July 2009
Barkley, Brad Scrambled Eggs at Midnight (2006)
Calliope and Eliot, two fifteen-year-olds in Asheville, North Carolina, begin to acknowledge some unpleasant truths about their parents and form their own ideas about love.
Barnholdt, Lauren Two-Way Street (2007)
Courtney is about to embark on a cross-country road trip to college with her boyfriend, Jordan, when he dumps her. Despite the breakup, they decide to go on the trip together.
Cabot, Meg All-American Girl (2002)
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.
Caletti, Deb Wild Roses (2005)
Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather and falling in love with a gifted young musician.
Cohn, Rachel Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2006)
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. Sweet chaos ensues.
Colasanti, Susane When It Happens (2006)
High school seniors Sara and Tobey attempt to figure out what is important in life as they try to balance their preparations for their futures with their enjoyment of the present.
Daly, Maureen Seventeenth Summer (1942)
Until the summer before college, Angie Morrow didn't really date. Her mother didin't like her to go out much. But no one -- not even Angie's mother -- can resist the charm of strikingly handsome Jack Duluth.
Dessen, Sarah This Lullaby (2002)
Remy doesn't believe in love. And why should she? Her romance novelist mother is working on her fifth marriage, and her father, a '70s hippie singer, left her with only a one-hit wonder song to remember him by. Enjoy the many other romance titles by this popular author.
Echols, Jennifer The Boys Next Door (2007)
Lori lives for summertime on the lake spending all season with the Valder brothers, who live next door. Lori’s always been one of the guys, but she decides it’s time to prove she’s girlfriend material.
Elkeles, Simone Perfect Chemistry (2008)
When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, are assigned as lab partners an unexpected relationship develops.
Godbersen, Anna The Luxe (2007)
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others. This is the first of The Luxe series.
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
Colin tends to fall for girls named Katherine. He goes on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability to predict the future of all relationships, realize his true genius, and win the girl.
Ibbotson, Eva A Countess Below Stairs (2007)
After the Russian Revolution turns her world upside down, Anna, a Russian countess, flees to England. Penniless, she hides her noble background and works as a servant for the esteemed Westerholme family.
Kantor, Melissa If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? (2005)
When high school sophomore Lucy Norton’s father remarries, she finds herself tormented by two bratty stepsisters and a wicked stepmother.
Levithan, David How They Met and Other Stories (2008)
A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, and joy of falling in love.
Lubar, David Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (2005)
The girl he's known since kindergarten has blossomed into a goddess, but doesn't seem to know he's alive, so Scott Hudson joins every school club he can think of to win her attention.
McKinley, Robin Beauty (1978)
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases
him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
Meyer, Carolyn Loving Will Shakespeare (2006)
Meyer's story tells of the childhoods and the tumultous romance between the world famous playwright and the farmer's daughter who became his wife.
Myers, Walter Dean Amiri and Odette: A Dance for Two (2009)
Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.
Napoli, Donna Jo The Smile (2008)
In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence, she has no inkling of the romance--and sorrow--that will ensue.
Napoli, Donna Jo Zel (1996)
In mid-16th-century Switzerland, Zel, accompanies her mother on a rare trip to the village where she meets Konrad. Unknown to her, he is a nobleman and is charmed by her simplicity and forthright manner.
Plummer, Louise The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (1995)
This six-foot tall heroine with glasses thick as Coke bottles and an I.Q. off the charts proves that true love awaits even the gawkiest, most socially inept teen.
Scott, Elizabeth Bloom (2007)
Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends and a boyfriend every girl wants. So why is she so unhappy? It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland for Lauren to figure out the answer.
Shulman, Polly Enthusiasm (2006)
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.
Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped (2001)
Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees, the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski.
Young Adult Booklists
July 2009