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Just for Teens: Romance Books
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FIC DRAPER, S.
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Sharon Draper
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Like Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition to their budding romance. In their case, a dangerous gang's disapproval of their interracial relationship puts the two in mortal peril.
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FIC FLAKE, S.
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Sharon Flake
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A collection of short stories about teenage girls and the issues they must deal with in their relationships with boys.
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FIC O'MALLEY
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Bryan Lee O'Malley
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Scott Pilgrim's life is fantastic. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, between jobs, and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's awesome until a seriously mind-blowing delivery girl named Ramona Flowers enters his life. Witness the old school video game fun as Scott battles Ramona’s seven evil ex-boyfriends!
Also available in this graphic novel series—Scott Pilgrim Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
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YA FIC ALEGRIA, M.
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Malin Alegria
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Estrella's mother and aunt are planning a gaudy, traditional quinceańera for her, even though it is the last thing she wants.
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YA FIC BAUER, J.
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Joan Bauer
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Imagine having a personal cupid--an actual winged being--pop into your life and offer to make your dreams come true. The catch is he can help you in only one way: artistically, academically, or romantically. That's what happens to aspiring photographer Allison Jean (A. J.) McCreary. A. J. knows she should concentrate on getting into a top-notch art school. But she's spent five torturous months obsessed with handsome hunk, Peter Terris. Just one shot from the cupid's bow and THWONK!, A. J. will have the undying devotion of handsome Peter...forever.
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YA FIC Block, F. 1989
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Francesca Lia Block
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No one understands why Weetzie loves Marilyn Monroe, fringed skirts, or roller skating waitresses. Her divorced parents don’t even know why she loves the fifties so much. Then she meets the only guy that understands her, but he turns out to be gay! Life is weird for Weetzie Bat. Will she ever find her Secret Agent Lover Man? And will she be able to hang on to him if she does?
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YA FIC Bradley, A. 2005
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Alex Bradley
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The typical high school senior Jack Grammar has no prom date. His friends have plans to rectify this situation. So Jack's friends, Percy and Natalie, post a personal ad in the school newspaper for him and the real fun begins! Jack ends up with only seven days to date all 24 responses before asking one special girl to the prom.
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YA FIC Cabot, M. 2006
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Meg Cabot
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Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School, where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court. Filled with questions of fate and destiny, as well as past lives, Ellie and Will’s relationship is not your typical teenage crush.
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YA FIC Cheshire, S. 2003
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Simon Cheshire
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Kevin Watts, a.k.a. Mr. Background, is head-over-heels in love with the smart, gorgeous and talented Vanessa. The novel begins with Kevin’s solemn vow to kiss Vanessa. Enlisting the help of his babe-magnet best friend, Jack, for advice, Kevin discovers that following this advice is not as easy as it sounds. Surely it wouldn’t be better to just be himself?!
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YA FIC Cohn, R. 2006
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Rachel Cohn
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Told in alternating chapters over the course of a single night, this is romance about two witty teens who meet by accident in a chaotic punk nightclub. High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart. What happens next is a night neither will ever forget.
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YA FIC DESAI HIDIER, T.
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Tanuja Desai Hidier
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Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.
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YA FIC Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
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Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
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YA FIC Earls, N. 1999
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Nick Earls
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For sixteen-year-old Dan Bancroft, it’s either go to Geneva, Switzerland with the folks or move in with aunt Jacq and her hot roommate Naomi. Dan’s choice to stay with Jacq and Naomi in Australia will change his life forever.
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YA FIC ELKELES, S.
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Simone Elkeles
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When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.
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YA FIC GREEN, J.
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John Green
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend, Hassan, to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships. Colin and Hassan’s adventures in a podunk Louisiana town are just what is needed to cure the brokenhearted while making readers laugh aloud.
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YA FIC Jellen, M. 2005
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Michelle Jellen
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Tired of being trapped in a family of overachievers, Elena escapes to Spain to study abroad. Once Elena arrives in Spain she falls in love with the Spanish lifestyle. But used to taking a backseat to all the action, Elena is uncomfortable in her newfound spotlight. Will she able to strike a balance between her old ways and her new life while enjoying the attentions of a Spanish hottie named Miguel?
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YA FIC Krovatin, C. 2005
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Christopher Krovatin
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There are a few things that Sam Markus just can't get enough of. Things like getting wasted with his friends and listening to heavy metal music. But according to his new peppy girlfriend Melissa, there's more to life. Will Sam change who he thinks he is just to make Melissa happy? Rock on with Sam in this great read about relationships and identity.
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YA FIC LESTER, J.
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Julius Lester
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Cupid, the spoiled and mischievous god of love, is attracted to and marries the beautiful mortal, Psyche, and both learn many lessons about the nature of love.
