Beach basking this summer?
Lounging lots by the pool?
Taking a terribly long trip in the car with your parents and sibs?

You’ll need a great book to read.

The A-List by Zoey Dean. Backbiting, sabotage, gossip, scheming… this series a hot and juicy summertime special. Anna leaves her Mom in Manhattan for her Dad in Beverly Hills, and discovers the lifestyles of the rich and famous, high school style. (YA FIC DEAN, Z)

Alice, I Think by Susan Juby. Alice decides to attempt to return to high school after years of being homeschooled. (YA FIC JUDY, S)

The Au Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz. This isn’t the Babysitter’s Club: Sun and sea, hot parties and hot guys, and the promise of 10,000 bucks to take care of four over-privileged kids persuade three girls to move to the Hamptons for the summer. (YA FIC DE LA CRUZ, M)

Caribbean Cruising by Rachel Hawthorne. Cruising the Caribbean means partying all night and sleeping all day. And when you add in one absolutely drop dead gorgeous guy, things should be perfect, right? Well, Lindsay’s cruise isn’t one for the guidebooks… (YA FIC HAWTHORNE, R)

Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor. High school senior Jan Miller is convinced she's destined for the world's least fabulous life because she doesn't have “IT.” But, maybe, just maybe, being a Not It Girl will turn out to have some major rewards. (YA FIC KANTOR, M)

Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami. Fashionista sisters Amber, Jazz, and Geena Dhillon must concoct a clever scheme to get rid of their interfering Auntie from India who has ordered their father to put the kibosh on designer clothes and expensive shoes. (YA FIC DHAMI, N)

The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint. Laying low and keeping out of trouble was reformed bad girl Imogene’s plan at her new school. A new bookist friend name Maxine seems to be a part of the plan. Meeting a hunky hot ghost of a boy who died in the school’s parking lot was definitely not! (YA FIC DELINT, C)

Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski. Rachel’s fondest desires right now are to keep cool with the popular crowd, land a date for the Spring Fling, and some how prevent her father from marrying her “Soon To Be Step-Monster.” When younger sister Miri discovers that she’s a witch, magic might be the key to Rachel’s success. (YA FIC MLYNOWSKI, S)

Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine. Summer camp was supposed to be a healing time for twins Livvy and Destiny, a time to grieve for their recently deceased mother. It was not supposed to be about meeting a very mysterious and very handsome Italian guy who ends up sucking their blood! (YA FIC STINE, R)

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar. What better way to while away the summer hours than with a series set in a New York City jet city private school populated with poor little hard drinking, bulimic, love-starved rich kids. You’ll stay up late every night, not able to put down the latest installment in the gossipy clique that loves to make each other’s lives miserable. (YA FIC VON ZIEGESAR, C)

Grecian Holiday by Kate Cann. Kelly's summer vacation at a Greek farmhouse is disrupted by the arrival of her boyfriend, with whom she has recently had a terrible fight. (YA FIC CANN, K)

Honey Baby Sweetheart by Deb Caletti. A motorcycle riding heartthrob who gives mind blowing kisses leads Ruby McQueen down a path of petty crime, until her librarian mother starts dragging her along to a book group for elderly people. (YA FIC CALETTI, D)

How Not to Spend Your Senior Year by Cameron Dokey. Being in the witness protection program is no fun for Jo O’Connell, especially when she has to fake her own death senior year! (YA FIC DOKEY, C)

In Full Bloom by Caroline Hwang. Ginger’s mom wants her to give her up slacker life, so she shows up on her New York doorstep with a list of eligible husbands and ways to fix her life. (YA FIC HWANG, C)

Jason and Kyra by Dana Davidson. The classic romance retold, as a brain and a basketball star fall head over heels in love with one another. (YA FIC DAVIDSON, D)

Maine Squeeze by Catherine Clark. Colleen’s parents are off to Europe for the summer, leaving her all alone with one important rule – no sleepovers, especially of the boyfriend variety.” Are some rules made to be broken, especially when two guys you adore are after you simultaneously? (YA FIC CLARK, C)

Pulling Princes by Tyne O’Connell. Posh toffs, silly fads, sneak outs, English slang, and boarding school pranks abound in this tale of an American girl’s first year at an exclusive boarding school. (YA FIC O’CONNELL, T)

Royally Jacked by Niki Burnham. Moving away to a small European principality was a total bummer, until Valerie met the young, handsome and very available teenaged heir to the throne. (YA FIC BURNHAM, N)

The Ruling Class by Francine Pascal. The top clique rules with snobbery, money and style. Twyla Gay has none of these things. She’s poor, she wears old clothes, and she’s poor. She’s a target of the ruling class. But that doesn’t mean she has to be a victim. (YA FIC PASCAL, F)

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. 4 best friends for life + 1 pair of pants that magically fits them all = a series of unforgettable events. Read the books before the movie hits the big screen. (YA FIC BRASHARES, A)

Spanish Holiday by Kate Cann. A last trip together, before college starts in the fall sounded perfect to Laura, Yaz, and Ruth – until Ruth’s obnoxious, awful boyfriend decides to tag along. (YA FIC CANN, K)

Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott. Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are gearing up for the wildest summer of their lives, but nothing can prepare them for the crazy ups and downs of love. (YA FIC ABBOTT, H)

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot. The hottest, most In actor of the moment decides to do some undercover research at Jen’s school, and only she knows his true identity. (YA FIC CABOT, M)

Tell It To Naomi by Daniel Ehrenhaft. In a harebrained scheme concocted by his neurotic older sister to forge a romantic relationship with the girl of his dreams, 15-year-old Dave pretends to be a female advice columnist for his school newspaper. (YA FIC EHRENHAFT, D)

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. Remi’s rules of relationships are to date short term, never commit, and never, ever date a musician. But during her senior summer before college she meets Dexter, a rock musician who is bound and determined to force her to change the rules. (YA FIC DESSEN, S)

Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler. Mara is an overachiever with a big college plans; she’s been early accepted to Yale. Mara’s almost-the-same-age niece V is an underachiever, a smoking slacker without any plans for the next hour, let alone college. Can the two co-exist in the same town, school, and house? (YA FIC MACKLER, C)

13 April 2006