Clique Chicks: A-List Lit for Teen Girls

Need a break from all the Gossip? Give these books a try.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Some books contain mature situations and language.

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
"Once upon a time there was an eighteen-year-old girl who dragged her butt out of bed and hauled it all the way to school on a sunny day in May"

**Confessions of a Teenage Nanny by Victoria Ashton
"Adrienne Lewis raised a Baccarat champagne glass and proposed a toast: "To a great party and the worst night of my life... "

**Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
“My so-called parents hate my boyfriend, Shrimp. I’m not sure they even believe he is my boyfriend…”

**The Au Pairs by Melissa De La Cruz
"Eliza Thompson had never been so uncomfortable in her entire life..."

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
“As a rule, Ginny Blackstone tried to go unnoticed—something that was more or less impossible with thirty pounds (she'd weighed it) of purple-and-green backpack hanging from her back…"

**The 310: Life as a Poser by Beth Killian
“I felt sure that my life had changed for the better before we even landed in Los Angeles – but then, everything seems better in first class…"

**Girl, 15, Charming But Insane by Sue Limb
“Eyes, nose, lips. Jess was drawing a face on her hand. She should have been making notes for her history essay…"

**The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
“Adam was this boy I used to stare at in pre-school. His hair was too long, that’s why. It stuck out behind his ears and trailed down his neck, whereas all other five year-old boys had bowl haircuts…"

Fly On the Wall by E. Lockhart
“I am eating alone in the lunchroom. Again. Ever since Katya started smoking cigarettes, she's hanging out back by the garbage cans, lighting up with the Art Rats…

**Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
"Tonight I've been thinking about the mosaic Hope gave me the night she U-hauled ass out of Pineville...

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
“Froggy Welsh the Fourth is trying to get up my shirt…"

Faking 19 by Alyssa Noel
“Okay, so maybe my list isn’t the same as yours. You’re probably going 'What’s with all the old guys'… "

Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyssa Noel
“Oh no, you are not wearing that,” my mom says, barging into my room and invading my privacy as usual…"

What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonia Sones
“Most people call me Sophie/(which is the name/on my birth certificate),/or Sof,/or sometimes Sofa…"

**These books have at least one sequel