Chick lit for teens.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones' Diary (1998) and television's Sex and the City helped legitimize adult chick lit, a subgenre of romance fiction in which trendy young women dish about men, work, and clothes. Teen lit now has its own version--in which high-school girls do pretty much the same thing, though usually on a less outrageous scale. Below are a few new novels that fit neatly into the YA canon.--Stephanie Zvirin

Dent, Grace. LBD: Live and Fabulous! Mar. 2005. 288p. Putnam, $15.99 (0-399-24188-4).

Gr. 7-10. In this follow-up to LBD: It's a Girl Thing (2003), Les Bambinos Dangereuses (aka the LBD--British best friends Fleur, Claudette, and Veronica) return for more adventures with friendship, fabulous outfits, and, of course, "scrummy, swoon-some" lads. This time, the teens have applied "pester power" and convinced their respective parents to send them to a 48-hour music festival. Dramas large and small unfold as the girls live out a teen dream of designer clothes, celebrity encounters, and even rock stardom. Dent boosts the gleeful fun with sharp …