Romantic Reads
from JJHS Library
by Huntley Fitzpatrick
When he moves into the garage apartment at his best friend's house, trouble-prone Tim falls unexpectly in love with Alice, his friend's good-girl sister, but unforeseen consequences of Tim's wild days come back to challenge their relationship.
by Sandy Hall
A romance between two college students, Gabe and Lea, is told through the perspectives of fourteen onlookers, from Lea's roommate to Gabe's best friend, their creative writing teacher, and the barista at the local Starbucks.
by Samantha Durante
Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.
Anti-Valentines
Is the thought of flowers, cards, and candy this Valentine’s Day making you gag?
by E. Lockhart
A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.
by Jonah Black
After injuring himself during a diving meet while thinking about the girl of his dreams, Jonah Black tries to recover while struggling with his relationship with his real-life friend Posie, his second junior year, and his family.
by Janet Tashjian
When seventeen-year-old Becky Martin, an aspiring comic, meets Kip Costello, she is caught in a mentally and physically abusive relationship.
Love Poetry
by Pat Mora
- An original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart's desire.
by e.e. cummings
A collection of poems by the American poet explores the complexities of love, romance, and seduction, using innovative forms of expression.
by Susan Minot
- We the author awake in the middle of the night, contemplating love and heartbreak in all their exhilarating and anguished specifics.
LGBT Love
by Sara Farizan
In Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeen-year-olds Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
by Alex Sanchez
When Lance begins to date Sergio, who is bisexual, he is not sure that it will work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand.
by Bil Wright
Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.