After losing his college scholarship, Arthur discovers a journal written by his deceased grandfather and decides to follow the train route to the destination mentioned in the last sentence of the journal.

While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever.

Sixteen-year-old Mia finds an old diary and enjoys reading what she wrote about her first Valentine's Day with Michael.

Seventeen-year-old Jess Morgan discovers her great-great-aunt's diaries, leading her on a quest to uncover whether Aunt Anna was actually a Romanov princess. Includes author's note.

In a series of humorous diary entries, fifteen-year-old Mia tries to figure out how to raise money for the bankrupt student government at her school while also worrying about how to become a party girl.

Joan Skraggs draws inspiration from the heroines in the books she loves to read and leaves her Pennsylvania farm to start a coveted new life as a hired girl in Baltimore during the summer of 1911. Skraggs records her journey in her diary as she embraces her new life.

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Eighteen-year-old Casey turns to journaling to cope with her twin brother's death and the complicated, romantic feelings she develops for both her best friends, Francesca and Benjamin.

Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

Five high school freshmen--the Phoenix Five--reveal their friendships, crushes, school and family dramas, and big secrets, as told in their unique voices through journal entries--