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YA FIC Limb, S. 2004
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Sue Limb
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If Bridget Jones were 15, this would be her story. Set in England, Jess Jordan deals with typical teen issues: minestrone soup explosions in her bra and a very publicly viewed videotape of a topless Jess. Okay…maybe not so typical. Through it all, she’s always had her lifelong friend, Fred, to support her. What will happen when Fred up and decides he just can’t stand being around Jess anymore?
For more fun with Jess, check out Girl, (Nearly) 16, Absolute Torture.
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YA FIC LYGA, B.
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Barry Lyga
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A fifteen-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself. Packed with fun comic book references throughout, you may never look at Brain Michael Bendis in quite the same way again.
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YA FIC MCKAYHAN, M.
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Monica McKayhan
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When fifteen-year-old Indigo's perfect world falls apart she turns to her neighbor, sixteen-year-old Marcus Carter, for help but now that she has realized what a great guy he is, so does someone else.
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YA FIC Meyer, S. 2005
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Stephenie Meyer
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When seventeen-year-old Bella moves to gloomy Washington to live with her father, she can tell right away that the incredibly attractive Edward Cullen does not like her at all. He even tries to transfer out of her science class just to avoid her. Or so Bella thinks… the more she finds out about the Cullen family, the more she realizes she’s got Edward all wrong. Oh yeah, and he’s not really human, either.
If you liked Twilight, be sure to check out the sequel, New Moon!
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YA FIC MYERS, D.
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Walter Dean Myers
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This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.
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YA FIC NA, A.
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An Na
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As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.
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YA FIC Napoli, D. 2000
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Donna Jo Napoli
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As much an adventure story as a romance, in this novel we meet Beast before he comes across Beauty. Prince Osasmyn foolishly get on a powerful fairy's bad side and is cursed to roam the earth, looking for the love of a woman who can see beyond his beastly form and transform him back to his human self. A new take on an old favorite.
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YA FIC PORTMAN, F.
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Frank Portman
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Calling this a romance may be a stretch, but it may just have you feeling glad all over. This book is fraught with mystery and intrigue (thus it is also appropriately on the mystery list), but the dork in question also manages to find time to get frisky with the ladies. Tom and his one friend Sam Henderson have a lot to deal with in high school—psychotic “normal” people and nazi-like teachers that have an uncanny reverence for the book “The Catcher in the Rye.” All Tom and Sam want to do is think up names, song titles and album covers for their band, but girls, the mystery surrounding the death of Tom’s father and the surprising secrets from the unseemly underbelly of their high school faculty almost get in the way of their favorite pastime. Also available in a laugh-out-loud book on cd version.
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YA FIC REES, C.
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Celia Rees
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An invitation to an art exhibit sets off memories in a now grown-up Richard of the pivotal summer of 1976 when, as a lonely and naive fifteen-year-old vacationing in South Wales, he comes under the enthralling influence of the artistic, uninhibited, sometimes cruel, and ultimately tragic Dalton family.
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YA FIC SCHRAFF, A.
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Anne Schraff
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Cindy's relationship with Bobby Wallace has the potential for trouble and danger.
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YA FIC SHULMAN, P.
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Polly Shulman
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Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans, seem to fall for the same Mr. Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for a school musical.
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YA FIC SMITH, K.
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Kirsten Smith
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Novel in poetry about a girl navigating the unknown, the difficult limbo between youth and adulthood. A novel written in verse follows Penny Morrow in her transition from middle school to high school as her father remarries, she acquires a new stepbrother, and she experiences her first dance, first kiss, and other hazards of growing up.
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YA FIC VAN DIEPEN, A.
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Allison VanDiepen
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Julia DiVino tries hard not to get mixed-up with the gangs at South Bay High School, but when Eric Valienté enters into her life, everything changes.
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YA FIC Von Zeigesar, C.
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Cecily Von Ziegesar
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Blair and Serena, who go to an exclusive private school in Manhattan, are no longer best friends but are still both consumed with thoughts of boyfriends and college.
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YA FIC Von Ziegesar, C. 2006
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Cecily Von Ziegesar
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During the summer before they head off for college, Blair, Serena, and Nate have gone their separate ways following that graduation-night kiss. Back in New York, Dan and Vanessa rekindle their love.
Enjoy the continuing adventures of the Gossip Girl clan.
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YA FIC Whytock, C. 2003
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Cherry Whytock
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Tired of being a full-figured girl in a skinny world, 14-year-old Anelica Potts, is willing to try to change her habits in pursuit of a thinner physique, including a short-lived and wretched-sounding cabbage diet. Her efforts are all done in hopes of turning the head of Adorable Adam, the older, motorbike-driving boy of her dreams.
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YA FIC WOODSON, J.
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Jacqueline Woodson
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After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.
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YA FIC ZENATTI, V.
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Valerie Zenatti
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Seventeen-year-old Tal Levine of Jerusalem, despondent over the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, puts her hopes for peace in a bottle and asks her brother, a military nurse in the Gaza Strip, to toss it into the sea, leading ultimately to friendship and understanding between her and an "enemy."
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