Children's & Young Adult Fiction : Love & Romance

Caught up in a world of easy money, designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling. Starting over in a new place, with a new boyfriend, Justin, gives Kyra hope that life can be different. But sometimes the fast life catches up to you. And for Kyra, her only hope is to stay one step ahead of trouble. more...

Price: $9.00

Robert Corbet's new novel is a boy-meets-girl romantic comedy for 12- to 15-year-olds. Will wants to find a way to meet Mia - but how? And what would they talk about? What do girls think about? Light but not superficial, funny but not cynical, this engaging book is a pleasure to read. Mia thinks boys are immature. They only use one per cent of their brain. They only ever talk about cars and sport. They only ever think about sex. Will has no idea what girls talk about. He wishes he had a tape recorder and a hidden microphone. Fifteen Love is a funny, up-and-down story about a boy and a girl, a viola and a tennis racquet; about family and friends, flirting and true love. more...

Price: $14.00

Click for your dream date. Could she go to the senior dance with just any guy? No way. Imani Lane has her heart set on Maurice, the hottest guy in town. But he isn't exactly asking. So she comes up with an idea to help herself--and everyone else, too. An online dating hookup site for local teens! Her friends and cousin can find their dream dates, and Imani can brilliantly engineer her own profile to match Maurice's. Problem is, the Web site is becoming too popular. Guys who are looking for hookups--say, with Imani's own impressionable cousin--now include some very sleazy types. So Imani has to get things unhooked and fast. more...

Price: $9.00

Ellie’s starting ninth grade and she’s got some very definite goals. She’ll stay best friends with Magda and Nadine. She’ll go on a diet and stick to it. She’ll get a glamorous hairstyle. And she’ll get a boyfriend. more...

Price: $5.50

Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen were the reigning princesses of the Upper East Side. Until now. In Gossip Girl, The Carlyles the inimitable Gossip Girl introduces the most fabulous sixteen year-old triplets to ever inhabit the Upper East Side. When the Waldorfs move from their apartment at the end of Don't You Forget About Me , the Carlyle triplets of Nantucket, Massachusetts--Owen, Baby, and Peyton-- move in. In the new titles of the Gossip Girl series, we will follow the Carlyles, plus three other teenagers living in gorgeous apartments, attending the most exclusive prvate schools-- the familiar Constance Billard School for Girls and St. Jude's School for Boys-- and treating New York's Upper East Side as their personal playground. Welcome to the new era. Lucky for you, Gossip Girl is there to whisper all their juicy secrets... more...

Price: $7.99