Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Fur-ever yours, Booker Jones by Betsy Duffey
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, 1964
If I Forget, You Remember by Carol Lynch Williams, 1998
Jack's Black Book*  by Jack Gantos, 1997
     (Jack makes an interesting contrast to Jeff in Imagicat, since he wants to write and
     dreams of it, but never actually manages to do it.  Full of humor. Lots of fun.)
The Landry News by Andrew Clements, 1999
Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 1990
Life Riddles by Melrose Cooper, 1993
Little Women and sequels, by Louisa May Alcott, many editions
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, 2001.

One Brave Summer by Ann Turner Warren, 1995
P.S. Write Soon: A Novel by Colby F. Rodowsky, 1978
A Room Made of Windows by Eleanor  Cameron, 1971
The School Story by Andrew Clements, 2001.
A Summer Lease by Marilyn Sachs, 1979
Utterly Yours, Booker Jones, by Betsy Duffey, 1995
What's the Matter, Kelly Beans? by Judith A. Enderle, 1996
The White Pony by Mary Oldham, 1981
Write on, Rosy! by Sheila Greenwald, 1988

Letters to Julia by Barbara Ware Holmes, 1997
Love Is the Crooked Thing by Barbara Wersba, 1987
Monster by Walter Dean Myers, 1999 (Steve writes a film script of his life)
My Angelica*  by Carol Lynch Williams, 1999
Saying Goodbye by Marie G. Lee, 1994
Secret Lives by Caroline Macdonald, 1995
Something's Rotten in the State of Maryland by Laura A. Sonnenmark, 1990
Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton, 1988