Reddick Public Library District

YA B BUC Upstate by Kalisha Buckhan

The story of a young couple in love & their struggle to maintain a relationship while the young man is incarcerated for a horrendous crime. In their letters beginning in 1990, Natasha & Antonio look back at their courtship against the landscape of their beloved Harlem.

YA F CAB The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

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, & that she is a princess & the heir to the throne.

(Sequels: Princess in the Spotlight, Princess in Love, Princess in Waiting, Princess in Pink, Princess in Training, Party Princess, Princess on the Brink, Princess Mia, Forever Princess)

YA F COH Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg & asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.

YA F DES Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, & Halley's own first serious relationship.

YA F DES This Lullaby: A Novel by Sarah Dessen

Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.

YA F FLI Beastly by Alex Flinn

A modern retelling of "Beauty & the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster & must find true love before he can return to his human form.

YA F GAR The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Sally Gardner

In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, & Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.

YA F GRE An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate & 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.

YA F KOR Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

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.

(Sequel: Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle)

YA F KRO Heavy Metal & You by Christopher Krovatin

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 & even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.

YA F LEV Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Despite the harshness of their breakup, high school sophomore Paul is determined to win back his boyfriend, Noah.

YA F LEA Keturah & Lord Death by Marine Leavitt

When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story & is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love.

YA F LEV How They Met & Other Stories by David Levithan

A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, & joy of falling in love.

YA F LYN Extreme Elvin by Chris Lynch

As he enters high school, fourteen-year-old Elvin continues to deal with his weight problems  as he tries to find his place among his peers.

YA F MEY Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction & who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

(Sequels: New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn)

YA F NAP Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli

The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea & they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love & honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

YA F REN Angus, Thongs, & Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

The humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, & win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

(Sequels: On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God; Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas, Dancing in My Nuddy Pants; and more)

YA F SON What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

(Sequels: What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know)

YA F SPI Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, & the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

(Sequel: Love, Stargirl)

YA F SOT Accidental Love by Gary Soto

After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, & losing weight.