The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick*

Emma's mother, a librarian and three other mothers from a yoga class, decide to bond with their new sixth grade daughters by reading Little Women together and then meeting once a month to discuss the book.
The mothers are thrilled.  The girls are not.
As the girls meet each month, they learn to tolerate and then eventually appreciate each other and their very different personalities and interests.  The mothers also learn about friendship and what kind of mothers the girls need.
Sprinkled with facts about Louisa May Alcott and quotes from Little Women, this book may encourage tweens and teens to read the actual book!
I enjoyed this book and would *highly recommend it to middle school/junior high girls but I am so glad I am not a mother of girls!!  Ms. Frederick captures the cattiness of girls at this age well.
I did not like how the mothers and girls responded to snotty, demeaning Mrs. Chadwick and her daughter, Becca.  I felt like they stooped to the Chadwicks' level.  I would not want my tween or teenage daughter thinking this acceptable behavior in treating one's enemies.
A total of six books in the series.  The girls and their mothers also read: in the other books in the series:  Anne of Green Gables, Daddy Long Legs, Pride and Prejudice, Betsy-Tacy series, and Jane Eyre.