The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares (Delacorte, c2001)
FICTION/BRA Young Adult

Inspired by a true story, this is a book about roots, the need to be loved and discovering one's true self as a group of girls bond one fateful summer.

Sloppy Firsts: a Novel
Megan McCafferty (Crown/Three Rivers Press, c2001)
FICTION/MCC Young Adult

When her best friend, Hope, moves away 16-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. Jessica is a fish out of water at school, a stranger at home, and now -- with the only person with whom she could really communicate gone -- more lost than ever. How is she supposed to deal with the boy-and-shopping-crazy girls at school, her dad's obsession with her track meets, and her nonexistent love life?

The True Meaning of Cleavage
Mariah Fredericks (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003)
FICTION/FRE Young Adult

Sari and Jess are best friends and total opposites. They've liked each other ever since they discovered that they are the only two normal people at Eldridge Alternative. As they prepare to face the trials of ninth grade, Sari is psyched. Jess is not. How can she face the Prada Mafia, the most evil clique in school? Or Mr. McGuiness' unnervingly long nose hair? What if something really interesting happens to Sari and nothing whatsoever happens to Jess?

The Year of Secret Assignments
Jaclyn Moriarty (A.A. Levine Books/Scholastic, c2004)
FICTION/MOR Young Adult

From the author of "Feeling Sorry for Celia" comes this story of three girls and three boys, one of which is a total psycho. It's a story of teenage life as it really feels--only funnier.