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In Diary of a Spider, the team that delivered the best-selling Diary of a Worm spins another witty tale of an unusual protagonist and his unique view of the world. This time the hero is a spider, whose best friend is a fly, and though his world is experienced mostly from upside-down, and includes sticky webs and gigantic shoes, his musings will delight and reassure young readers. Through droll diary entries the baseball-capped son

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While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to become Queen of Egypt some day.

While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabel, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.

Presents the diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

Amanda: Amanda is gay, and her Catholic parents are having a hard time with the idea. Amanda's diary is partly a story about a young girl trying to understand her sexuality. It's also about a mother and daughter struggling to understand each other. Josh: Josh has Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. Josh's diary follows his attempts to live a normal teenage life with a brain...

In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776.

In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists.

Five inmates, four correctional officers, and a judge were given tape recorders to document their lives. These are their stories. Doing time, John's diary: John Mills, a 21-year-old inmate, is serving seven to nine years. As a kid, John drreamed of becoming a police officer, but by the time he was locked up at the age of 17, John had committed over 75 armed robberies. John is trying to make a change in prison, but sometimes it's hard for him to forget...