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Love is In the Air - Teen Romance

Romance isn't just for the month of February! True love can happen anytime. Crushes are felt everyday. And breakups wreck the heart.

Book Cover If You Come Softly
By Woodson, Jacqueline
1998/09 - Speak
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2000-2001 Viginia Readers' Choice - High
Jacqueline Woodson - 2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner
CCBC Choices - 1998
Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eves lock and after that they know they fit together -- even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. ...More

Book Cover How They Met, and Other Stories
By Levithan, David
2008/01 - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a confection from David Levithan that is sure to appeal to fans of Boy Meets Boy. Here are 18 stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love. From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you love, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that at some point has turned every one of us inside out and upside down. What is love? With this original story collection David Levithan proves that love is a many splendored thing, a varied, complicated, addictive, wonderful thing. ...More

Book Cover Twilight
By Meyer, Stephenie
2006/09 - Megan Tingley Books
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In this exquisite fantasy, Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward must control the blood lust she arouses in him because--he's a vampire. This deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful novel captures the struggle between defying instincts and satisfying desires. ...More

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Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
By Cohn, Rachel
Levithan, David
2006/05 - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Told in alternating chapters, teeming with music references, humor, angst, and endearing side characters, this he said/she said romance is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story about one date over one very long night, with two teenagers who are just trying to figure out who they want to be. ...More

Book Cover Romiette and Julio
By Draper, Sharon Mills
Lowenbein, Adam
1999/09 - Atheneum Books
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YHBA Winner - 2005
Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet and the two are harassed by gang members who object to interracial dating. ...More

Book Cover 24 Girls in 7 Days
By Bradley, Alex
Dutton Books
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Tayshas Reading List 2006-2007
In his first novel for teenagers, newcomer Bradley shares a fresh and funny story told from the boy's perspective about the trauma and pageantry that is prom. ...More

Book Cover Fake Boyfriend
By Brian, Kate
2007/12 - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The author of the wildly popular Private series returns with this novel about two girls who try to get their best friend out of her revolving-door relationship with her no-good boyfriend by creating the perfect candidate on MySpace. ...More

Book Cover Jason & Kyra
By Davidson, Dana
2005/12 - Jump at the Sun
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Now in paperback, this debut from an award-winning high school teacher is thestory of what happens when a star basketball player and a brainy girl pair upfor a class project. ...More

Book Cover Boy Meets Boy
By Levithan, David
2003/09 - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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CCBC Choices - 2004
2004 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
Boy Meets Boy is a romantic comedy starring two boys. ...More

 

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