Books in series
#1
Bad Girls
1996
After meeting on the first day in Mrs. Chemsky's fifth-grade class, Margalo and Mikey help each other in and out of trouble, as they try to maintain a friendship while each asserts her independence.
#2
Bad, Badder, Baddest
1997
Mikey and Margalo are prepared for battle. Watch out, because the bad girls just got worse!; When it comes to being bad, Mikey and Margalo pretty much rule the school. But a new term has started, and things aren't quite as they should be...Mikey is trying to be nice. It's a tactic - she hopes that it might persuade her parents not to get divorced. It doesn't seem to be working. And being nice puts a lot of stress on a girl who prides herself on being anything But. Then Gianette comes along. She looks like sugar and spice and all things nice. But she's so bad, she's in a class of her own. Two bad girls were bad enough - is the world ready for three? The funny, fast-moving sequel to Born to be Bad by Newbery Medal winner, Cynthia Voigt.
#3
It's Not Easy Being Bad
2000
THE BAD GIRLS ARE BACK!
NOW THAT THEY'RE IN SEVENTH GRADE, Mikey and Margalo decide it's time to be popular—or at least, time to be less un popular. The trouble is, typical, normal kids are what work in junior high, and if there's one thing Mikey and Margalo aren't, it's typical and normal.
Mikey's first attempt to crack seventh grade society ends, predictably, in disaster, but, undaunted, the friends persevere. They've got the will, they've got the smarts, and most importantly, they've got each other. What chance does junior high have against the Bad Girls?
#4
Bad Girls In Love
2002
Look out! Mikey Elsinger's in love!
Mikey never does anything halfway, so it's no surprise that when she develops a not-so-secret crush on Shawn Macavity, the heartstoppingly gorgeous star of the school play, she goes a bit overboard. Soon Mikey—Mikey? — has a stylish new wardrobe, and she's baking Shawn cookies, writing their initials on blackboards, even buying him a T-shirt emblazoned "I LOVE ME." Fellow Bad Girl Margalo tries to get Mikey to turn things down a notch, but why should Mikey listen to her? — after all, what does Margalo know about being in love? Or is Margalo hiding a romantic fantasy of her own?
#5
From Bad to Worse
2003
Mikey and Margalo: Bad girls. Best friends. Big trouble...Mikey Elsinger isn't the romantic type. She thinks that most boys are just brainless meatheads. Girls who like brainless meatheads are too weird for words. Margalo Epps likes to admire boys from afar. Maybe a movie star, or even (don't tell anyone!) a teacher. But most of the boys at school stink (some of them literally). Enter Shawn Macavity. Technically, he's a brainless meathead. But he's gorgeous. Really, really gorgeous. Thwack. Cupid's arrow strikes its target. The world has changed for ever. Mikey is in LURRRVE. And Margalo is NOT impressed...The fourth funny, touching book about bad girls Mikey and Margalo
#6
Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do?
2000
It’s not easy being Mikey Elsinger and Margalo Epps in ninth grade. It seems like things are changing. Now some people want to sit at the same lunch table with them, and some even ask them for advice. What are the two friends to make of this strange behavior?
Frankly all the attention cuts into the little time they have together and distracts attention from their own interests, like tennis and drama, and their own problems, like cheating in tennis and things not going the way Margalo plans they will in drama. In the opinion of these two bad girls, ninth grade can’t end fast enough! But no matter how bad things get, one thing’s for They’ll have each other.
The final book in the acclaimed Bad Girls series, Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do? is another funny, insightful, and realistic novel from Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Voigt.
Author
Cynthia Voigt
Author · 44 books
Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Awards: Angus and Sadie: the Sequoyah Book Award (given by readers in Oklahoma), 2008 The Katahdin Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003 The Anne V. Zarrow Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003 The Margaret Edwards Award, for a body of work, 1995 Jackaroo: Rattenfanger-Literatur Preis (ratcatcher prize, awarded by the town of Hamlin in Germany), 1990 Izzy, Willy-Nilly: the Young Reader Award (California), 1990 The Runner: Deutscher Jungenliteraturpreis (German young people's literature prize), 1988 Zilverengriffel (Silver Pen, a Dutch prize), 1988 Come a Stranger: the Judy Lopez Medal (given by readers in California), 1987 A Solitary Blue: a Newbery Honor Book, 1984 The Callender Papers: The Edgar (given by the Mystery Writers of America), 1984 Dicey's Song: the Newbery Medal, 1983
