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Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely

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Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 197 pages

"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated

Friendship and BetrayalDiary FormatFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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Code Name Verity

Elizabeth Wein · 347 pages

In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.

Friendship and BetrayalDiary FormatFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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Pretty Little Liars

Sara Shepard · 304 pages

Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished. How do I know? Because I know everything about the

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume · 149 pages

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can b

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipDiary FormatBullying
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Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade

Denise Vega · 217 pages

Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipDiary FormatBullying
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The Ashleys

Melissa de la Cruz · 272 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Just Listen

Sarah Dessen · 377 pages

Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything" — at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf's Department Store. This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark, and mu

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone · 400 pages

Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Beautiful Broken Things

Sara Barnard · 376 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultDepression
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Rival

Sara Bennett Wealer

Two high school rivals compete in a prestigious singing competition while reflecting on the events that turned them from close friends to enemies the year before.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Book of a Thousand Days

Shannon Hale · 320 pages

Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

Diary FormatFriendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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Sweet Little Lies

Lauren Conrad · 309 pages

How Sweet it is?Jane Roberts was the average girl next door until she and her best friend, Scarlett Harp, landed their own reality show, L.A. Candy. Now the girls have an all-access pass to Hollywood's hottest everything. But there's more to life on camera than just parties and shopping...When racy photos of Jane are leaked to the press, she finds herself at the center of a tabloid scandal. She tu

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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#scandal

Sarah Ockler · 416 pages

When pictures of Lucy kissing her best friend's boyfriend emerge on the world of social media, she becomes a social pariah after the scandal rocks the school.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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Beautiful Malice

Rebecca James · 288 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

Kody Keplinger · 352 pages

This is about a girl named Bianca and she just learnt that she is the DUFF of her friend group.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultBullying
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The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani · 496 pages

**A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist. The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series.** Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. With her

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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My Worst Best Friend

Dyan Sheldon · 303 pages

High school classmates Gracie and Savanna are total opposites and best friends, until Savanna's lying and manipulative behavior begin to bother Gracie, who wonders if it is time she started thinking for herself.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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13 Minutes

Sarah Pinborough · 336 pages

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The Clique

Lisi Harrison · 220 pages

Enter the world of the clique - where the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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Girls in Love

Jacqueline Wilson · 160 pages

Diary FormatFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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The Lipstick Laws

Amy Holder · 238 pages

When Britney, the most popular girl at Penford High School, invites April Bowers to her lunch table April is thrilled with her sudden change in status, but soon finds that Britney's friendship comes at a steep price.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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Art Geeks and Prom Queens

Alyson Noel · 226 pages

Seventeen-year-old Alex seriously messes up during her senior year at an Orange County, California high school, skipping classes and staying out all night at Hollywood night clubs with older guys, in an effort to distract herself from some unpleasant realities.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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The Girls of No Return

Erin Saldin · 345 pages

A troubled sixteen-year-old girl attending a wilderness school in the Idaho mountains must finally face the consequences of her complicated friendships with two of the other girls at the school.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead
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TMI

Patty Blount · 329 pages

Bailey Grant and Megan Farrell, best friends since second grade, often interfere in each other's lives, but when Bailey becomes involved with a mysterious gamer she met online and Megan decides to prove he cannot be trusted, a serious feud begins.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFemale Lead

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