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Abbott, Hailey- Summer Boys series
            Summer Boys
            Next Summer
            After Summer
            Last Summer

Three girls, too many boys, and some seriously stormy romances... it all adds up to unforgettable summers.

Abbott, Hailey- The Secrets of Boys
A California girl like Cassidy Jones should be out on the beach, not stuck in summer school! But her life heats up when she meets the worldly and romantic Zach -- she can't stop thinking about him, even though she already has a boyfriend. Cassidy wishes her pal Joe were around to help her figure out the secrets of boys, but he's hundreds of miles away.

Abbott, Hailey- Forbidden Boy
When Julianne falls for Remi at a bonfire party, her summer is off to a perfect start.  Sure,  her obnoxious new neighbors are muscling her family off their beachfront property, but she has weeks of fun in the sun and an amazing guy to get to know.  Then Jules discovers that her awful new neighbors are Remi's parents.  That makes him a forbidden boy but she can't seem to let him go.

Abbott, Hailey- Getting Lost with Boys
Cordelia Packer hates the unexpected, but she's in for a surprise when Jacob Stein offers to be her travel companion, all the way from San Diego to her sister's place in northern California. Before she knows it, her neatly laid out summer plan has turned into a wild road trip, where anything can -- and does -- happen.

Abbott, Hailey- The Other Boy
Maddy dreads spending the summer at her parents' Napa Valley vineyard- until she falls in love with the idyllic lakeside property and the cute boy who'll be helping her tend the vines.

Abbott, Hailey- The Perfect Boy
Ciara Simmons is tired of random hook-ups with lame guys from school. She wants a boyfriend. So she waves good-bye to her wild LA ways and heads to Santa Barbara for the summer. When she sees sexy AJ rapping at a local club, she's sure he's the one! But AJ is only devoted to his music career. So Ciara and her pal Kevin develop a sneaky little scheme to pull AJ out of the limelight and into her arms.

Abbott, Hailey- Waking Up to Boys
Chelsea's more comfortable strapped onto her wakeboard on Lake Tahoe than laced into platform espadrilles—or flirting with Todd, the adorable watersports instructor she's been crushing on for years. So instead she concentrates on winning this summer's Northwest Extreme Watersports Competition. That is, until Sebastian, a hot Brazilian tennis prodigy, wakes her up to the fact that she can get a boy.

Adams, Kylie- Fast Girls, Hot Boys series
            Cruel Summer
            Bling Addiction
            Beautiful Diasters

Hot romance, dangerous games, platinum dreams, and deadly choices.  For some people, it's an impossible life, for Miami’s most infamous clique, it’s just another day at the beach.

Anderson, Laurie Halse- Prom
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.

Brashares, Ann- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
            The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
            The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
            Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
            Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

During summers apart, four teenage girls, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.

Brian, Kate- Private series
            Private
            Invitation Only
            Untouchable
            Confessions
            Inner Circle
            Legacy
            Ambition

Reed wins a scholarship to prestigious Easton Academy where she meets the Billings girls, beautiful, intelligent, confident, and powerful girls who control campus.  Reed quickly learns that these girls have skeletons that they will do anything to protect.

Cohn, Rachel- Cyde Charisse
            Gingerbread
            Shrimp
            Cupcake 

After being expelled from a fancy boarding school, Cyd's problems with her mother escalate after Cyd falls in love.

Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex.

Dean, Zoe- The A-List
            The A-List
            Girls on Film
            Blonde Ambition
            Tall Cool One
            Back in Black
            Some Like it Hot
            American Beauty
            Heart of Glass 
            Beautiful Stranger
            California Dreaming

Anna Percy leaves Manhattan to spend the second half of her senior year with her father in LA and quickly becomes involved in the lives of the rich and famous.

De La Cruz, Melissa- The Au Pairs
            The Au Pairs
            Skinny-dipping
            Sun-Kissed
            Crazy Hot 

Three teenage girls from different backgrounds work for a summer in the Hamptons as au pairs for a wealthy family, and in spite of many ups and down, all three end up changing for the better.

Dessen, Sarah- The Truth About Forever
The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.

Friedman, Aimee-
            South Beach
            French Kiss
            Hollywood Hills 

Adventures of two best friends as they travel and find romance and scandal. 

Godberson, Anna- The Luxe series
            The Luxe
            Rumors

In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others.

Harrison, Lisi- The Clique series
            The Clique
            Best Friends for Never
            Revenge of the Wannabes
            Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
            The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
            Dial L for Loser
            It’s Not Easy Being Mean
            Sealed with a Diss
            Bratfest at Tiffany's 

Massie is determined to exclude Claire from her clique at the exclusive private school, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.

Killian, Beth- The 310
            Everything She Wants
            Life as a Poser
            Boy Trouble 

After being caught in the juciest scandal of senior year, Eva moves to L.A. to live with her aunt, a top talent agent, and plans to become a star.  Instead, her life becomes one tabloid story after another.

Mackler, Carolyn- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

McCafferty, Megan- Jessica Darling series
            Sloppy Firsts
            Second Helpings
            Charmed Thirds
            Fourth Comings  

When her best friend Hope moves, sixteen-year-old Jessica is devastated and feels more lost than ever.  How will Jessica deal with the drama at school and at home and her mixed-up feelings for Marcus without Hope?

Minter, J.- The Insiders series
            Insiders
            Pass It On
            Take It Off
            Break Every Rule
            Hold On Tight
            Girls We Love 

In downtown New York City, a sophisticated, stylish high school junior is already having trouble keeping his group of lifelong friends together when his wild cousin Kelli arrives from St. Louis and stirs things up.

Minter, J.- Inside Girl series
            Inside Girl
            Some Kind of Wonderful
            The Sweetest Thing
            All That Glitters

Flan Flood, younger sister of the handsome and popular Patch, just wants to fit in when she starts high school in New York City, but her crazy friends Liesel, Sara Beth, and Philippa make it anything but easy for her.

Myracle, Lauren-
            TTYL
            TTFN
            L8r, G8r 

Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.

Noel, Alyson- Laguna Cove
Moving to sunny Southern Cal where the social scene is all about hanging out at the beach and surfing feels like a punishment to Anne.  And there’s Ellie, the queen of the social scene who takes an instant disliking to Anne.  So when Chrisone, the most gorgeous guy in school, offers to teach Anne to surf, sparks fly in more ways than one.

Shepard, Sara- Pretty Little Liars series
            Pretty Little Liars
            Flawless
            Perfect
            Unbelievable

When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.

Standiford, Natalie- The Dating Game
            The Dating Game
            Breaking Up is Really Really Hard to Do
            Can True Love Survive High School
            Ex-Rating
            Speed Dating
            Parallel Parking 

When three high school sophomores set up a weblog as a class project to research whether girls or boys are more sex-crazed– and to play matchmaker, their own messy love lives become even more complicated.

Von Ziegesar, Cecily- The It Girl Series
            The It Girl
            Notorious
            Reckless
            Unforgettable 
            Lucky
            Tempted

Having left her elite Manhattan private school to attend an equally exclusive New York State boarding school, sophomore Jenny Humphrey sets out to become the most alluring girl on campus.

Wasserman, Robin- The Seven Deadly Sins
            Lust
            Envy
            Pride
            Wrath
            Sloth
            Gluttony
            Greed 

In the town of Grace, California, seven teenagers experiment with passion and use manipulation and tricks to get ahead.