Hailey Abbott

Author profile

born

southern California, The United States

gender

female

genre

Young Adult, Romance

About this author

edit data

Hailey Abbott grew up in Southern California, where she split her time between creative writing and creative beaching. She is the author of Summer Boys, Next Summer: A Summer Boys Novel, The Bridesmaid, Getting Lost with Boys, and The Secrets of Boys. Hailey now lives in New York City.

Her first book was Summer Boys, published in 2004, the first of a series. It was described as "escapist beach reading" by the School Library Journal.

combine editions
Hailey Abbott's Books

Average rating: 3.75 · 20,541 ratings · 900 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Summer Boys (Summer Boys, #1) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 3,303 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Boy 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,461 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting Lost with Boys 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,227 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next Summer (Summer Boys, #2) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,711 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flirting with Boys 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,783 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden Boy 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,631 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Summer (Summer Boys, #3) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Summer (Summer Boys, #4) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,177 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy Crazy 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,043 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waking Up to Boys 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Hailey Abbott…

Series by Hailey Abbott

Summer Boys (4 books)
by Hailey Abbott
3.8059320896523956 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 7,451 ratings

Summer Girls (2 books)
by Hailey Abbott
3.877370417193426 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 791 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Hailey Abbott

“If you love someone, why would you want that person to change?”
― Hailey Abbott, Getting Lost with Boys

tags: chicklit, romance, young-adult

152 people liked it

“Never let a boy know you’re crazy about him. He’ll lose interest, and then you’ll be a loser.
- Molly Packer’s Rules to Getting Any Guy You Want”
― Hailey Abbott, Getting Lost with Boys

tags: chicklit, romance, young-adult

86 people liked it

“I'm not trouble at all. I'm just a guy trying to get a girl to give him the time of day. I'm like every song on the radio.”
― Hailey Abbott, Boy Crazy

tags: boys, girls, humor, love, radio

46 people liked it

See all Hailey Abbott's quotes »

Polls

Which book would you like to read for our June themed selection?

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

6 votes 35.3%

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

5 votes 29.4%

The Last Summer by Ann Brashares

4 votes 23.5%

That Summer by Sarah Dessen

1 vote 5.9%

Summer Girls by Hailey Abbott

1 vote 5.9%

Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly

0 votes 0.0%

17 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
100+ Books in 2013: Christina's 2009 100+ Books	110	638	Dec 31, 2009 09:46pm
100+ Books in 2013: Christina's 2010 100+ Books	25	191	Mar 29, 2010 08:17pm
Romance Readers R...: Read-the-Season Challenge (Summer)	714	564	Oct 02, 2010 08:38am
A-Z Challenge: Becky's 2011 A-Z Book Challenge	6	73	Jan 06, 2011 07:02pm
Chick-lit YA: What is your favorite Series?	25	83	Aug 11, 2011 07:25am

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Hailey to Goodreads.

Hailey's Fans (453)