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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging : Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

• Continue with On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God : Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
  Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
• Continue with Knocked out by my Nunga-Nungas : Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
  The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.
• Continue with Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants : Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
  The further confessions of teenaged Georgia Nicolson continue as, among other things, she begins to wonder if Robbie is really the right boy for her.
• Continue with Away Laughing on a Fast Camel : Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
  The saga of teenager Georgia Nicolson continues in diary entries about her life after her boyfriend goes off to Kiwi-agogoland, leaving her to make do without him.

The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon
In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother's body.

Miss Smithers by Susan Juby
Sixteen-year-old Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant.

Oddballs by William Sleator
Ten hilarious, semi-autobiographical, off beat stories bring forth incidents from the author's family closet.

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

• Continue with Princess in the Spotlight
  Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia writes in her journal about her attempts to cope with this news, as well as with more typical teenage concerns.
• Continue with Princess in Love
  In a series of humorous diary entries, Royal Highness Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo (aka Mia) agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.
• Continue with Princess in Waiting
  Princess Mia is introduced to her Genovian subjects, and more importantly, she goes out on a date.
• Continue with Princess in Pink
  Princess Mia tries to get her reluctant boyfriend to take her to the prom.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Signs of Adrian Mole's turbulent adolescence begin when his first love, Pandora, leaves him. They continue when it appears that a neighbor, Mr. Lucas is seducing his mother and then the BBC refuses to publish his poetry. His dog swallows the tree off the Christmas cake....

Son of the Mob : Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

Squashed by Joan Bauer
Iowan Ellie Morgan's life would be perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin, Max, to put on about two hundred more pounds, and if she could lose twenty herself.

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, fifteen-year-old Dave Rosen pretends to be a female advice columnist for his school newspaper.

These are the Rules by Paul Many
A teenage boy recounts his misadventures with cars and girls. Having quit his school's swim team, Colm tries to swim the lake at his family's summer home, at the same time working on his difficult relationship with his father and pondering the mystery of girls.

Three Clams and an Oyster by Randy Powell
During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences.

*(in my humble opinion…laugh out loud…)