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Book Cover Confessions of a Teen Nanny
By Ashton, Victoria
2005/07 - HarperCollins Publishers
0060731737 Find in the Library

Ashton gives teenagers a voyeuristic glimpse into the posh and powerful lifestyle of New York's afterschool nannies through the eyes of two best friends, who finally have a foot in the door to a life most only dream about.

Book Cover Private
By Brian, Kate
2006/07 - Simon Pulse
1416918736 Find in the Library

The author of the popular "The Princess & the Pauper" begins an unforgettable new series featuring a girl from a working-class neighborhood who lands a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school. As Reed settles in her new life, she notices the Billings Girls, who live in an invitation-only dorm and are hiding some very dark secrets.

Book Cover Boy Proof
By Castellucci, Cecil
2005/03 - Candlewick Press (MA)
0763623334 Find in the Library

What happens when an aloof and antisocial cinephile meets a new boy savvy enough to see through her cool, impenetrable disguise? Castellucci's smart and vulnerable heroine will please teen readers struggling with identity, choices, and relationships. Young Adult.

Book Cover Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid: Daughter of the Diva
By Collins, Yvonne
Rideout, Sandy
Rideout, Sandy
2005/05 - St. Martin's Griffin
0312338376 Find in the Library

Fifteen-year-old Leigh is sent to Ireland to join her movie-star mother, Annika. Leigh becomes her mom's personal assistant on the set of her latest film. But tensions flare as Annika and Leigh must finally grow into their most demanding roles: mother and daughter.

Book Cover Grace Happens
By Czech, Jan M.
2005/05 - Viking Books
0670059625 Find in the Library

Grace is the daughter of a globe-trotting movie star, but she dreams of a normal life--and of knowing her father, whose identity her mother has never revealed. When her mother tells her they're going to Martha's Vineyard, Grace doesn't know the island holds the keys to her family history.

Book Cover The A-List
By Dean, Zoey
2003/09 - Little Brown and Company
0316734357 Find in the Library

This hot, page-turning novel is the first of a new series that explores the scandalous lives of rich and famous young adults in Beverly Hills.

Book Cover The Au Pairs
By de La Cruz, Melissa
2004/06 - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
0689870663 Find in the Library

The author of "Cat's Meow" introduces three au pairs for one of New York's "better" Upper East Side families, and their adventures in the Hamptons, where they'll brave bratty kids, deal with bitchy bosses, and handle some very hot bad boys.

Book Cover LBD: (It's a Girl Thing)
By Dent, Grace
2004/05 - Speak
014240182X Find in the Library

Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude are the LBD--"Les Bambinos Dangereuses." These inseparable best friends are hip, feisty, and ready to take on the world. This "satisfyingly entertaining" ("Publishers Weekly") novel is now available in paperback.

Book Cover True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
By Douglas, Lola
2005/11 - Sleuth RazorBill
1595140352 Find in the Library



Book Cover South Beach
By Friedman, Aimee
2005/03 - Scholastic Paperbacks
0439706785 Find in the Library

Seniors Nicki, Belly, and Genny are best friends who want their last spring break to be unforgettable. So they head to Miami's trendiest hot spot, South Beach, on a road trip where secrets are revealed, couples get together, and friendships are changed forever.

Book Cover The Clique
By Harrison, Lisi
2004/05 - Little Brown and Company
0316701297 Find in the Library

Kicking off a juicy new series, this book introduces a group of girls who are navigating the social minefields of eighth grade at New York's Westchester County's most exclusive private school.

Book Cover Those Girls
By Lawrence, Sara
2007/10 - Sleuth RazorBill
1595141693 Find in the Library

Jinx Slater and Liberty Latiffe are lovely, rich, and wild 17-year-olds at the exclusive Stagmount School for Girls. They have the glittery seaside town of Brighton and an endless flow of cash at their fingertips. Nothing can slow them down in their pursuit of fun. Then snobby new girl Stella Fox shows up and naive Liberty falls under her spell.

