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Contemporary Teen Romance

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Sisters Sisters Sisters Arnold David                                   Kids of appetite                                        ARN YA

Teens Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco sit in separate police interrogation rooms telling about the misfits who brought them together and their journey sparked by a message in an urn.

Ribay,Randy                            The patron saint of nothing                                                  RIB YA 

 

Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story.

 

Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it.


As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.

 

Cabot,Meg                                      Pants on Fire                                             CAB YA

Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.

Ribay,Randy                            The patron saint of nothing                                                  RIB YA 

 

Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story.

 

Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it.


As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.

 

Cabot, Meg                                        The Princess Diaries                         CAB YA ppb

Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

 

Cabot, Meg                 Princess Lessons                 CAB YA

Princess Mia from "The Princess Diaries" offers advice on inner and outer beauty, character development, etiquette, and dating.

 

 

Chase, Paula                      Don’t Get Twisted               CHA YA

“A Del RIO BAY Clique Novel”

 

 Cohn, Rachel                                        Cupcake                              COH YA

Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.

 

 

 

DeMille, Nelson                                Up Country a novel                            DeM

 

Ellen, Thomas                               A Totally awkward love story

"A boy with face blindness and a girl who struggles with weight fall in love"-- Provided byNo one takes the time to look past Libby Strout's weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom's death she picks up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now she's ready for high school, for new friends, for love-- for everything life has to offer. Jack Masselin's got swagger, he's mastered the impossible art of fitting in, and he has a newly acquired secret: he can't recognize faces. So he tries to never get too close to anyone. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game that which lands them in group counseling and community service, they make a connection. Will it be enough to change their worlds? publisher.
   

 

 

Dessen, Sarah                                                                                          Once and for All                                                  DES YA

From Sarah Dessen, the beloved New York Times  bestselling author of SAINT ANYTHING  and JUST LISTEN,  comes a new novel set in the world of wedding planning!

Is it really better to have loved and lost?  Louna's summer job is to help brides plan their perfect day, even though she stopped believing in happily-ever-after when her first love ended tragically.  But charming girl-magnet Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged now that he's met the one he really  wants.  Maybe Louna's second chance is standing right in front of her.


 Sarah Dessen's many fans will adore this latest novel, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story with humor, romance, and an ending that is so much more than happily-ever-after

 

 

 

Goo     Maurene                         I believe in a T thing called Love               GOO YA

 

A disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. It's a simple formula, and Desi is a quick study. She goes after moody artist Luca Drakos-- utilizing boat rescues, love triangles, and staged car crashes.-- Adapted from dust jacket.

 

 

Green, John                            An abundance of Katherine                           YA GRE

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 to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.

 

Hapka, Catherine                              Love on Cue                                   HAP YA

Maggie Tannery is a shoo-in for the lead in this year's school production of Romeo and Juliet, and she's seriously psyched because her crush, Daniel, might be playing her Romeo both on- and off-stage. But when her school decides to perform a musical instead, Maggie turns to the musically talented Nico for voice lessons, and their voices aren't the only things that seem to harmonize.

 

Hall, Sandy                              A little Something Different          HALL YA

College students Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class and have the same interests, but it looks like things are never going to work out between them because Lea is a little aloof and Gabe is a little shy.Fantasy

 

Leavitt, Lindsey                         Going Vintage               LEA YA

  When sixteen-year-old Mallory learns that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with his cyber "wife," she rebels against technology by following her grandmother's list of goals from 1962, with help from her younger sister, Ginnie.

 

 

 

Levithan, David                              Every day                              LEV YA

 

Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.

 

 

Malcom, Jahnna                              Message In a Bottle                         MAL YA

Dear Dash,Do you believe in fate?Well, I do. One day Quinn finds a bottle that's washed up on the beach. Inside is an adorable message from a young kid. Turns out, that little kid has grown up to be the superrich, superhot guy that Quinn's been crushing on. Quinn and Dash finally meet at the club where she works a summer job, and they hit it off instantly. It's fate, right?Not really. Quinn and Dash are from totally different worlds. So when the waters get rough, can they keep this summer romance from washing out to sea?

