Do I have to think? "Take me away" reading.

Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Delacorte Press, 2001.

4 best friends, magic jeans, hot destinations, love, friendship....a perfect summer read. 

• Brashares, Ann. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. Delacorte Press, 2003.
• Brashares, Ann. Girls in Pants : the Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Delacorte Press, 2005.

Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries. Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.

One day Mia is a spirited 14-year-old living with her artist mother in a loft in New York 's Greenwich Village. The Next day she finds out that she is a princess and her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European nation.

• Cabot, Meg. Perfect princess. Ill. by Chesley MacLaren. Harper Collins, c2004.
• Cabot, Meg. Princess in Love. Harper Collins Publishers, 2002.
• Cabot, Meg. Princess in Pink. Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
• Cabot, Meg. Princess in the Spotlight. Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.
• Cabot, Meg. Princess in Waiting. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003.
• Cabot, Meg. Princess Lessons. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003.

Gaiman, Neil. The wolves in the walls / written by Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Dave McKean. New York : HarperCollins, c2003.

A creepy picture book that can be enjoyed by teens and adults.

Miyazaki, Hayao. Spirited Away. Vol. 1-5. Viz Comics, 2002, 2003.

Spirits, gods, and a Japanese bathhouse. Chihiro finds herself in this strange world. Worse, her parents have been changed into pigs. How will she ever get everyone back to the "real" world. A totally original tale.

Pullman, Philip. I was a Rat! Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

An easy read about (what else?) a boy who was a rat. And you thought I was going to give the story away.

Sachar, Louis. Holes. Dell Yearling, 2000, c1998.

One day Stanley Yelnats is walking home from school and a pair of sneakers falls from the sky and hits him on the head. The police accuse him of stealing the shoes and Stanley is sent to a juvenile reform camp.  Every day, each boy must dig a hole in the desert. Does digging holes turn bad boys into good boys or is there something hidden out there?

Yee, Lisa. Millicent Min, girl genius / by Lisa Yee. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003. 0439425190 (Ages 10+)

It's the summer before Millicent's Senior year of high school. She has a hard time making friends and fitting in because she is ELEVEN years old. Millicent is a genius, but there's a lot that she needs to learn about living. Life is going to get a little crazy, for order-loving Millicent. This is a quick read that is hard to put down. It is perfect poolside reading.