Chick Lit for Teens
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Amor and Summer Secrets Wallach introduces an unforgettable heroine who's learning all about friendship, family, rivalry, and secrets. Sequels: Amigas and School Scandals, Adios to all the Drama. subjects: Young Women, Female Friendship |
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. Sequels: On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God, Knocked out by my Nunga-Nungas, Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants, Away Laughing on a Fast Camel, Then he ate my Boy Entrancers, Startled by his Furry Shorts, Love is a Many Trousered Thing, Stop in the Name of Pants. subjects: Diaries, Humorous Stories, England |
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Bad Kitty While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California. Sequel: Kitty Kitty. subjects: Racially Mixed People, Humorous Stories, Mystery and Detective Stories, Las Vegas (Nev.) |
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Bindi Babes Three Indian-British sisters team up to marry off their traditional, nosy aunt and get her out of the house. Sequels: Bhangra Babes, Bollywood Babes. subjects: |
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The Boyfriend List: (15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic
Frogs, and me Ruby Oliver A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more. Sequels: The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys subjects: Interpersonal Relations, Dating (Social Customs), High Schools, Friendship, Seattle (Wash.) |
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The Breakup Bible Jennifer thinks she and Max are the perfect couple, until he decides he just wants to be friends. subjects: Man-Woman Relationships |
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Ghostgirl After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams. Sequel: Homecoming. subjects: Future Life, Popularity, High Schools, Death, Ghosts, Friendship |
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Girl, 15, Charming But Insane Like any self-respecting girl her age, Jess wants to be devastatingly gorgeous, popular, and intelligent. But unfortunately, her best friend, Flora, has beaten her to it. Now Jess needs a new focus. The stunningly gorgeous Ben Jones seems the obvious choice. But can Ben Jones focus on anything that takes longer than a free kick? Perhaps Fred, who's sweet and clever but really needs a haircut, will help Jess through her teen-life crisis. But what of Flora's long-held secret crush? With her particular combination of charm and insanity, Jess heroically tries to keep it all together—with hilarious results. Sequels: Girl, (Nearly) 16, Absolute Torture, Girl, Going on 17, Pants on Fire. subjects: Best Friends, Friendship, Dating (Social Norms), Schools, Humorous Stories, England |
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Girl Stays in the Picture On a movie set in Saint Tropez, France, several teenaged members of the Hollywood elite come together in an explosion of scenes shot and reshot, friendships formed and cast aside, and romances begun and destroyed, all duly reported by paparazzi. subjects: Interpersonal Relations, Celebrities, Motion Pictures, Gossip, Paparazzi, Saint-Tropez (France) |
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You 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. Sequels: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover. subjects: Spies, Espionage, Boarding Schools, Man-Woman Relationships |
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L.A. Candy When nineteen-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. subjects: Reality Television Programs, Interpersonal Relations, Self-Perception, Friendship, Conduct of Life, Los Angeles (Calif.) |
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Peaches Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach. Sequels: The Secrets of Peaches, Love and Peaches. awards: Georgia: Georgia Peach Award Nominees 2007 subjects: Interpersonal Relations, Farm Life, Family Problems, Peach, Georgia |
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The Poison Apples At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds discover a common bond and form a club to plot revenge against their evil stepmothers. subjects: Stepmothers, Boarding Schools, Revenge, Best Friends, Massachusetts |
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The Queen of Cool Bored with her life, popular high school junior Libby signs up for an internship at the zoo and discovers that the "science nerds" she meets there may have a few things to teach her about friendship and life. subjects: Self-Perception, Conduct of Life, Zoos, High Schools |
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The Real Real When Hampton High senior Jesse is cast in a reality television show along with five other, more popular students, drama on and off screen reveals that what the audience and producers want is not the same as what Jesse wants. subjects: Reality Television Programs, Dating (Social Customs), High Schools |
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The Secret Life of Prince Charming Seventeen-year-old Quinn has heard all her life about how untrustworthy men are, so when she discovers that her charismatic but selfish father, with whom she has recently begun to have a tentative relationship, has stolen from the many women in his life, she decides she must avenge this wrong. subjects: Fathers, Interpersonal Relations, Family Problems, Divorce |
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Secrets of my Hollywood Life Longing to experience the life of a "normal" teenager, sixteen-year-old actress Kaitlin Burke assumes a false identity to attend a local high school. Sequels: On Location, Family Affairs, Paparazzi Princess. subjects: Actors and actresses, Identity, High Schools, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It. Fourteen-year-old Gemma Stone struggles to understand her shifting emotions as her older sister plans her wedding, she overcomes her nerves and tries out for the school play, and she gets to know one of the most notorious boys in her class. subjects: Theater, Schools, Family Life, Weddings, Australia |
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Suite Scarlett Fifteen-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. subjects: Hotels-Motels-Etc., Family Life, Authorship, Actors and Actresses, New York (N.Y.) |
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TTYL 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. Sequel: Ttfn. L8r, g8r. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2005 subjects: Instant Messaging, Friendship, Interpersonal Relations, High Schools |
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Vegan Virgin Valentine Mara's niece, who is only one-year-younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2005, Capitol Choices List 2005, Tayshas Reading List 2006 subjects: High Schools, Aunts, Nieces |
List updated August 2009— Patti Cook
