Romance for Teens
Love and heartbreak are the themes here.
(Updated December 2022) (GN= Graphic Novel)
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A Phở Love Story
Bảo and Linh have always known their families to be bitter enemies, with rival phở shops across the street. When they team up to write restaurant reviews for school, they discover they actually like each other, but must keep it a secret. MS
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Lily’s growing interest in girls rises sharply when she meets Kathleen, who introduces her to a secret lesbian bar, but Lily must consider her parents’ feelings and even their citizenship status in 1950s San Francisco, when Americans fear Communists.
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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Charlie is used to living in the shadow of her thinner, more popular best friend, Amelia. So how can she trust that her new coworker Brian actually wants to be with her?
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Me (Moth)
Two years after Moth’s family was killed in an accident, her life turns upside down again with the arrival of Sani, a beautiful, haunted Diné boy, in her homeroom class.
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A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
After a trifecta of losses, Lila’s parents send her to England to heal in her aunt’s adopted town. She hates it at first, but a boy named Orion, with losses of his own, turns her heart around and shows her a different possible life.
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The Girl From the Sea
Morgan cannot wait to leave her stifling little town, her broken family, and her old friends, but when she kisses the selkie who saves her from drowning, change will come for all of them. GN MS
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Charming as A Verb
Henri’s job as a dogwalker for his rich neighbors is threatened by Corinne, who blackmails him into helping her become more social so she can get into a prestigious university.
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A Girl's Guide to Love & Magic
At the West Indian Day Parade, Cicely unexpectedly needs the help of her cute classmate Kwame when her Vodou-practicing aunt gets possessed by a spirit. MS
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Finding Jupiter
Orion and Ray are quickly, deeply attracted to each other, but family secrets threaten their growing feelings for each other.
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The Fountains of Silence
In 1957 Madrid, aspiring American photojournalist Daniel connects with Ana, a hotel maid whose impoverished family has connections to the many orphans in the city.
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