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How to Be Bad

E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle · 336 pages

From the authors of ttyl, Bras & Broomsticks, and The Boyfriend List come three unforgettable characters — and one exhilarating novelVicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desperate to be liked; and Jesse will do anything to avoid a life-altering secret. Each one has her own reason for wanting to get the heck out of their

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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The Revenge Playbook

Rachael Allen · 361 pages

Working together to humiliate the revered high school football team that has been the source of their unhappiness, four teen girls make unexpected discoveries in their effort to steal the one thing the players most value.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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The Milk of Birds

Sylvia Whitman

When a nonprofit organization called Save the Girls pairs a fifteen-year-old Sudanese refugee with an American teenager from Richmond, Virginia, the pen pals teach each other compassion and share a bond that bridges two continents.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Dreaming of Amelia

Jaclyn Moriarty · 526 pages

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistMultiple POVYoung Adult
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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.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple 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

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann · 454 pages

The story of three women and their struggle to make it in the entertainment industry. Upon making it to the top, the sad realization sets in that they have no place to go but down.

AddictionFemale FriendshipMultiple POVContemporary Fiction
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The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love

Dyan Sheldon · 350 pages

When fashionista Sicilee, arty Maya, and antisocial Waneeda risk their reputations by joining Clifton Springs High School's Environmental Club to be near gorgeous new student Cody Lightfoot, each finds a new way of looking at the world.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Chasing Charlie Duskin

Cath Crowley · 233 pages

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Panic

Sharon M. Draper · 280 pages

As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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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.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistMultiple POVYoung Adult
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Two or Three Things I Forgot To Tell You

Joyce Carol Oates

"When their best friend, Tink, dies from an apparent suicide, high school seniors Merissa and Nadia are alientated by their secrets, adrift from each other and from themselves"--Provided by publisher.

Female FriendshipYoung AdultTeen ProtagonistMultiple POV
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Those Girls

Lauren Saft · 330 pages

Eleventh grade at Greencliff, an all-girl school near Philadelphia, is momentous for long-term best friends Alex, Mollie, and Veronica, as the secrets they are keeping from each other about boyfriends, eating disorders, and more begin to undermine their relationships.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Pushing Perfect

Michelle Falkoff · 352 pages

Although she seems to have the perfect life, Kara is caught up with a group whose secrets threaten to ruin her perfectly planned future.

AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Out of Reach

Carrie Arcos · 250 pages

Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.

AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Invincible

Amy Reed

AddictionYoung AdultTeen ProtagonistContemporary Fiction
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Smashed

Lisa Luedeke · 336 pages

Maine high school senior Katie Martin is set to win a field hockey scholarship until her life is derailed by drinking, a car accident, and an angry classmate.

AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Virtuosity

Jessica Martinez · 294 pages

Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.

AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Take Me There

Susane Colasanti · 290 pages

Female FriendshipYoung AdultTeen ProtagonistMultiple POV
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Ordinary Beauty

Laura Wiess · 290 pages

After suffering years of neglect, Sayre Bellavia wonders if her addict mother, who is now lying near death in a hospital, ever loved her.

AddictionTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Fallout

Ellen Hopkins · 720 pages

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years. Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicli

AddictionYoung AdultTeen ProtagonistMultiple POV
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The International Kissing Club

Ivy Adams · 390 pages

Best friends Piper, Mei, Izzy, and Cassidy of Paris, Texas, spend a semester studying abroad and track their romantic escapades on a Facebook fan page.

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultMultiple POV
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Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty

Jody Gehrman · 256 pages

Female FriendshipTeen ProtagonistYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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