SOLVED. mg or ya series, group of friends working in a cafe (I think) [s]

[Marina]

Hey guys. I've been looking for a series I read a long time ago as a kid.
I think the books were middle grade or very early YA, about a group of female friends who started working in a cafe/bookstore/don't-even-know. They were younger, possibly around 14 and had to get permission from their parents to start working there.

There were loads of books, each one from a different friend's POV, and some mixed.

Very vague, I know. It's been bugging me for ages.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

How long ago did you read this series Marina?

[Marina]

Maybe about 8-10 years ago, and they were translated into my language (Croatian)

[Kate]

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

It has females working in a cafe, but I don't think it is part of a series.

[Marina]

Sorry, it was definitely a series. There were quite a few books.

[Natalie]

The Teashop Girls, maybe? I'm not sure if it was a series or not, I know there was a followup. No clue if it was ever translated in Croatian.

If it wasn't a cafe, it could be the the Babysitter's Club (beginning with Kristy's Great Idea), which features a bunch of girls in the babysitting business around that age. I read them when I was a lot younger, but there are definitely tons of books and it fits your general description. Also pretty well-known and translated into a lot of languages, so...

Hope this helped!

[Kate]

There's a site called Cliquey Pizza that lists a lot of YA/middle grade series from the 80s, you might want to browse through there and see if anything looks familiar...

[CLM]

Possibly Heartbreak Cafe? This was a cute series.

[Lindsey]

I am thinking of 2 American series 'Sweet Valley High' or 'Cheerleaders', but it reminded me of 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe' by Fannie Flagg too!

[Marina]

Nope, it was a longer series. And I think each had the name of the main character in the title.

[The Elusive]

Probably not, but reminded me of this:
http://awfullibrarybooks.net/?p=17318

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Marina, are you still looking for this series?

[Marina]

Yup, I am

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Marina--if you bump the thread up every 30 to 90 days you'll have a better chance of getting it ID'ed since it will stay fresh in regular readers minds and will be up where new members can see it.

[Marina]

Still looking, no luck

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Marina, if you bump this up every say 30 to 90 days, you'll get more attention paid to it.

[Dawn]

Doesn't quite fit what you have described ( boys work there too) but maybe it's the @cafe series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/7621...

[Marina]

Dawn wrote: "Doesn't quite fit what you have described ( boys work there too) but maybe it's the @cafe series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/7621..."

Nope, many things don't fit. It was a longer series, with titles cycling through the names of the people who worked there. Thank you for trying, though!

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Marina, if you bump this up every say 30 to 90 days, you'll get more attention paid to it."

Is there a way to bump it without replying to it? I replied to it so people would know I'm still at it. :)

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

You can just type "bump."

[Marina]

bump

[Tab]

Marina, do you remember the plots of the book?

Were they typical teen topics like the school dance, sports try-outs, etc?

Or, was it a mystery series?

[Tab]

These don't quite fit, but there may be something in the descriptions that triggers a memory about your book

The Unicorn Club series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4456...

Camp Sunnyside Friends series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4224...

[Juels]

Could it be the Hippo Café Club series by Ann Bryant? Each book has a different club member's name in the title.

Go for it, Fen!
Jaimini and the Web of Lies
Tash and the Fortune-teller
Leah's Nightmare

[Marina]

Juels wrote: "Could it be the Hippo Café Club series by Ann Bryant? Each book has a different club member's name in the title.

Go for it, Fen!
[book:Jaimini and the Web of Lies|59..."

Yup, it's the Hippo Café Club series! Thanks so much, the mystery in my brain has finally been solved. It's been nagging me for forever.
:D

Thanks for trying to help, Tab! Sorry I didn't get to reply before.

[Juels]

You're welcome.