Personal Relationships

Frankly in Love

David Yoon

High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to date a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all.

Genre: Romance

North Star Young Adult (YA) Book Award

Call Number: FIC YOON

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me

Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation.

Genre: Graphic Novel

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Call Number: 741.5973 TAM

As Many Nows As I Can Get

Shana Youngdahl

A cerebral romance told in vibrantly detailed, nonlinear chapters follows the experiences of a grounded overachiever who falls in love with an electric-charged boy, triggering unanticipated consequences.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

North Star Young Adult (YA) Book Award

Call Number: FIC YOUNGDAHL

Color Outside the Lines: Stories About Love

Sangu Mandanna

This young adult anthology explores interracial and LGBTQ+ relationships.

Genre: Short Stories

Call Number: FIC MANDANNA

Opposite of Always

Justin A. Reynolds

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind. Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

North Star Young Adult (YA) Book Award

Call Number: FIC REYNOLDS

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Noon

Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

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Call Number: FIC NOON

Holding Up the Universe

Jennifer Niven

A boy with face blindness and a girl who struggles with weight fall in love.

Genre: Romance

Call Number: FIC NIVEN

The Dangerous Art of Blending In

Angelo Surmelis

Teenager Evan Panos deals with realizing he is gay, a possible romance with his best friend, and an abusive mother.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC SURMELIS

This Is Not A Love Scene

S. C. Megale

Maeve, a future filmmaker who has muscular dystrophy, fears she will never find romance until a project for her Video II class introduces her to new possibilities.

Genre: Romance

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Call Number: FIC MEGALE

Tell Me How You Really Feel

Amiah Mae Safi

A tale told in alternative viewpoints and inspired by classic romantic comedies follows the unlikely on-camera romance between an overachieving cheerleader and the senior film project director who secretly dislikes her.

Genre: Romance

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Call Number: FIC SAFI

If You Come Softly

Jacqueline Woodson

After 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 reactions.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

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Call Number: FIC WOODSON

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Tahereh Mafi

A year after 9/11, Muslim teenager Shirin has completely withdrawn from social life, until she meets Ocean James in her biology class and is tempted to actually let her guard down.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

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Call Number: FIC MAFI