DIYers in Teen Fiction - i.e. people who make stuff

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

•  Pub date: 2014
• High school interest 
• See also: Journals
• On the blog: Living in a Multilingual World 
• Gabi discovers zines and poetry. 

Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

• Pub Date: 1999

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

• Pub Date: 2011
• High School Interest
• See also: Long Lost Parents, LGBT Parents 
• Lola designs and sews her own clothes

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

• Pub Date: 2017
•  High school Interest
• See also: Marriage, LGBT Parents 
• Molly is super crafty and words at a craft store.

Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge

• Pub Date: 2011
• High School Interest
• Ben and Colleen make a movie.

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest 
• Diversity:  Asexual protagonist
• See also: Blogs/Social Media, Connecting with Books, BFF Trouble
• Tash and her friends make a web series that gets internet-famous.

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

• Pub Date:2017
• High School Interest
• See also: Fandoms, Blogs/Social Media, Secrets 
• Eliza, secretly LadyConstellation creator of a popular webcomic, connects with a fan of her work.

Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff

• Pub Date: 2014
• High school interest
• See also: Multiple Narrators, Set in MN
• Svetlana is super crafty. 

If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• See also: Post High School, Multiple Narrators, Long Lost Parent, Volunteerism
• Linny makes movies and is writing a screenplay about her relationship with her sister, who ran away.

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• See also: Secret Identity, Mother-Daughter Relationship
• Vivian is secretly the one behind Moxie, an anonymous zine that shakes things up at her high school. 

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

• Pub Date: 2018
• Middle and high school interest
• Graphic Novel
• See also: Secrets 
• In this fairy tale style story, Frances is a talented dressmaker trying to achieve her dream of being a designer.