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Gossip Girl Readalikes

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Gossip Girl Readalikes

Entries marked with a ♥ are staff favorites

Abbott, Hailey Summer Boys

Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are at their family's beach house for the summer, and they're gearing up for the wildest time of their lives. Ella is crushing on a sexy older boy - who just happens to be her sister's new boyfriend. Meanwhile, Beth is surprised when she finds herself falling for her best friend George. And Jamie gets her heart broken when her summer love abandons her. Three girls, too many boys, and some seriously stormy romances...it all adds up to one unforgettable summer.  (J,S)

Brian, Kate Private

Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy - the golden ticket away from her run-of-the-mill suburban life. But when she arrives on the beautiful campus of Easton, everyone is more sophisticated, more gorgeous, and a lot wealthier than she ever thought possible. Reed feels like she's on the outside, looking in. Until she meets the Billings Girls. They hold all the power in a world where power is fleeting but means everything. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle.  (J,S)

De la Cruz, Melissa The Au Pairs

Summer in the city? Way overrated. Everybody who's anybody in New York City summers in the Hamptons. Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui all want a piece of the action. So the girls answer a classified ad to become au pairs. How bad can it be, watching a couple of kids on the beach all day? They've got the swank address, the sweet ride, and an all-access pass to the hottest social scene on the East Coast. It's shaping up to be the summer of their lives.  (S)

Dean, Zoey The A-List

Seventeen-year-old blueblood Anna Percy leaves Manhattan to spend the second half of her senior year with her father in Los Angeles and quickly becomes involved in the lives of the rich and famous at Beverly Hills High School.  (S)

Friedman, Aimee French Kiss

Two beautiful girls. One sexy city. Endless opportunities for l'amour. Can Alexa St. Laurent keep her cool after meeting a French guy who's too good to be true and too hard to resist? For Holly Jacobson, being in love with her boyfriend Tyler is as natural as breathing. But there's no denying that Alexa's Parisian cousin, Pierre, takes Holly's breath away. On a whirlwind rendezvous in Paris, the City of Love, Alexa and Holly are about to discover that everything sounds sexier in French.  (S)

Friedman, Aimee South Beach

On a trip to a place where anything can happen - and does - two ex-best friends discover that a chance encounter can lead to the chance of a lifetime. HOLLY: Dream date or bad fate? She wants true love - and a break from her strict parents. Perhaps a spring fling will do? ALEXA: Flirting with destiny or flirting with disaster? The guy of her dreams turns out to be her friend's first love. How far is she willing to go? This year, Spring Break is going to be scandalous!  (S)

Mayer, Melody The Nannies

Kiley is a contestant on the reality show Platinum Nanny; Lydia escapes the Amazon rain forest, where her parents work, when her aunt asks her to care for her kids in Bel Air; and Esme, who comes from east L.A., is offered a job in a Beverly Hills home because she can speak Spanish to the recently adopted orphans from Colombia. The teens meet at the Brentwood Country Club and become friends.  (J,S)

McCafferty, Megan Sloppy Firsts

When her best friend, Hope, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, 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?  (A/YA)

Minter, J. The Insiders

A captivating, scandalous look into the privileged and turbulent world of five fabulous guys living in Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods. Jonathan is the leader of the pack - but what will happen if the pack falls apart? Arno's way with the girls makes you wonder, can boys be sluts? David is known as the nice guy, but will he stay that way? Mickey is always in trouble, and Patch is just MIA. With so many parties to go to, colleges to impress, girls to win over, and so much money to spend, who can keep track of it all?  (S)

Williams, Tia It Chicks

Tangie gets accepted into a prestigious performing arts school, only to find herself immediately embroiled in the dramas around the schools ruling clique, the "It Chicks."  (S)

 

  Grade Level Interest
M Middle School (defined as grades 6-8).
J Junior High (defined as grades 7-9).
S Senior High (defined as grades 10-12).
A/YA Adult-marketed book recommended for teens.

 

 

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