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for Teens Love Stories The Bridge From Me to You Lisa Schroeder YA SCHROEDER Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters they build something stronger than either of them thought possible. The Break-Up Artist Philip Siegel YA SIEGEL Disillusioned by love, Becca will trick and manipulate any couple's relationship into smithereens. I’ll Be There Holly Goldberg Sloan YA SLOAN Raised by an unstable father who is constantly on the move, Sam has been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily, and the brothers are faced with normalcy for the first time. Sway Katarina Spears YA SPEARS Jesse, also known as Sway, avoids emotional connection at all costs, but he's forced to open his heart when he meets the girl of his dreams. Boys Like You Juliana Stone YA STONE When Monroe, who is spending the summer at her grandmother's Louisiana bed-and-breakfast, meets Nathan, who has a court-appointed job there, they share, and begin to recover from, their respective feelings of loss and guilt. The Secret Sky Atia Abawi YA ABAWI Two teens from different ethnic groups in present-day Afghanistan must fight their culture, families, and the Taliban to stay together. One Man Guy Michael Barakiva YA BARAKIVA When Alek's Armenian-American parents send him to summer school, he thinks his summer is ruined. But then he meets Ethan, who opens his world in a series of truly unexpected ways. Through to You Lauren Barnholdt YA BARNHOLDT When bad-boy Penn reaches out to cautious Harper, a tumultuous relationship blossoms, and the two learn that their bond may not be strong enough to overcome their obvious differences. Subway Love Nora Raleigh Baskin YA BASKIN When Laura spots a boy on a facing platform, lifting a camera to his face and looking right at her, Laura feels anything but afraid. Jonas, meanwhile, thinks nonstop about the pretty hippie girl he glimpsed on the platform and whether he will see her again in a city of millions. The Secrets of Lily Graves Sarah Strohmeyer PB YA STROHMEYER Descended from a long line of female morticians, Lily knows all about buried secrets. So after senior-class president Erin turns up dead, Lily believes it's her job to find the culprit. But Lily has feelings for Erin's ex-boyfriend, Matt, which makes both of them suspects. Fan Art Sarah Tregay YA TREGAY Jamie Peterson has a problem: Even though he tries to keep his feelings to himself, everyone seems to know how he feels about Mason, and the girls in his art class are determined to help them get together. Telling the truth could ruin Jamie and Mason's friendship, but it could also mean a chance at happiness. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Leslye Walton YA WALTON Born with bird wings, Ava is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession. Waukesha Public Library 321 Wisconsin Ave. Waukesha, WI 53186 (262) 524-3682 www.waukesha.lib.wi.us www.facebook.com/WPLTeenZone aw 2/15

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Page 1: Love Stories for Teens - Waukesha Public Library€¦ · 4/15/2015  · One Man Guy Michael Barakiva -American parents send him to summer school, -boy Penn reaches out to cautious

for Teens Love Stories

The Bridge From Me to You

Lisa Schroeder

YA SCHROEDER

Lauren is the new girl in town

with a dark secret. Colby is the

football hero with a dream of

something more. In alternating

chapters they build something

stronger than either of them

thought possible.

The Break-Up Artist

Philip Siegel

YA SIEGEL

Disillusioned by love, Becca

will trick and manipulate any

couple's relationship into

smithereens.

I’ll Be There

Holly Goldberg Sloan

YA SLOAN

Raised by an unstable father who

is constantly on the move, Sam

has been the voice of his silent

younger brother, Riddle, but

everything changes when Sam

meets Emily, and the brothers

are faced with normalcy for the

first time.

Sway

Katarina Spears

YA SPEARS

Jesse, also known as Sway, avoids

emotional connection at all costs,

but he's forced to open his heart

when he meets the girl of his

dreams.

Boys Like You

Juliana Stone

YA STONE

When Monroe, who is spending

the summer at her grandmother's

Louisiana bed-and-breakfast, meets

Nathan, who has a court-appointed

job there, they share, and begin to

recover from, their respective

feelings of loss and guilt.

The Secret Sky

Atia Abawi

YA ABAWI

Two teens from different ethnic

groups in present-day Afghanistan

must fight their culture, families,

and the Taliban to stay together.

One Man Guy

Michael Barakiva

YA BARAKIVA

When Alek's Armenian-American

parents send him to summer school,

he thinks his summer is ruined.

But then he meets Ethan, who

opens his world in a series of truly

unexpected ways.

Through to You

Lauren Barnholdt

YA BARNHOLDT

When bad-boy Penn reaches out

to cautious Harper, a tumultuous

relationship blossoms, and the two

learn that their bond may not be

strong enough to overcome their

obvious differences.

Subway Love

Nora Raleigh Baskin

YA BASKIN

When Laura spots a boy on a

facing platform, lifting a camera

to his face and looking right at

her, Laura feels anything but

afraid. Jonas, meanwhile, thinks

nonstop about the pretty hippie

girl he glimpsed on the platform

and whether he will see her again

in a city of millions.

