My Life: Memoirs for Teens

True stories as told by the people they happened to--these teen memoirs are about all kinds of people, but they're all great reads.

Appelt, Kathi – My Father's Summers : A Daughter's Memoir

Crutcher, Chris. – King of the Mild Frontier : An Ill-Advised Autobiography

Hillman, Laura. – I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree : A Memoir of A Schindler's List Survivor

Houze, David – Twilight People : One Man's Journey to Find His Roots

Kimmel, Haven – A Girl Named Zippy : Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana

Ma, Yan – The Diary of Ma Yan : The Struggles and Hopes of A Chinese Schoolgirl

Ragusa, Kym. – The Skin Between Us : A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging

Rodriguez, Gaby – The Pregnancy Project : a memoir

Rouse, Wade. – America's Boy : A Memoir

Scheeres, Julia. – Jesus Land : A Memoir

Sartor, Margaret. – Miss American Pie : A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up In the 1970s

Summer, Lauralee – Learning Joy From Dogs Without Collars : A Memoir

Trope, Zoe – Please Don't Kill the Freshman : A Memoir

Wolfe, Swain – The Boy Who Invented Skiing : A Memoir

Zailckas, Koren – Smashed : The Story of A Drunken Girlhood

Zenatti, Valerie – When I Was A Soldier : A Memoir