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Memoirs4Teens Blog
Here's a book blog about diversity in memoirs for teens.
What is a memoir
memoir
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. Unlike writers of autobiography, who are concerned primarily with themselves as subject matter, writers of memoir usually have played roles in, or have closely observed, historical events, and their main purpose is describing or interpreting those events.
Taken from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memoir
Some of the Curriculum Center's memoirs are in the 921's under the Famous Person's Last Name not the author of the book. Others will be found spread out in our YA and JUV sections.
Keep in mind that since this is Young Adult Memoirs, some of the memoirs will be found on the Upper Level at JFK libraries.
Online Memoirs
- Fine LinesWomen from their 30's look back at key YA novels. An accumulation of the columns is in a book Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading: A Reading Memoir by Lizzie Skurnick.
- Six Word MemoirsRead and submit your own 6 word memoirs. The first book is I can't keep my own secrets.
- StoryCorpsListen to stories, record your own, read the books or download the podcasts.
- Teen Ink MemoirsThe magazine of teen writing has a section on memoirs which list recent submissions, most popular and most discussed.
- Scholastic READ MemoirRead memoirs submitted by students.
Memoir Book Lists
- Children's Book Authors & Ilustrator's List- YA tooOld and new almost comprehensive list.Includes EWU call number, if we own a copy.
Learning about Memoir
- Scholastic Steps to Writing a MemoirThe cycle of writing is detailed for a memoir.