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Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott

(YA Fiction Abbott)
It's summer. It's hot. And it's time to hook up.Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are at their family's beach house, and they're gearing up for the wildest time of their lives. Sassy Ella is majorly crushing on a cute older boy -- who just happens to be her sister's new boyfriend. Meanwhile, practical Beth is surprised when she finds herself falling for her best friend George. And shy, creative Jamie gets her heart broken when her summer love abandons her.

Pop Princess by Rachel Cohn

(YA Fiction Cohn)
When fifteen-year-old Wonder Blake is plucked from her job at the Dairy Queen and given the chance to become a teen idol, it seems like a dream come true -- even if it wasn't her dream, but her older sister Lucky's. Lucky was on her way to becoming a pop star when she died, and Wonder and her family are still trying to recover from their loss. Offered a recording contract, Wonder jumps at the chance to escape from a dead-end town, her fractured family, and worst of all, high school. Suddenly she has it all: a hot new look, a chart-busting hit single, a tour opening up for superstar Kayla. But stardom isn't all glamour -- it's also lots of work. And maybe what Wonder really wants is as simple as a guy who likes her for herself.

The Au Pairs series by Melissa De la Cruz

(YA Fiction De La Cruz)
Sun and sea, hot parties, hot guys, and the promise of $10,000 for taking care of four overprivileged, undersupervised kids. This is the life that awaits three teens during a summer in New York's exclusive Hamptons. Three girls are hired by the Perrys and wade through problematic relationships, power struggles, and the ever-important social scene

The A-List series by Zooey Dean

(YA Fiction Dean)
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.

The Clique series by Lisi Harrison

(YA Fiction Harrison)
Wealthy Massie is determined to exclude middle class Claire, the daughter of her father's old friend, from her eighth-grade clique at a very exclusive private school in Westchester, New York, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.

Boys Over Flowers series by Yoko Kamio

(Graphic Novel YA Fiction Boys)
A girl from a middle class family goes to a private high school dominated by spoiled rich children. Eventually the students begin to learn that is more to a person than their wealth in this manga series.