Picture Perfect Books in Order
Part ofHeather Alexander Books in OrderFind the Picture Perfect books by Heather Alexander in order, with friendship-focused summaries, series background, and an easy place to begin.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
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Picture Perfect books in publication order
1 book
Bending Over Backwards
by Heather Alexander
2014
Molly moves from Arizona to New Jersey and suddenly has to rebuild her whole social life. Popularity looks tempting, but the book asks whether fitting in is worth losing sight of who really gets you.
Picture Perfect books in chronological order
Bending Over Backwards
by Heather Alexander
2014Picture Perfect, Book 1
Series background & context
The Picture Perfect books are middle grade friendship stories built around the idea that best-friend life can get messy fast. Crushes, family changes, popularity, embarrassment, moving to a new place, all the things that feel enormous in middle school, land right at the center of the series.
Heather Alexander's Bending Over Backwards shows the formula clearly. A girl who thought she knew her life suddenly has to start over, figure out new social rules, and decide whether fitting in is worth pretending to be someone else.
That is the real tension in these books.
The series stays grounded in everyday problems, which is part of its appeal. The stakes are emotional, not fantastical, and the question is usually how to hold onto yourself when friendship gets complicated.
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