Books like Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Colin Singleton, a washed‑up child prodigy obsessed with naming patterns, embarks on a cross‑country road trip to prove his "Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability" and finally win a girl.

Beezus and Ramona opens the classic Ramona series, telling, from Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby's point of view, the humorous and heartfelt struggle of a nine‑year‑old sister trying to live with her four‑year‑old sibling.

Auden’s summer with her dad’s new family in a beach town forces her to confront the silence left by her parents’ divorce and the friendships she missed. When she meets the enigmatic Eli, they both navigate the challenges of adolescence and lost guilt together.

In the first book of the Cirque Du Freak series, Darren battles his arch‑enemy Steve Leopard to defy destiny, risking death or becoming the ominous Lord of the Shadows who could bring about world destruction.

Stephanie navigates junior high life, balancing a hidden family secret, shifting friendships with her best friend Rachel, and a new friendship with a Californian classmate.

Follow Bridget, Carmen, Tibby, and Lena as they confront new challenges and friendships in their second summer together, each carrying the magical traveling pants that keep them connected during pivotal moments of growth.

In the final summer of their friendship, Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen rely on their iconic pants as they prepare to leave for college, navigating growing pains and the lasting bond that defines the sisterhood.

When Sophie's parents start to break up, she and her best friends turn Fiona's tree house into a space station for a school science project, battling sabotage and jealousy while discovering the power of friendship and imagination.

In her fourth book, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, best-selling author Candace Bushnell re-creates a real-life world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and the City. In LIPSTICK JUNGLE, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it.Victory Ford -- single, beautiful, creative and unconventional -- has worked for years to create her own independent fashion house. But when her company goes into a tailspin, Victory falls into the arms of the ruthless cosmetics baron, Lyne Bennett. As she struggles to keep her company afloat, she learns crucial lessons about what she really wants from a relationship.One of the most powerful women in publishing, Nico O'Neilly seems to have it all -- a stellar career, a well-respected husband, and an eight-year-old daughter whom she adores. But at forty-three, Nico finds that this isn't enough. Her secret ambition is to become the first female CEO of Splatch-Verner (the multimedia company that owns her magazine), but if she's going to achieve her goal, she needs to start acting now.Wendy Healy, President of Parador Pictures, has chutzpah to spare. It’s propelled her to the very top of the cutthroat movie business, yet as she tries to bring her most important movie to the screen, her drive is not enough to save her. Selden Rose, the president of MovieTime, is secretly lobbying to oust Wendy and take over Parador; meanwhile, her twelve-year-marriage to her metrosexual househusband is falling apart. One has to go--and in a series of unconventional plot twists, Wendy finds a startling answer.Following these determined but likeable leading ladies through the ups and downs of their careers, their marriages and their affairs, Candace Bushnell shows us how three strong women stay at the top of their fields in the toughest town in the world.

Sam’s summer babysitting job at the Palm Pavilion Hotel is jeopardized when she befriends the ambitious, polished Trisha Royce, threatening her friendships with Chris and Liza.

Lilly is Miley's best friend and one of the only people she trusts with her secret identity as Hannah Montana. But when the girls have a serious falling out, and Oliver handcuffs them together until they forgive each other, can they break free in time for Hannah's public appearance?

In middle school’s Drama Club, Phoebe Hart pours her heart into acting, but the opening‑night tradition of Spin the Bottle sparks a crush, a tense friendship, and a showdown with rival drama divas.

Hunter the raccoon struggles to navigate his best friend Stripe’s unpredictable behavior as they both attend preschool, turning everyday classroom moments into lessons about friendship and cooperation.

Mattie reconnects with her school friends after deciding to leave her self-imposed isolation.

Ex‑soldier Logan Thibault, haunted by Iraq memories, seeks the woman in a photograph he found in his pack. He embarks on a journey that uncovers a startling truth while Beth, the woman in the picture, battles her own turmoil.