12 must-read diary books like Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918 by Jim Eldridge

Cover of Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918 by Jim Eldridge

Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918

By: Jim Eldridge

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jack Fairfax is the 19-year old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in t…

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Cover of Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871 by Pamela Oldfield

1. Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871

By: Pamela Oldfield

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871 I was shown the laundry - a vast noisy sunless room full … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Crystal Palace: The Diary of Lily Hicks, London, 1850-1851 by Frances Mary Hendry

2. The Crystal Palace: The Diary of Lily Hicks, London, 1850-1851

By: Frances Mary Hendry

3.55

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Lily Hicks is a housemaid in the London home of Joseph Paxton, designer of The Crystal Palace. Read… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790 by Goldie Alexander

3. Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790

By: Goldie Alexander

3.53

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Elizabeth Harvey, thrown into London's Newgate Prison in 1790 for a crime she didn't commit, finds … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of To Kill a Queen: An Elizabethan Girl's Diary 1583 -1586 by Valerie Wilding

4. To Kill a Queen: An Elizabethan Girl's Diary 1583 -1586

By: Valerie Wilding

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This is the diary of 12-year-old Kitty Lumsden, the daughter of Bloody Tower diarist, Tilly Middlet… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sophie's Secret War: A Second World War Girl's Diary, 1939-1940 by Jill Atkins

5. Sophie's Secret War: A Second World War Girl's Diary, 1939-1940

By: Jill Atkins

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

In 1939 at the start of the war, Sophie becomes a messenger for a resistance group in Northern Fran… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of What If They Find Us? by Kathy Clarke

6. What If They Find Us?

By: Kathy Clarke

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Road to War: A First World War Girl's Diary, 1916 by Valerie Wilding

7. Road to War: A First World War Girl's Diary, 1916

By: Valerie Wilding

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action, … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pompeii: A Roman Girl's Diary, AD 78 by Sue Reid

8. Pompeii: A Roman Girl's Diary, AD 78

By: Sue Reid

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's August AD 78 and Claudia is at the Forum in Pompeii. It's a day of strange encounters and even… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition, The Northwest Passage, George Chambers, 1845 by John  Wilson

9. Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition, The Northwest Passage, George Chambers, 1845

By: John Wilson

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

George Chambers is a fourteen-year-old aboard HMS Erebus, one of two ships under the command of Sir… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
Cover of Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942 by Hugh Brewster

10. Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942

By: Hugh Brewster

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

I Am Canada Adventure. Duty. Danger. Fear. Canada's past comes alive through the eyes of young men … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of Highway Girl: An English Girl's Diary, 1670 by Valerie Wilding

11. Highway Girl: An English Girl's Diary, 1670

By: Valerie Wilding

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of The '45 Rising: The Diary of Euphemia Grant, Scotland, 1745-1746 by Frances Mary Hendry

12. The '45 Rising: The Diary of Euphemia Grant, Scotland, 1745-1746

By: Frances Mary Hendry

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'45 Rising; The Diary of Euphemia Grant, Scotland 1745-1746 is the diary of Euphemia Grant, set in … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction

13. Sink and Destroy: The Battle of the Atlantic, Bill O'Connell, North Atlantic, 1940

By: Edward Kay

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Bill O'Connell is a new recruit in the Royal Canadian Navy, assigned to a ship tha… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Bloody Tower: The Diary of Tilly Middleton, London, 1553-1559 by Valerie Wilding

14. Bloody Tower: The Diary of Tilly Middleton, London, 1553-1559

By: Valerie Wilding

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction

15. War Nurse: The Diary of Kitty Langley, 1939-1940

By: Sue Reid

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

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16. My Tudor Queen: The Diary of Eva De Puebla, London, 1501-1513

By: Alison Prince

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Story of Katherine of Aragon's Journey from Spain to wed Prince Arthur eldest son of the King of En… read more

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17. Princess of Egypt: An Egyptian Girl's Diary, 1490 BC

By: Vince Cross

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

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18. Blitz: The Diary of Edie Benson, London, 1940-1941

By: Vince Cross

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

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19. Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843

By: Sue Reid

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the nois… read more

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20. Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London, 1525-1536

By: Alison Prince

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

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21. Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829

By: Anna Kirwan

4.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess, in a … read more

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22. Wartime Princess

By: Valerie Wilding

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

It's 1939, Europe is on the verge of war and Princess Margaret begins a diary to record her wartime… read more

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23. Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912

By: Hugh Brewster

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England aboard the Titanic. In his four… read more

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24. A Call to Battle: War of 1812

By: Gillian Chan

3.67

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy. It's 1812. War has begun, a… read more

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25. Suffragette: The Diary of Dollie Baxter, London, 1909-1913

By: Carol Drinkwater

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

18th June, 1910 We marched from the Embankment to the Albert Hall. It was a glorious day. The sun s… read more

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26. Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country

By: Kathryn Lasky

3.51

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experience… read more

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Cover of The Mermaid by Christina Henry

27. The Mermaid

By: Christina Henry

3.64

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

From the author of Lost Boy comes a historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea for lo… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"The world is wrong about so many things."

-Christina Henry, The Mermaid

"The ocean has a rhythm, but it has no heart."

-Christina Henry, The Mermaid

"Love does that. It changes you in ways that can't be undone"

-Christina Henry, The Mermaid

"They wanted the moon, but they hadn't realize it cost the earth."

-Christina Henry, The Mermaid

Cover of Twentieth Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington, London, 1899-1900 by Carol Drinkwater

28. Twentieth Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington, London, 1899-1900

By: Carol Drinkwater

3.44

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

22 December 1899 Time is marching forward, carrying us over the threshold and pitching us willy nil… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918 by Jim Eldridge

29. Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918

By: Jim Eldridge

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jack Fairfax is the 19-year old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in t… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of My Story - U-Boat Hunter Peter Rogers HMS Arum 1939 - 1945 (My Story) by Peter Rogers

30. My Story - U-Boat Hunter Peter Rogers HMS Arum 1939 - 1945 (My Story)

By: Peter Rogers

3.33

Format: None pages, None

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Cover of A Hail of Arrows (My Story) by Michael Cox

31. A Hail of Arrows (My Story)

By: Michael Cox

3.85

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A defining battle in the Hundred Years War, through the eyes of one of its soldiers — a fourteen-ye… read more

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  • historical fiction

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