IF YOU LIKE...SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS

Peaches
by Jody Lynn Anderson (YA ANDERSON) 311p HS
Peaches combines three unforgettable heroines who have nothing in common but the troubles that have gotten them sentenced to a summer of peach picking at a Georgia orchard.

Harley Like A Person
by Cat Bauer (YA BAUER) 248p HS
Harley, an artistic teenager living with her alcoholic father and angry mother, suspects that she is adopted and begins a search for her biological parents.

Hope Was Here
by Joan Bauer (YA BAUER) 192p MS/HS
What happens when a saucy, optimistic teenager and a terrific short-order diner cook head to Mulhoney, Wisconsin? Great apple pie, a killer mayoral election, and a heartfelt story about life in a rural town.

Rules of the Road
by Joan Bauer (YA BAUER) 201p MS/HS
Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas, and finds strength and hidden talents along the way.

Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy (FIC BINCHY) 565p HS
“He tried to put her out of his mind.”

Second Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares (YA BRASHARES) 373p MS/HS
“The Traveling Pants are not only the most beautiful pair of jeans that ever existed, they are kind, comforting, and wise. And also they make you look really good.” Carmen, Tibby, Lena, Bridget… & a second summer with those magical pants.

Girls In Pants
by Ann Brashares (YA BRASHARES) 352p MS/HS
The summer after graduation means big changes for Tibby, Carmen, Bridget & Lena. There’s love, tragedy, big surprises…and nude male models!

The V Club
by Kate Brian (YA BRIAN) 280p HS
Welcome to the V Club -- where members embrace abstinence, get off on civic duties, and heat up their chances to clinch the Treemont scholarship.

All-American Girl
by Meg Cabot (YA CABOT) 247p MS/HS
When you accidentally save the President’s life, everything changes!

The Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot (YA CABOT) 238p MS/HS
Mia’s a typical teen...until she finds out she’s actually a Princess of Genovia.

The Alison Rules
by Catherine Clark (YA CLARK) 272p HS
Alison tries to deal with the pain of her mother's death by sticking to rules until charming Patrick moves to town, and then she learns that no matter what, life still happens to you.

Bloomability
by Sharon Creech (YA CREECH) 273p MS/HS
When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Switzerland to attend an international school, Dinnie discovers an expanding world.

Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech (YA CREECH) 280p MS/HS
After her mother leaves home suddenly, Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route.

LBD: It's a Girl Thing
LBD: Live & Fabulous
by Grace Dent (YA DENT) 192p MS/HS
The 3 LBD’s—whose “totally unreasonable parents” won’t let them attend the must-see music festival—fight to save their social lives by staging their own festival.

Born Confused
by Tanua Desai Hidier (YA DESAI) 413p HS
Why does Dimple's blonde best friend seem more Indian than she herself is? And why has the "suitable boy" her parents picked for her suddenly become interesting--just when her best friend has fallen for him?

Keeping The Moon
by Sarah Dessen (YA DESSEN) 228p MS/HS
One summer can change everything.

The True Meaning of Cleavage
by Mariah Fredericks (YA FREDERICKS) 224p MS/HS
When Jess and Sari, best friends since seventh grade, begin their freshman year of high school and Sari becomes obsessed with a senior boy, Jess wonders if their friendship will survive.

Mates, Dates, & Cosmic Kisses
by Cathy Hopkins (YA HOPKINS) 208p MS/HS
Izzie’s story about a totally snog-worthy boy who won't pick up the phone!

Water Tales
by Alice Hoffman (YA HOFFMAN) 208p MS/HS
A fluid read for anyone in the mood for magical, soul-stirring tales about life and friendship.

13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson(YA JOHNSON) 336p MS/HS
Little blue envelope number 1 contains $1000 to buy a plane ticket to London. Number 2 says to get a flat in London. The 3rd envelope says to find a starving artist. Ginny has 10 more envelopes to open. What will change this summer? The answer may be in the 13 little blue envelopes.

The Bermudez Triangle
by Maureen Johnson (YA JOHNSON) 368p HS
The Bermudez Triangle have been inseparable. But, the summer before senior year, Mel & Avery realize that their feelings for each other may be more than friendship.

Girl, 15, Charming, But Insane
by Sue Limb (YA LIMB) 214p MS/HS
Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.

Love and Other Four-letter Words
by Carolyn Mackler (YA MACKLER) 208p MS/HS
When she and her mom move to New York City, Sammie learns to deal with her mother's fragile mental state, her best friend's self-centeredness, several new friendships, and her own budding sexuality.

Sloppy Firsts
Second Helpings
By Megan McCafferty (YA MCCAFFERTY) 280p HS
When her best friend moves away, Jessica wonders how she'll cope with "friends" she hates, her dad's track obsession, her sister's stupid wedding, and her nonexistent love life.

Aimee
by Mary beth Miller (YA MILLER) 276p HS
Did Zoe help her best friend commit suicide?

Feeling Sorry For Celia
by Jaclyn Moriarty (YA MORIARTY) 276p MS/HS
Elizabeth's life is pretty complicated. She may lose her best friend, find another, kiss the sexiest guy alive...So much can happen in the time it takes to write a letter.

TTYL
by Lauren Myracle (YA MYRACLE) 224p MS/HS
The roller coaster ride of tenth grade for 3 friends—told completely in IMs.

Alice Alone
The Grooming Of Alice
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (YA NAYLOR) 229p MS/HS
Alice's first year in high school gets off to a difficult start when she and her boyfriend Patrick break up, but with the help of her family and best friends, she gains a better sense of her own self-worth.

Monsoon Summer
by Mitali Perkins (YA PERKINS) 272p MS/HS
Secretly in love with her best friend and business partner Steve, Jazz must spend the summer away from him when her family goes to India to help set up a clinic.

Three Clams and an Oyster
by Randy Powell (YA POWELL) 216p MS/HS
Who are you going to pick to be the new guy for your team: the stoner, the girl, or the guy with the road kill hairdo?

What My Mother Doesn't Know
by Sonya Sones (YA SONES) 259p MS/HS
At almost 15, Sophie finds her first love… and second love…and even love in cyberspace.

Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli (YA SPINELLI) 176p MS/HS
“I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn't like it either way.”

Flipped
by Wendeline Van Draanen (YA VAN DRAANEN) 212p MS/HS
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells (YA WELLS) 356p HS
The story of a close-knit society of southern women.

Girls In Love
by Jacqueline Wilson (YA WILSON) 181p MS/HS
Ellie's starting ninth grade and she's got some very definite goals. She'll stay best friends with Magda and Nadine. She'll go on a diet and stick to it. She'll get a glamorous hairstyle. And she'll get a boyfriend. Even if she has to settle for one who likes her more than she likes him.

Razzle
by Ellen Wittlinger (YA WITTLINGER) 247p MS/HS
When his retired parents buy a group of tourist cabins on Cape Cod, fifteen-year-old Kenyon Baker's days are filled with repair work until he becomes friends with an eccentric girl.

What's In A Name?
by Ellen Wittlinger (YA WITTLINGER) 146p MS/HS
Each of ten teenagers living in Scrub Harbor, Massachusetts, explores his or her identity at the same time that the local residents consider changing the name of their town.

Zig Zag
by Ellen Wittlinger (YA WITTLINGER) 264p MS/HS
A high-school junior makes a trip with her aunt and two cousins, discovering places she did not know existed and strengths she did not know she had.

MS = Most appropriate for middle schoolers
MS/HS = Most appropriate for middle/high schoolers
HS = Most appropriate for high schoolers

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