 

Malcom, Jahnna                              Mixed Messages                      MAL YA

Jade has had it for Zephyr forever. But you can only crush on a guy for so long. And with graduation just around the corner, it's now or never. Jade writes Zephyr a love letter. Only Zephyr never gets the letter. Adam gets the letter. It's a huge disaster and total embarrassment....Then again, maybe not.

 

Malbry, Stephanie               All the wind in the word               MAL YA

Sarah Jac Crow and James Holt have fallen in love working in the endless fields that span a bone-dry Southwest in the near-future--a land that's a little bit magical, deeply dangerous, and bursting with secrets. To protect themselves, they've learned to work hard and--above all--keep their love hidden from the people who might use it against them. Then, just when Sarah Jac and James have settled in and begun saving money for the home they dream of near the coast, a horrible accident sends them on the run. With no choice but to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch, the delicate balance of their lives begins to give way--and they may have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.

 

Malcom, Jahnna                      Perfect Strangers                           MAL YA

 

Niven Jennifer                         

 

Perkins, Stephanie                    Anna and the French Kiss               PER YA     

 

 When Anna's romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly goes, and meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact that they both want somethingmore.

 

Pascal, Francine My First Love & other disasters/Love & betrayal & hold the mayo/my mother was never a kid

 

Fun in the sun—and romance that might be a little shady—fills the pages of this beach-perfect collection from Sweet Valley High and Fearless author Francine Pascal.

For Victoria Martin, summer means sunbathing, swimming, wild parties, and…boys!

Completely in love with Jim, Victoria signs herself up for a summer job on Fire Island after hearing that Jim plans on spending his sunny days there. It’s the perfect plan—if only she can make Jim forget about his annoyingly gorgeous girlfriend Gloria. But if Victoria isn’t careful, the best summer of her life could become a total nightmare!

And the next summer isn’t looking any better either when Victoria accepts a job as a waitress at Camp Mohaph with her best friend Steffi. Thinking it’ll be the perfect time to relax and let loose, Victoria never expects to fall hard for Steffi’s boyfriend, Robbie. And he’s falling for her too. The last thing Victoria wants to do is hurt her best friend, but her feelings for Robbie may be too hard to resist…

This collection of sizzling summer romance includes a bonus book: in My Mother Was Never a Kid, you’ll get to meet Victoria when she’s just turned thirteen and is having Freaky Friday–style mother-daughter issues—and forms a friendship that transcends time!

 

 

RabbMargo                         Kissing in America          RAB YA

  When she falls for a boy who moves to California without any warning, sixteen-year-old Eva and her best friend, Annie, set off on a road trip to the West Coast to see him again, confronting the complex truth about love along the way.                  

 

Rowell, Rainbow                    Eleanor & Park               ROW YA

 
"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "I'm not kidding," he says. "You should be," she says, "we're 16." "What about Romeo and Juliet?" "Shallow, confused, then dead." Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits -- smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love -- and just how hard it pulled you under.
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits in a working-class Omaha neighborhood. Smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, Eleanor and Park are brave and desperate enough to try.

 

Saed, Aisha                         Written in the Stars               SAE

  "Naila's conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: she may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up--but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating--even friendship with a boy--is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. But Naila's vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed--her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Her only hope of escape is Saif . . . if he can find her before it's too late"--Page [4] of cover

 

Smith, Amber                              Something like gravity          SMI YA

A near-fatal car accident brings Chris and Maia together, and their next encounters don't fare much better. They're neighbors, at least for the summer, and despite their best efforts, they just can't seem to stay away from each other. Chris has come out as transgender, but he's still processing a frightening assault he survived the year before. Maia is grieving the loss of her older sister and trying to find her place in the world without her. Falling in love was the last thing on either of their minds.

 

Stone, Danika                              All the feels                    STO YA

When uber-fan Liv's favorite sci fi movie character is killed off, she and her best friend Xander, an aspiring actor and Steampunk enthusiast, launch a campaign to bring him back from the dead." -- Provided by publisher.

Yoon, Nicola                         The sun is also a star               YOO YA
"Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them." 

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