The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

Four friends discover that a pair of jeans fit each of them. Each teen gets to wear them for a few weeks before sending them on, and thus the pants travel from place to place, linking the girls. Books in this series: Book 1. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. -- Book 2. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood -- Book 3. Girls in Pants -- Book 4. Forever in Blue.

My One Hundred Adventures

My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath
Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on Bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.