Chick Lit
Blundell, Judy
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
Cabot, Meg
16-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a “whole body transplant” and finds herself transformed into one of the world’s most famous teen supermodels.
Calonita, Jen
Mourning the end of her television series, 17-year-old Kaitlin is under pressure to choose her next acting project and study for her SATs. She is drawn into the Hollywood nightlife by publicity-loving, “It Girls”.
Carter, Ally
As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from “normal teenage life” until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
Cast, P.C
Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone The Change, she will train to become an adult vampire– that is, if she makes it through the Change.
Colasanti, Susane
Three New York high school students try to sort out their emotions as they deal with relationships, crushes, their families and planning for the future.
Conrad, Lauren
When 19-year old Jane Roberts is cast in a new reality show she discovers that the fame and fortune of her new life come at a high price to herself and her friendships.
De La Cruz, Melissa
Three teenage girls from different backgrounds work for a summer in the Hamptons as au pairs for a wealthy family. In spite of many ups and downs, all three end up changing for the better.
Dessen, Sarah
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents’ divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
Elkeles, Simone
When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.
Hopkins, Ellen
In free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother’s addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
YA Fic Hopkins
Hurley, Tonya
Charlotte receives her first assignment after graduating from Dead Ed– the alternative high school for dead teens– she is to go back and help out a student from her previous life and her first love, Damen.
Jaffe, Michele
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, 17-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.
Johnson, Maureen
15-year old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother’s attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook.
MacColl, Michaela
Recently orphaned and destitute, 17-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.
McDonald, Abby
Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you have got two unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to Oxford may be a chance to ditch her fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading deep in feminist theory is not her idea of a break. Meanwhile, the British half of the exchange, studious Emily, nurses an aching heart amid the bikinis and beer pong of U.C. Santa Barbara. Soon desperation has the girls texting each other tips on fitting in, finding love, and figuring out who they really are.
McNeal, Laura
Living in a cottage on her uncle's southern California avocado ranch since her parent's messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with an illegal migrant worker, and is trapped with him when wildfires approach his makeshift forest home.
Pearson, Mary
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a 17-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Zevin, Gabrielle
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.
Compiled by Tara Ragona, February 2011
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