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Just as Long as We're Together

Judy Blume · 296 pages

Coming of AgeFemale FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalMiddle Grade
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The Interestings

Meg Wolitzer · 560 pages

The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty. Their friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their tal

Female FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalComing of AgeNew York City
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Gossip Girl

Cecily von Ziegesar · 203 pages

Welcome to New York City’s Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep—sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren’t careful, she’s going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn’t fit into, steal our boyfriends’ hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I’ll be watching closely . . . You know you love me,

Social MediaFemale FriendshipNew York CityFriendship and Betrayal
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Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 330 pages

## **Don't judge a boy by his face.** ## Auggie is a kid who just wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things, like play on his Xbox and watch TV and eat. But ordinary kids don't make people stare just by walking down the block. They don't scare kids by looking at his face. They *definitely* haven't had over 20 surgeries by age 10. But when Auggie starts going to school for the first time in h

Coming of AgeFriendship and BetrayalNew York CityMiddle Grade
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Wildlife

Fiona Wood · 385 pages

Two sixteen-year-old girls in Australia come together at an outdoor semester of school, before university--one thinking about boys and growing up, the other about death and grief, but somehow they must help each other to find themselves.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipComing of AgeMultiple POV
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Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

Ann Brashares · 400 pages

With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer. Lena: Immerses herself in her painting and an intoxicating summer fling, fearing that the moment she forgets about Kostos will be the moment she sees him again. Carmen: Falls under the spell of a sophisticated college friend for whom a theatrical role means everything and the heritage of the

Coming of AgeFemale FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalMultiple POV
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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

Female FriendshipSocial MediaFriendship and BetrayalMultiple POV
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Lucky Star

Cathy Cassidy · 240 pages

Friendship and BetrayalComing of AgeMiddle GradeMultiple POV
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New York, New York!

Ann M. Martin · 224 pages

The Baby-sitters have always wanted to be sophisticated New Yorkers like Stacy. Well, now here's their chance: Stacy has invited them all to the city for a vacation!

Female FriendshipNew York CityMiddle GradeMultiple POV
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Bye, Baby

Carola Lovering · 352 pages

Social MediaFemale FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalNew York City
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Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh · 298 pages

Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.

Coming of AgeNew York CityFriendship and BetrayalMiddle Grade
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Girls in White Dresses

Jennifer Close · 304 pages

Female FriendshipNew York CityComing of AgeMultiple POV
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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 FriendshipMiddle GradeNew York City
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ttyl

Lauren Myracle · 209 pages

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.

Social MediaFriendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipContemporary Fiction
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Firefly Lane

Kristin Hannah · 552 pages

From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world” moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it a

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipComing of AgeContemporary Fiction
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Tonight the Streets Are Ours

Leila Sales · 344 pages

Seventeen-year-old Arden, of Cumberland, Maryland, finds solace in the blog of an aspiring writer who lives in New York City, but when she goes to meet him, she discovers that he is a very different person than she believes him to be.

Social MediaFriendship and BetrayalNew York CityContemporary Fiction
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150 Pounds: A Novel of Waists and Measures

Kate Rockland

"In the fast paced life of blogging, two women stand out: Alexis Allbright, of Skinny Chick, and Shoshana Weiner, who writes Fat and Fabulous. Both have over five million loyal readers. Both are hungry for success. But the similarities stop there. With over 100 pounds on the scale separating them, weight isn't their only difference. Alexis is a loner who is so bitchy the only person who can stand

Social MediaFemale FriendshipNew York CityMultiple POV
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Blue Bloods

Melissa de la Cruz · 319 pages

De la Cruz has revamped traditional vampire lore in this story featuring a group of attractive, privileged Manhattan teens who attend a prestigious private school. Schuyler Van Alen, 15, the last of the line in a distinguished family, is being raised by her distant and forbidding grandmother. Schuyler, her friend Oliver, and their new friend Dylan are treated like outsiders by the clique of popula

Friendship and BetrayalNew York CitySocial MediaMultiple POV
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue

Melanie Benjamin

Female FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalNew York CityMultiple POV
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With Friends Like These

Sally Koslow · 336 pages

Forging a deep friendship in spite of their differences, former roommates Quincy, Jules, Talia and Chloe struggle with respective challenges in the ensuing years, which are complicated by their illusion-based comparisons to one another's circumstances.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipNew York CityMultiple POV
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Twerp

Mark Goldblatt

Friendship and BetrayalComing of AgeMiddle GradeNew York City
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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.

Social MediaFriendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipMiddle Grade
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Since You've Been Gone

Morgan Matson · 464 pages

Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.

Coming of AgeFemale FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalContemporary Fiction
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Flawless

Sara Shepard · 330 pages

**Spencer stole her sister's boyfriend. *Aria is brokenhearted over her English teacher*.** ***Emily likes her new friend Maya...as much more than a friend.*** Hanna's obsession with looking flawless is making her sick. And their most horrible secret yet is so scandalous that the truth would ruin them forever. And why shouldn't I tell? They deserve to lose it all. With every crumpled note, wicked

Social MediaFemale FriendshipFriendship and BetrayalMultiple POV

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