Book Cover The Nannies
By Mayer, Melody
2005/09 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
038573283X Find in the Library

Good girls.
Life in La Crosse couldn't be any blah-er. Kiley's way out? A pricey school in California that she can only afford if she's a resident of the Golden State. That's why she's on "Platinum Nanny, vying for the chance to work for a wacko rock star-or be sent home nationally humiliated.
Wild girls.
Lydia has spent eight years stuck in the Amazon with her do-gooding parents. When her aunt offers her a lifeline-babysitting in posh Bel Air-Lydia hops the next plane to civilization. Pucci sandals, poolside cabanas, clubbing in Hollywood It spots-was there even a question she'd accept? Now she just has to find a cute pool boy to make up for all that lost time. . . .
Wilder boys.
Moving into the guesthouse of one of Beverly Hills' most powerful families isn't exactly what Esme had in mind for a summer job. Neither was losi

Book Cover The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber
By Mechling, Lauren
Moser, Laura
2005/05 - Graphia Books
0618555196 Find in the Library

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With heart and a wicked sense of humor, the authors deliver an entertaining, coming-of-age story about friendship and betrayal, brutal honesty and its consequences, set in an elite Brooklyn high school where the cool girls aren't anything like sophomore Mimi expects.

Book Cover The Insiders
By Minter, J.
2004/05 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1582348952 Find in the Library

With a keen eye for urban teens, their dialogue, and the details of New York City's high life, Minter delivers this captivating, scandalous look into the privileged and turbulent world of five cool guys living in Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods.

Book Cover Art Geeks and Prom Queens
By Noel, Alyson
2005/09 - St. Martin's Griffin
0312336365 Find in the Library

Sixteen-year-old, NYC transplant Rio Jones has no clue how she's going to fit in at her fancy new private school in Southern California. She's thrilled when the school's queen bee befriends her--until she realizes that Kristi's not one to cross.

Book Cover Dueling Princes
By O'Connell, Tyne
2005/12 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1582346585 Find in the Library

Picking up where "Stealing Princes" left off, this funny, fast-paced third book chronicling the life and times of Calypso Kelly follows Calypso as she attempts to balance school, family, and a royal romance.

Book Cover Oh Baby!
By Reisfeld, Randi
Gilmour, H. B.
2005/10 - Scholastic Paperbacks
043967705X Find in the Library

Before buckling down for college, small-town girls Abby and Jamie give city life a whirl. Shy Abby is in New York City, while no-nonsense Jamie is out in Los Angeles. Their experiences on each coast teach the girls things they never knew about love, truth, and themselves.

Book Cover Amazing Grace
By Shull, Megan
2005/09 - Hyperion Books
0786856904 Find in the Library

Tennis superstar Grace Kincaid goes from everybody's idea of perfect to her own idea of an imperfect (but wonderful) self in this novel by a sparkling new voice in teen fiction.

Book Cover One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
By Sones, Sonya
2005/10 - Simon Pulse
1416907882 Find in the Library

After her mother's death, Ruby moves to Los Angeles to live with her father, actor Whip Logan, whom she's never met. Ruby hates her new glamorous life, but a tragic incident helps Ruby and Whip be honest with each other. Written in free verse poems.

Book Cover Gossip Girl
By Von Ziegesar, Cecily
2002/01 - Little Brown and Company
0316910333 Find in the Library

Click here to view video and more! Watch and Listen to a hot new novel that explores the scandalous and sophisticated lives of youngwomen at an elite private high school..


Book Cover The It Girl
By Von Ziegesar, Cecily
2005/11 - Little Brown and Company
0316011851 Find in the Library

Jenny Humphrey, a popular character from von Ziegesar's bestselling Gossip Girl series, is leaving Constance Billard to attend the elite Waverly Academy, located in New York horse country where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. Jenny's determined to leave her crazy Manhattan past behind and become a sophisticated goddess on campus.

Book Cover So Super Starry
By Wilkins, Rose
2004/10 - Dial Books
0803730497 Find in the Library

Octavia Clairbrook-Cleeve has a famous TV star for a mom and a very posh-sounding name. But there's no way she's anything like the ber-shallow blondes at her private school. Fans of "The Princess Diaries" and "Gossip Girl" will gravitate to this not-so-ugly-ducking story.