
Stories about the triumphs and disappointments of love.
The
Beetle and Me: A Love Story ~Karen Romano Young
It's love at first sight between Daisy and the purple 1957 Volkswagen bug
she is restoring on her own.
Dancing
With an Alien ~Mary Logue
Branko, a teenage boy from outer space, travels to earth on a mission to
help save his planet and ultimately falls in love with Tonia, causing his
mission to fail.
Dreamland
~Sarah Dessen
Caitlin prefers the dreamland state she lives in. If she swam to the
surface of reality she would have to face the truth about her relationship
with brilliant and mysterious Rogerson.
The
Fool Reversed ~Susan
Whitcher
When Anna meets Thorn, an older man and poet from New York, sparks fly
between them. Anna quickly finds herself introduced into a more
sophisticated world where she constantly feels judged and often falling
short.
Hard
Love ~Ellen
Wittlinger
John is an unhappy loner and then he falls in love with Marisol, a
self-proclaimed “rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented
writer virgin” of her own zine.
Imani
All Mine ~Connie Rose
Porter
Tasha is a teenage mother and her baby Imani is her lifeline. She stays in
school and tries to build a life for herself and Imani, but her life is
shattered when a tragedy occurs.
Kissing
Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance ~Kathi
Appelt
The eighth-grade Stardust Dance at Dogwood Junior High School is the
place where dreams, with the help of a few paper moons and a whole lot of
glitter, just might come true.
My
Angelica ~Carol Lynch
Williams
Sage is enthusiastic about submitting her historical romance novel to
the school creative writing contest, but her would-be boyfriend George
thinks that it is awful and tries to stop her.
The
Raging Quiet ~Sherryl
Jordan
When headstrong young Marnie, an accused witch, befriends a deaf young
man believed to be possessed by the devil a turbulent yet deeply
satisfying romance evolves.
Stargirl
~Jerry Spinelli
The minute Stargirl shows up at Mica High, Leo is fascinated. Now in
the grip of first love he is forced to choose between nonconformity and
popularity.
Truth
or Dairy ~Catherine
Clark
Courtney's boyfriend, "such a Dave", breaks up with her
because he's heading off to college. Angry and humiliated, Courtney vows
to survive senior year on the anti-guy plan.
Two
Suns in the Sky ~Miriam
Bat-Ami
Chris is a bored teenager living in Oswego, NY in 1944. When she meets
Adam, a Yugoslavian Jewish refugee, the two fall passionately in love in
spite of their differences of language and religion--and the angry
resistance of Chris's father to anything "foreign."