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Dating and Family Relationships

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Arnold, Elana K                         What girls are made of                              ARN YA

Sixteen-year-old Nina Faye navigates the difficult world of teenage relationships and dysfunctional family dynamics.

 

Caletti, Deb                              Stay                                                            CAL YA

In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.

 

 

De La Cruz, Melissa                              Girl stays in the picture                   DEL         

 

On a movie set in Saint Tropez, France, several teenaged members of the Hollywood elite come together in an explosion of scenes shot and reshot, friendships formed and cast aside, and romances begun and destroyed, all duly reported by paparazzi. 

 

DeLa Cruz, Melissa                         Love & War                              DEL YA

 

 

Dessen, Sarah                                   Dreamland                         DES YA

 

 
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.

 

 

Forman. Gayle                         Where she went                               GAY YA

  Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

 

Friend , Natasha                         How we roll                                   Fri

 

After developing alopecia, Quinn lost her friends along with her hair. Former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident. The two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.

 

Gillies, Isabel                              Starry Night                                   GIL YA

 

As fifteen-year-old Wren and her three lifelong best friends celebrate the opening of a major exhibit curated by her father at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wren finds first love with her brother's new friend, Nolan, and the relationship transforms her and her life--not always in good ways.

 

Green, John and David Leviathan          Will Grayson, Will Grayson    GRE YA

 
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

 

Howland, Leila                         Nantucket Blue                                  HOW YA


Seventeen-year-old Cricket Thompson is planning on spending a romantic summer on Nantucket Island near her long time crush, Jay--but the death of her best friend's mother, and her own sudden intense attraction to her friend's brother Zach are making this summer complicated.

 

 

Jones, Patrick                              Things Change                              JON  YA

Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.

 

Kanter, Marisa                         What I like about you                         KAN YA

 

When Halle Levitt arrives to spend senior year in her grandfather's small town, she meets Nash, her online best friend who thinks her online persona, Kels, is as confident and popular as he is. -- (source of summary not specified)

 

Kenwood, Nina                    It sounded better in my head               Ken YA

In the months between high school and university, eighteen-year-old Natalie must deal with her parents breaking up, her best friends getting together, and her own budding romance. -- (source of summary not specified)

Kincaid, Kami                         The boy problem                                   Kin YA

Twelve-year-old Tabitha believes in signs and predictions, and, inspired by her best friend Kara, she is looking for the signs that will point her to the right boyfriend--and predict a successful conclusion to her quest."

 

King A.S                              Dig                                                                 KIN YA

 

Only a generation removed from being simple Pennsylvania potato farmers, Gottfried and Marla Hemmings managed to trade digging spuds for developing subdivisions and now sit atop a seven-figure bank account, wealth they've declined to pass on to their adult children or their teenage grand children. Now the five teenagers are lost in a tangled maze of family secrets. One of the teens sells pot; one has cancer; all are estranged from the family. As they come together for Easter dinner, will they be able to find their ways back to each other? -- adapted from jacket

 

 

Koertge, Ron                         Now Playing Stoner & Spaz     II                    Koe YA

High schooler Ben Bancroft, a budding filmmaker with Cerebral Palsy, struggles to understand his relationship with drug-addict Colleen while he explores a new friendship with A.J., who shares his obsession with movies and makes a good impression on Ben's grandmother.

 

Lynch, Chris                                   Little Blue lies                    LYN YA

Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.

 

Menon, Sandhya                         When Dimple met Rishi     MEN YA

 

"When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with 'marriage prospects' but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him."

 

 

Mills, Emma                              First & then                         MIL YA

 
"Devon is a high school senior, wondering if she really wants to go to college, what to do with her cousin Foster (a freshman) who has moved in with her family in Florida, and whether she likes Ezra, the stuck-up football star at her school, or cannot stand him." -- (Source of summary not specified)

 

 

Moulite,Maika                         Dear Haiti , love, Alaine          MOU YA

 

"After an incident at school, seventeen year-old Alaine is spending spring break in a "volunteer immersion project", toiling away under the ever-watchful eyes of Tati Estelle and her eagle-eyed mother at a new nonprofit in Haiti. Although it is meant as punishment, Alaine is still able to flirt with Tati's distractingly cute intern, get some actual face time with her mom and experience her family's history in Haiti for the first time." -- (Source of summary not specified

 

 

McVoy, Terra Elan                         Being friends with boys                    MCV YA

Living with stepsisters and having a bad history with female friends, Charlotte enjoys the easy relationships that come with managing an all-male band but things get complicated when dating becomes an issue, and she is urged to sing in public.

 

Murphy, Julie                    Dumplin'                                                       MUR LT

  "Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs." 

