First Loves and Crushes--Romances for Guys and Girls

 

Romances for All Teens

 

Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler (YA FIC Bar)
After meeting in a bookstore, two teens from very different backgrounds (Eliot's parents run a Christian camp/fat farm, while Calliope's mom is a traveling jewelry peddler) become friends and discover their own thoughts about love.

 

24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley (YA FIC Bra)
After Jack's friends post a personal ad in the school newspaper for him, Jack ends up with only seven days to date all the responses before asking one special girl to the prom.

 

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot (YA FIC Cab)
Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, high school senior Katie is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy returns to town, suddenly making things look different to her.

 

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti (YA FIC Cal)
Sixteen-year-old Ruby gets in over her head when she starts seeing rich, thrill-seeking Travis. Trying to distance herself from him, she becomes involved in another love story involving a senior citizen in her librarian mother's book group.

 

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (YA FIC Car)
The Gallagher Girls will need to use all their skills to investigate the Knowlton-Hale boys. Even though they're confident about their guy-spying skills, the playing field is level this time.

 

Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper (YA FIC Dra)
Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

 

The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper (YA FIC Har)
When Kate wins an essay contest that sends her to Verona, Italy, to study Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", she meets both American and Italian students and learns not just about Shakespeare, but also about star-crossed lovers--and herself.

 

Getting the Girl by Susan Juby (YA FIC Jub)
Sherman Mack, amateur private investigator, has a crush on Dini, and tries to help her stay off the high school D-list, a cruel ritual that would ruin her social status forever.

 

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman (YA FIC Kor)
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

 

Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (YA FIC Sel)
When Mimi Wallingford, the great-granddaughter of a legendary stage actress, is transported into Shakespeare’s Verona, she experiences the feud between the Capulets and Montagues firsthand and is determined to give this famous tragedy a happily-ever-after ending.

 

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (YA FIC Spi)
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

 

Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen (YA FIC Van)
After reading her mother's secret collection of romance novels during her parent's difficult separation, seventeen-year-old Evangeline Logan begins a quest for the perfect kiss.

 

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (YA FIC Van)
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

 

Heartbreakers by Pam Wells (YA FIC Wel)
When three high school friends experience breakups on the same night, a fourth writes "The Break up Code," which all agree to follow as they try to get over the bad relationships and get back in touch with themselves and one another.

 

Romances for Older Teens

 

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (YA FIC Coh)
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.

 

Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson (YA FIC Dav)
Brainy, less-than-popular Kyra and basketball captain Jason become Cross High's most unlikely couple, falling for each other while working on a class project, but their intense love is threatened by an unexpected betrayal.

 

An Abundance of Katherines by John Greene (YA FIC Gre)
Colin tends to fall for girls named Katherine. He goes on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, realize his true genius, and win him the girl.

 

Heavy Metal and You by Christopher Krovatin (YA FIC Kro)
High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up getting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.

 

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (YA FIC Lev)
When Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when things take a turn for the worse and Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more, in a tale about the ups, downs, and dramas of teen relationships.

 

Vegan, Virgin, Valentine by Carolyn Mackler (YA FIC Mac)
Mara Valentine is looking forward to the remaining few months ahead before heading off to Yale, but when her wild and crazy niece move, Mara finds it difficult to keep composed as her structured world turns inside out.

 

To check the status of a book or to place your name on the waiting list, please use the Library Catalog at www.skpl.org, call the library at 789-1555 or ask at the Reference Desk.

 

List created by for the South Kingstown Public Library by Brandi Kenyon.

Last updated 01/09.