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Looking for love? We've selected some of our favorite romantic books. These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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Puppy Love
by Gary Soto
After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, 13-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue?
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Not If You Break Up With Me First
by G.F. Miller
With everyone pressuring them to date, best friends Eve and Andrew attend the eighth-grade dance together, unhappily finding themselves in an accidental relationship and pledge, separately, to be the worst boyfriend or girlfriend ever, leaving it to the other person to break up with them.
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Rules for Rule Breaking
by Talia Tucker
When Korean American teens Bobby and Winter reluctantly go on a college visit road trip together, the sworn mortal enemies discover they might actually be a perfect pair.
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Harmony and Heartbreak
by Claire Kann
Living in the penthouse suite of San Francisco's Hotel Coeur, matchmakers-in-training Rose and Cora learn how to use magic to bring about love connections and must perfect their charms and enchantments to pass a test that will determine their future.
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The Language of Seabirds
by Will Taylor
While staying with his dad and uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon, Jeremy meets and forms a friendship with local boy Evan that turns into something neither boy expected, but something they both wished for.
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The Museum of Lost and Found
by Leila Sales
Stumbling upon an empty, forgotten museum, Vanessa fills the museum with her own artifacts and memories to tell her story of a broken friendship, but as her collection grows, she unexpectedly finds a way to move forward and let go of the past.
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Courtesy of Cupid
by Nashae Jones
When she discovers her mysterious father is the love god Cupid and she's inherited his knack for romance, 13-year-old Erin Johnson uses her newfound magical powers to make her rival fall in love with her, which makes things even more complicated.
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The Sun and the Star
by Rick Riordan
Demigods Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades, and Will Solace, the son of Apollo, find their relationship tested to the core as they endure the terrors of Tartarus, the lowest part of the Underworld, to save an old friend.
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Captain Skidmark Dances With Destiny
by Jennifer A. Irwin
Thirteen-year-old Will is generally miserable but finds solace at dance school, and then Will's seventeen-year-old hockey-star cousin, Alex, moves in, and Will and Alex learn a lot about each other and their relationships with their fathers.
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Crashing in Love
by Jennifer Jacobson
Convinced that this will be the perfect summer, 12-year-old Peyton finds her life taking a dramatic detour when she becomes obsessed with finding the driver responsible for the hit-and-run accident that left a cute boy in a coma.
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Big Apple Diaries
by Alyssa Bermudez
In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white mom's new place in Queens, navigating the trials and tribulations of middle school, and an epic crush on a new classmate. The only way to make sense of it all is to capture the highs and lows in doodles and hilarious comics in a diary. Then life abruptly changes on September 11, 2001. After the Twin Towers fall and so many lives are lost, worries about gossip and boys feel distant and insignificant. Alyssa must find a new sense of self and purpose amidst all of the chaos, and find the strength to move forward with hope.
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Keep it Together, Keiko Carter
by Debbi Michiko Florence
Keiko, Audrey, and Jenna have always been best friends, and Keiko desperately wants it to stay that way, but now they are starting seventh grade, and everything seems to be changing; Audrey is obsessed with the idea of them all securing boyfriends, but when she and Jenna focus on the same boy their friendship starts to break apart.
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Alma Presses Play
by Tina Cane
In 1980s New York, half-Chinese, half-Jewish Alma, whose life is a series of halfways, uses her Walkman to get through the challenges thrown her way until she is ready to press play on the soundtrack of her life.
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Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes
by Kristi Wientge
When her best friend Will meets a girl from the pool, ruining their summer plans, Alex hopes that in completing their challenge of building a tree house, she can keep from losing her best friend and salvage her summer.
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Misfits
by Jen Calonita
Questioning the priorities of Royal Academy and its angry headmistress, who seems more inclined toward villainy than teaching students how to rule their kingdoms, a reluctant princess makes a discovery that could change the fairy-tale world forever.
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Girl Stuff
by Lisi Harrison
Seventh graders Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie develop a friendship strong enough to tackle whatever middle school--and puberty--throws at them next.
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TBH, Too Much Drama
by Lisa Greenwald
Best friends Cecily, Gabby, and Prianka face drama in the last days of school as a meme goes viral, their mothers take them bra shopping together, and Cecily develops her first crush. Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes.
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Taking Up Space
by Alyson Gerber
A talented basketball player from a dysfunctional family begins to suffer from health issues before a crush asks her to be partners in a cooking competition, a situation that challenges her to stand up for her needs and accept herself as she is.
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I Speak Boy
by Jessica Brody
A modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Emma follows the experiences of a phone-obsessed 12-year-old who uses a magical app to read boys’ thoughts and play matchmaker for her friends, before her successes are challenged by a skeptical classmate and unintended consequences.
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