Chick Lit Booklist for Teens
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Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
Quiet and unpopular Mia is asked to the prom by one of the most popular guys at school, Rob. Another popular girl at school wants Rob as her date, so Mia does what any girl would do, right? She gets help and tries to put a love spell on Rob. This goes horribly wrong and ends up creating a zombie virus on her whole class. Will Mia figure out how to fix this before she is eaten by the zombies?
Teen Fiction Paperback Ashby
This Girl Isn't Shy, She's Spectacular by Nina Beck
Samantha got hooked on writing when she read Apples and Oranges by Pete Bryant. She tried hard to get into Bryant’s creative writing program at UCLA but was rejected because he thought her writing lacked passion. When Bryant told her to write about what she knows, Samantha realized that she hasn’t really experienced life. She changes schools and sets out to do some of things she hasn’t done before, like “something that’s definitely a bad idea.”
Teen Fiction Beck
Runaway by Meg Cabot
Emerson Watts’s brain is in model Nikki Howard’s body. While hiding from everyone, including her boyfriend, family, and friends, Em tries to figure out why her brain was transplanted into Nikki’s body. To complicate things further, Nikki’s brain was transplanted into another body and Nikki decides she wants her old body back. Now add boys to this mix. This is the third book in the Airhead series, which also includes Airhead and Runway.
Teen Fiction Cabot - Coming Soon
Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Childs
What would you do if you found out that you’re a descendant of the Greek goddess Nike and have special abilities? This is what Phoebe is struggling to understand and control. Phoebe’s abilities can make food change into bugs and water to fill up a room. As she struggles to control her abilities she ends up going to remedial goddess boot camp with younger girls. While training for a marathon Phoebe also works on trusting her boyfriend, who also has special abilities.
Teen Fiction Childs
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Doesn’t everyone know how to ride a bike? Because of her efforts to live up to her divorced mother’s academic standards, this is one thing Auden missed out on. Auden’s life changes during the summer she goes to live with her dad and his new wife and baby.
Teen Fiction Dessen
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Every summer Belly (Isabel) and her mother and brother go to stay at the beach house with her mom’s friend and her two boys. Belly always feels left out because she is the only girl and the youngest. This summer is different, though, because Belly has grown up and she can’t decide which of the boys she really likes. Come along with Belly as she tries to figure out her life, especially when someone close to her has terminal cancer.
Teen Fiction Han
After growing up in Manhattan, Bella moves to Truman, Okahoma, because her mom is marrying a man who wants to be a semi-pro wrestler. Bella faces many challenges in Oklahoma, including finding out she has stepbrothers, being followed around by camera crew for the reality TV show her stepdad signed the family up for, trying different jobs—like taking care of horses—for her column in the school newspaper, and discovering a conspiracy.
Teen Fiction Paperback Series Charmed
Front and Center by Catherine Murdock
D.J. likes being in the background where no one notices her, but people in her life have other plans for her. D.J. is a great basketball player, and college scouts are interested. Having some tough decisions to make, D.J. is afraid of letting people down. This is the third book in the Dairy Queen series, which includes Dairy Queen and Off Season.
Teen Fiction Murdock
Dead Is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez
Daisy doesn’t come from a normal family. Her two sisters and her mother have psychic abilities. Daisy’s psychic abilities are just developing. The town they live in is full of supernatural stuff, like the death of a teacher that looks like murder. Daisy is beginning to wonder what is happening to her boyfriend Ryan. This is the third book in the series, which includes Dead Is the New Black and Dead Is so Last Year.
Teen Fiction Paperback Perez
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Dani doesn’t have a conventional life. She has traveled around from town to town with her mother, staying in each place long enough to steal from the rich. When Dani and her mother visit the town of Heaven, Dani sees another side of life and becomes dissatisfied with her lifestyle. Does Dani continue to steal or try to live a life free of crime?
Teen Fiction Scott