 

Nguyen, Jean P.                    The way to game the walk of shame     NGU YA

"After a drunken night, Taylor's perfect reputation is ruined unless she can convince bad boy surfer Evan to pretend to be tamed"--

 

Kain, P.G.                The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts       Dumped by Popular Demand    KAI YA

 

When she moves from California to New Jersey, Dorie Dilts studies girls her age at the mall to collect data on what it takes to become popular and discovers that if she wants to be part of the in-crowd, she must date--and be dumped by--the cutest boy in school.

 

Niven, Jennifer                              All the bright places                         NIV YA

"Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school--both teetering on the edge--it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another" Provided by publisher.    

 

Novak, ALI                         Paper Hearts                                                  NOV YA

  Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with a famous band member at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy.

 

 

Scott, Kieran                                   Only Everything                                             SCO

 

 
"Eros (aka Cupid) is sent to earth after disobeying the gods and required to match three couples without her powers"-

 

 

Spalding, Amy                              Kissing Ted Callahan    (and other guys)               SPA YA

"Sixteen-year-olds Riley and Reid make a pact to pursue their respective crushes and document the experiences in a shared notebook they call 'The Passenger Manifest.'" --

 

Keplinger, Kody                          The Duff : designated ugly, fat, friend : a novel          Kep YA

 

 

Meaney, Flynn                              The Boy Recession                                                       MEA YA

When all the boys start transferring out of Julius P. Heil High, a lovable slacker becomes a hot commodity much to his best friend's bewilderment.

 

Smith, Amber                                   The Gravity of Things                         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. -- adapted from jacket

                                                                                                         

Toten, Tersesa                              The unlikely Hero of room 13b                    Tot YA


"Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love"-- NLC catalog.

 

Yoon,David                                   Frankly in Love                                        YOO YA

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in Southern California. Even so, his parents still expect him to end up with a nice Korean girl--which is a problem, since Frank is finally dating the girl of his dreams: Brit Means. Brit, who is funny and nerdy just like him. Brit, who makes him laugh like no one else. Brit . . . who is white. As Frank falls in love for the very first time, he's forced to confront the fact that while his parents sacrificed everything to raise him in the land of opportunity, their traditional expectations don't leave a lot of room for him to be a regular American teen. Desperate to be with Brit without his parents finding out, Frank turns to family friend Joy Song, who is in a similar bind. Together, they come up with a plan to help each other and keep their parents off their backs. Frank thinks he's found the solution to all his problems, but when life throws him a curveball, he's left wondering whether he ever really knew anything about love--or himself--at all.

 

Williams Carol Lynch                    Signed Skye Harper                                   WIL YA

In 1972, while her idol, Mark Spitz, is in Germany competing in the Olympics, fifteen-year-old Winston, her Nanny, and her crush, Steve, head to Las Vegas in Steve's parents' motorhome to reconnect with Winston's mother, who left ten years before to become a star.         

 

Yoon, David                                                          Frankly in love                                                                      YOO YA

 

"High school senior Frank Li is caught between his parents' traditional expectations and his own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance: 'Date Korean. But Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful-- and white. Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. It seems like the perfect plan, until their fake-dating maneuver leaves Frank wondering if he ever really understood love- or himself- at all." -- Adapted from jack Youngdahl, Shana                               As many nows as I can get                                                                YOU YA

 

In one impulsive moment the summer before they leave for college, overachievers Scarlett and David plunge into an irresistible swirl of romance, particle physics, and questionable decisions. Scarlett and David have known each other all their lives in small-town Graceville, Colorado, where David is just another mountain in the background, until, one day, he is suddenly so much more than part of the landscape. Magnetic, spontaneous, David is a gravitational force. And Scarlett, pragmatic, wry, eye on the future, welcomes the whirlwind he brings even as she resists it. Moving between the present and the past, this is the story of a seemingly grounded girl who's pulled into a lightning-strike romance with an electric-charged boy, and the enormity of the aftermath. Smart, bold, and unconventionally romantic, Shana Youngdahl's debut explores grief, guilt, and reconciling who you think you need to be with the person you've been all along. It's an aching, transporting reminder that between the past that shapes us and the unknowable future, we have only the present to forgive ourselves and forge ahead"--Dust jacket.

Zolidis,Don                            The seven torments of Amy and Craig : a love story             ZOL YA

"A coming-of-age story set in 1994 Wisconsin, chronicling the on-again-off-again relationship of Amy and Craig, who come to understand each other better through multiple disastrous breakups"-- Provided by publisher.

Janesville, Wisconsin, 1994. Amy is both the worst and the best thing that's ever happened to Craig. He is an awkward, Dungeons & Dragons-playing geek; she is the beautiful, fiercely intelligent student-body president of their high school. They got together. Until Amy dumped him. Then got back together with him. Then dumped him again. Then got back together with him again. Over and over and over. Over their senior year, as Craig fights for his dream of escaping Janesville and finding his place at college, Amy's quest is to uncover her true self-- and sometimes it doesn't involve being Craig's girlfriend. -- adapted from jacket.

 

 

 

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