STAR-CROSSED LOVEHe loves me, she loves me not. What is keeping you from the one you love?
Your parents, your friends, society's rules? All of these books are about the obstacles that get in the way of true love! Click on the red author name and book image to link to interviews, excerpts or book trailers about these books and authors. |
perfect chemistryWhen Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created “perfect” life is about to unravel before her eyes. Two different worlds, opposites attract, forbidden love. Take a look beneath the surface at this story of star-crossed love.
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romiette and julioRomiette, 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. A modern day Romeo and Juliet story.
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the eternal onesREAD THE LETTERS HERESeventeen-year-old Haven Moore leaves East Tennessee to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she meets playboy Iain Morrow, whose fate may be tied to hers through a series of past lives.
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sweethearts
by Sara Zarr
Jennifer Harris, years after being the tormented outsider on the playground, has reinvented herself into Jenna Vaughn, a popular girl with what seems to be the perfect life, but when a childhood friend re-enters her life, she is forced to confront the most traumatic event of her past and question who she really is.
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naughts and crossesIn a world where the pale-skinned naughts are discriminated against by the politically and socially powerful dark-skinned Crossed, teenagers Callum, a naught and Sephy, a Cross, test whether their love is strong enough to survive their society's racism.
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rules of attractionby Simone Elkeles
Living on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus with his older brother Alex, a college student and ex-gang member, high school senior Carlos is not ready to give up his wild ways until he meets a shy classmate named Kiara and becomes unwillingly involved in a drug ring.
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the luxe
In 1899 Manhattan, the drowning of beautiful Elizabeth Holland, daughter of New York society's ruling family, brings to the surface the scandalous behavior of several teenagers of varying social class.
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YOu against meRevenge. Loyalty. When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world beings to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her world begins to unravel. When they meet, two worlds collide. What will happen next?
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scribbler of dreamsby Mary Pearson
Seventeen-year-old Kaitlin Malone was born to hate the Crutchfields and this hatred is what will sustain her now that her father has been imprisoned for murdering Robert Crutchfield.
But then Kaitlin stumbles on a rare opportunity to walk in the enemy's shoes - and falls in love with Bram Crutchfield - and what she discovers rocks the foundation of her entire world. |
if you come softlyAfter meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's negative reactions to their relationship.
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the juliet club
Six teenagers spend a month in Verona, the city where Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet takes place. Kate wins a prize to study at the Shakespeare Seminar. Will she find love in Italy?
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jekel loves hydeAs seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and a chemistry of their own.
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the secret yearFor one year, Colt, a working class boy, secretly dates Julia, an upscale girl behind the back of his high-society classmate. After her death, Colt comes to terms with why she dated him and through her journal discovers the truth about their relationship.
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beautiful creaturesCOMING FEB 2013 - WATCH THE MOVIE TRAILER
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday. CHECK SWAN FOR YOUR COPY |
son of the mobSeventeen-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.
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JaneAfter her parents die, 19-year-old Jane Moore is forced to leave college to work until she has saved enough money to finish her degree. Taking a position as a nanny, she begins to care for Maddy, the daughter of Nico Rathburn, an aging rock star attempting a comeback. Her quiet personality is at odds with her new life, with its luxurious estate and glamorous groupies. A modern-day retelling of Jane Eyre.
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