The Secrets of Lily Graves

Sarah Strohmeyer

PB YA STROHMEYER

Descended from a long line of

female morticians, Lily knows

all about buried secrets. So after

senior-class president Erin turns

up dead, Lily believes it's her job

to find the culprit. But Lily has

feelings for Erin's ex-boyfriend,

Matt, which makes both of them

suspects.

Fan Art

Sarah Tregay

YA TREGAY

Jamie Peterson has a problem:

Even though he tries to keep

his feelings to himself, everyone

seems to know how he feels

about Mason, and the girls in

his art class are determined to

help them get together. Telling

the truth could ruin Jamie and

Mason's friendship, but it could

also mean a chance at happiness.

The Strange and Beautiful

Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Leslye Walton

YA WALTON

Born with bird wings, Ava is

well aware that love has long

made fools of her family.

When pious Nathaniel Sorrows

mistakes her bird wings for

angel wings, 16-year-old Ava

faces the man's growing

obsession.

Waukesha Public Library

321 Wisconsin Ave.

Waukesha, WI 53186

(262) 524-3682

www.waukesha.lib.wi.us

www.facebook.com/WPLTeenZone aw 2/15

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Guy in Real Life

Steven Brezenoff

YA BREZENOFF

It’s Labor Day weekend in Saint

Paul, MN, and Lesh, who wears

black, listens to metal, and plays

MMOs meets Svetlana, who listens

to Bjork, and dungeon masters

her own RPG.

Perfect Chemistry

Simone Elkeles

YA ELKELES

When wealthy Brittany and Alex,

a gang member, develop a

relationship, they must face the

disapproval of their schoolmates.

Sequels: Rules of Attraction

and Chain Reaction.

Better off Friends

Elizabeth Eulberg

YA EULBERG

Macallan and Levi are best friends

from the first day they meet in

seventh grade, but their friendship

keeps interfering with their

dating life.

Tell Me Again How a Crush

Should Feel

Sara Farizan

YA FARIZAN

Leila's Persian heritage makes her

different from her classmates at

Armstead Academy. When a new

girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts

to take risks she never thought

she would.

Just One Day

Gayle Forman

YA FORMAN

Sparks fly when American good

girl Allyson encounters laid-back

Dutch actor Willem, so she follows

him on a whirlwind trip to Paris,

prompting a year of self-discovery

and the search for true love.

Sequel: Just One Year.

My True Love Gave to Me:

Twelve Holiday Stories

YA MY

Holiday romances by popular

YA authors.

The Infinite Moment of Us

Lauren Myracle

YA MYRACLE

As high school graduation nears,

Wren is surprised to connect

with gentle Charlie, a boy with a

troubled past who has loved her for

years, while she considers changing

the plans for her future.

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Stephanie Perkins

YA PERKINS

Isla has had a crush on classmate

Josh since their freshman year at

the School of America in Paris.

After a chance encounter over

the summer in Manhattan, they

return to France for their senior

year where they are forced to

confront challenges every

young couple in love must face.

Eleanor and Park

Rainbow Rowell

YA ROWELL

Set over the course of one school

year in 1986, this is the story of

two star-crossed misfits, smart

enough to know that first love

almost never lasts, yet brave

enough to try. Also by this

author: Fangirl.

Take Back the Skies

Lucy Saxon

YA SAXON

To escape from a planned arranged

marriage, teenaged Cat disguises

herself as a boy and stows away

on a smuggler's airship where she

discovers a world of excitement

and adventure.

My Love Story!!

Kazune Kawahara

YA GRAPHIC BOOK

KAWAHARA

Giant Takeo Goda's love life takes

a surprising turn when he saves a

girl named Yamato, but will she be

drawn instead to Takeo's handsome

best friend, Sunakawa?

Like No Other

Una LaMarche

YA LAMARCHE

Though their relationship is strictly

forbidden, Devorah and Jax arrange

secret meetings and risk everything

to be together.

Boy Meets Boy

David Levithan

YA LEVITHAN

When Paul falls hard for Noah, he

thinks he has found his one true love,

but when Noah walks out of his life,

Paul has to find a way to get him

back and make everything right

once more. Also by this author:

Two Boys Kissing and Every Day.

Love and Other Foreign Words

Erin McCahan

YA MCCAHAN

Brilliant Josie has a knack for

languages, but her sister's

engagement has Josie grappling

with the nature of true love, her

feelings for her best friend Stu, and

how anyone can be truly herself, or

truly in love, in a social language

that is not her own.

A Phantom Enchantment

Eve Marie Mont

PB YA MONT

Emma journeys to Paris and

discovers her own choices echoed

within the labyrinthine love story,

The Phantom of the Opera.