Peaches YA ANDERSON
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.
With Friends Like These YA BILLINGSLEY
Having established friendships with each other and an easy relationship with their group
leader, Camille, Angel, Alexis, and Jasmine are reluctant to accept the two new girls who join
their after-school church youth group.
Waiting for You YA COLASANTI
Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Marisa, who has an anxiety disorder, decides that
this is the year she will get what she wants--a boyfriend and a social life--but things do not
turn out exactly the way she expects them to.
Bass Ackwards and Belly Up YA CRAFT
When one of four best friends lies and says she will pursue her dream of writing a novel rather
than start college, two others join in, one by going to Los Angeles to become an actress and
one by backpacking through Europe to find herself, while the fourth goes to college, joins her
hero's ski team, and tries to fall in love.
The Truth About Forever YA DESSEN
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.
The Year My Sister Got Lucky YA FRIEDMAN
When fourteen-year-old Katie and her older sister, Michaela, move from New York City to
upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country life-style but is even more shocked when
her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying their new life, unlike Katie.
The Luxe YA GODBERSEN
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.
13 Little Blue Envelopes YA JOHNSON
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite
aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms
her life.
* Note: The Young Adult Collection is made up of books for a wide age range (12-18) and includes a variety of different topics and
interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers.
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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins
and Fenway Park YA KLUGER
Three teenagers in Boston narrate their experiences of a year of new friendships, first loves, and coming
into their own.
The Juvie Three YA KORMAN
Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open
in order to stay out of juvenile detention.
Love, Cajun Style YA LESBECQUE
Teenage Lucy learns about life and love with the help of her friends and saucy Tante Pearl over the
course of one hot Louisiana summer before her senior year of high school.
How To Be Bad YA LOCKHART
Told in alternating voices, Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, hoping to leave all their worries and woes behind,
escape their small town by taking a road trip to Miami.
Lucky Break: A Novel YA MINTER
Instead of the long-planned Spring Break trip to Paris with her friends, teenage Flan, devastated after
breaking up with her boyfriend Alex, finds herself traveling halfway around the world trying to recover
from her loss.
Peace, Love and Baby Ducks YA MYRACLE
Fifteen-year-old Carly's summer volunteer experience makes her feel more real than her life of privilege
in Atlanta ever did, but her younger sister starts high school pretending to be what she is not, and both
find their relationships suffering.
Twenty Boy Summer YA OCKLER
While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and Frankie conspire to find a boy for
Anna's first kiss, but Anna harbors a painful secret that threatens their lighthearted plan and their
friendship.
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie YA SONNENBLICK
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his
complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
Violet On the Runway YA WALKER
Seventeen-year-old Violet Greenfield of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, believes herself too tall and skinny
until a top modeling agent gives her the royal treatment in New York City, and Vi suddenly finds herself
facing fame, popularity, and the jealousy of her best friends.
After Tupac & D Foster YA WOODSON
In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac
Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.
List created by H. Rodriguez @ West Regional Library
Revised by K. Henderson @ Cameron Village Regional Library, August 2009
Annotations courtesy of NoveList.
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