Romance for Teens
Love and heartbreak are the themes here.
(Updated December 2022) (GN= Graphic Novel)
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Home Field Advantage
Amber is willing to do whatever it takes to become cheer captain, including staying in the closet. But when the new quarterback Jack turns out to be a girl, Amber has to face her feelings and the town’s bigotry.
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Year on Fire
Twins Immie and Arch have never kept secrets from their best friend Paige, until Arch kisses Paige’s boyfriend and Immie takes the blame. Now both Paige and Immie are interested in the new boy at school, but how will they navigate their changing friendship? MS
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The Heartbreak Bakery
After Syd (who prefers no pronouns) suffers a devastating breakup, the brownies Syd bakes make everyone who eats them break up, too. Luckily, bike messenger Harley offers to help repair the broken relationships, as they start a new relationship together.
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Lou has the worst luck: she’s working at her uncles’ ice cream shop with both her ex-boyfriend and her ex-best friend, King. As Lou and King’s relationship develops, she must also come to terms with her disinterest in sex and her dangerous father’s persistent attempts to get in touch.
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My Mechanical Romance
Bel discovers a talent for engineering, which lands her on the robotics team with the headstrong captain Mateo. Their disagreements about robotics fly, but soon they can’t deny they really like working with each other.
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Perfect on Paper
Despite Darcy’s failures in her own relationships, she runs a successful anonymous relationship advice business out of an abandoned locker. When popular Brougham discovers her identity, she’s forced to help him win back his ex, and be honest with herself.
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
Even though they’re the only two Bengali girls at their Irish high school, Hani and Ishu never interact outside of their parents’ parties. But when Hani comes out as bisexual and her friends don’t believe her, she blurts out Ishu’s name as her new girlfriend.
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Out of the Blue
Crest is a merperson who must help a land-born human in one month in order to become an elder. Sean is a lifeguard trying to make his ex jealous to win him back. Can Crest succeed, or will his feelings for Sean change his mind about staying on land?
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I Love You So Mochi
When Kimi’s artistic passions conflict with her mother’s career advice, she accepts an invitation to meet her estranged grandparents in Japan, where she also meets Akira, who dresses up as a piece of mochi to help his uncle’s business.
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Love Radio
Danielle’s focus on becoming a poet is not so different from Prince’s work as a romantic advice-giving DJ on the radio, but graduation looms. Can Prince make Danielle fall in love with him in just three dates?
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