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The Poison Apples

Lily Archer

Alice, Reena and Molly are united by two things: their hatred of their stepmothers and the stigma of being the new girls at an exclusive boarding school. The group plot to bring down their new mothers but soon find themselves entangled in school politics as well. A blend of fairy tale cunning, social climbing and intense friendship.

9780330454360 Macmillan Children’s, 2008

Ginger Snaps

Cathy Cassidy

Ginger’s gone from class geek to class goddess alongside best friend Shannon but the beginnings of a friendship with the lonely Emily start to change her perceptions. There’s also a certain trilby wearing, saxophone playing young man who keeps on turning up to confuse her further. Ginger is going to have to decide if she and Shannon will really be friends forever and if being popular is more important than being yourself.

9780141383279 Puffin, 2008

Accidents of Nature

Harriet Johnson

Jean is a model high school student; pretty, popular and loved by her family. This summer she’s a resident at ‘Camp Hope’ otherwise known as ‘Crip Camp’ by the disabled teenagers who’ll be staying there. Based in the 1970s this story gives a first person perspective of how things have changed for all kinds of teenagers.

9781842707418 Andersen, 2008

Huge

Sasha Paley

Welcome to Wellness Springs, or as Wil more rightfully calls it, fat camp. She’s been sent there by her fitness freak parents so she’ll stop embarrassing them in public, while her roommate April has saved all year to get there and is hoping her weight loss will get her in with the cool crowd. Forced into a friendship after a romantic disaster, can the girls work together to achieve their very different goals?

9781847381378 Simon & Schuster Children’s, 2008

Split by a Kiss

Luisa Plaja

In crowd or outsider? That’s the choice Josephine has to make when she finds herself stuck in a closet with the hottest guy in school. Stick it out and she becomes Josie, cool but conformist; escape and she becomes Jo, left to find her own path through high school. Follow both possible routes of Josephine’s life as she tries to figure out who she really wants to be.

9780552556804 Corgi, 2008