''Making Out'' is a series of
young adult novels by authors
K. A. Applegate
Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the ''Animorphs'', '' Remnants'', ''Everworld ...
and
Michael Grant. The series was formerly known as "Boyfriends/Girlfriends" and the first eight books were republished in 2015 as ''The Islanders''. The books focus on the lives of teenagers living on Chatham Island, a fictional island off the coast of
Maine
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. The main characters early in the series are Zoey Passmore and her brother Benjamin, Claire Geiger and her sister Nina, Jake McRoyan, Lucas Cabral, and Aisha Gray.
The books deal with several difficult topics such as the death of a parent,
child sexual abuse,
divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the ...
,
disability
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, drugs, and alcohol, and follow the effect of these issues on the characters' lives, from their senior year in high school to life in college.
The series was published in German with an additional 29th book.
Books from the series have also been translated into Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Thai.
List of books
There are 28 books in the whole series, but only the first eight books were written by Katherine Applegate. Books #9-28 were ghostwritten.
# ''Zoey Fools Around''
# ''Jake Finds Out''
# ''Nina Won't Tell''
# ''Ben's In Love''
# ''Claire Gets Caught''
# ''What Zoey Saw''
# ''Lucas Gets Hurt''
# ''Aisha Goes Wild''
# ''Zoey Plays Games''
# ''Nina Shapes Up''
# ''Ben Takes a Chance''
# ''Claire Can't Lose''
# ''Don't Tell Zoey''
# ''Aaron Lets Go''
# ''Who Loves Kate?''
# ''Lara Gets Even''
# ''Two-Timing Aisha''
# ''Zoey Speaks Out''
# ''Kate Finds Love''
# ''Never Trust Lara''
# ''Trouble with Aaron''
# ''Always Loving Zoey''
# ''Lara Gets Lucky''
# ''Now Zoey's Alone''
# ''Don't Forget Lara''
# ''Zoey's Broken Heart''
# ''Falling for Claire''
# ''Zoey Comes Home''
References
Young adult novel series
Novels by K. A. Applegate
Collaborative book series
1990s novels
Novels set in Maine
Novels set on islands
Novels by Michael Grant
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