Louise Rennison - Confessions of Georgia Nicholson (series) 1st in series is Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging. Even the glossary is funny!

Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is the first of a series. Four friends share their adventures and a pair of jeans.

Victoria Ashton - Confessions of a Teen Nanny (series) LPMS only has the 3rd in the series - Juicy Secrets - reads OK as a "stand alone"

E. Lockhart - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - a girl-power book.

Scott Westerfeld - Uglies series - Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras. Science fiction

Jordan Sonnenblick - Zen and the Art of Faking It - Main character is a guy but deals with his relationship with a girl which qualifies it as "chic lit"

Jerry Spinelli - Stargirl and Love Stargirl - girl-power book from a guy's perspective.

Joan Lowery Nixon - Murdered, My Sweet - a mystery. Jenny helps her mom (a mystery writer) solve a murder.

Wlizabeth Lenhard - Chicks with Sticks (It's a purl thing) - about finding friendship in unlikely places.

Cynthia Voigt - Izzy Willy Nilly - Izzy has to figure out who she is after her leg is amputated.

Ben Mikaelsen - Stranded - Koby had her foot amputated and feels most at home on the water.

Lynne Rae Perkins - Criss Cross - Teenagers in a small town experience search for the meaning of life and love.