love_stories

F CAB	Cabot, Meg	Nicola and the Viscount.
	Although Nicola visits London to enter the world of high society and find a husband, she continues to think of the handsome Viscount Sebastian and their brief time together.

F CAB	Cabot, Meg	Princess in Love.
	In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.

F CAL	Caletti, Deb	Honey, Baby, Sweetheart.
	In the summer of her junior year, Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love.Â

F CHA	Chan, Giallian	A Foreign Field.
	Teenager Ellen falls in love with a handsome Canadian pilot during WWII as the story of their relationship is revealed in chapters and letters to each other and other friends and family.

F CLA	Clark, Robert	Love Among the Ruins.
	Amid the crises of the summer of 1968, two teens fall in love despite the negative reactions of their families and decide to run away to create a new life in the wilderness.Â

F CLE	Clement-Davies, David	The Sight.
	In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, a pack of wolves sets out on a perilous journey to prevent their enemy from calling upon a legendary evil one that will give her the power to control all animals.


F DOK	Dokey, Cameron	Beauty Sleep.
	Under the spell concocted by her angry aunt, Aurore is sent into an enchanted sleep in magical woods-is the the stranger she meets the prince sent to rescue her?

F FLA	Flake, Sharon G.	Who am I Without him?
	Ten stories, written in slang and hip-hop cadence, tell of the heartache, longing, and uncertainty that pervade the lives of many girls. All but two stories are written from the girls' perspective

F HEN	Henson, Heather	Making the Run.
	Eighteen-year-old Lu is set on leaving her Kentucky home town after high school graduation, but her plans are complicated by friends and family, old grief, and new love.

F HID	Hidier, Tanuja Desai	Born Confused.
	Dimple who discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, watches her beautiful and manipulative best friend taking possession of the boy she likes.

F HOP	Hopkins, Cathy	Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses.
	When Izzy's perfect boyfriend doesn't call, she stays home and reads her horoscope waiting for him until her best friends Nestra and Lucy decide to give her a reality check.Â


F HUL	Hull, Jonathan	Losing Julia.
	Never having been able to forget Julia, the woman his best friend loved during WW 1, Daniel reflects on their brief time together after his friend was killed.

F JOH	Johnson, Julie	In Spite of Killer Bees.
	Their mother is long gone, and their father has died.Â In the small, judgmental village where they live, Aggie must fight to keep her diminishing family together by refusing to abandon those she loves.Â

F KOR	Korman, Gordon	Son of the Mob.
	Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

F MCD	McDaniel, Lurene	How Do I Love Thee?: Three Stories.
	A collection of three stories in which teenagers facing life-threatening illnesses find that love can make all things bearable.


F MAC	Mackler, Carolyn	Love and Other Four-Letter Words.
	When she and her mother move to New York City after her parents decide on a trial separation, Sammie learns to deal with her mother's mental state, her best friend's self-centeredness, new friendships, and love.


F MOY	Moynahan, Molly	Stone Garden.
	Alice McGuire's secure and privileged world is torn apart after her best friend and soul mate vanishes on a trip to Mexico and she sets out to find answers.

F MOS	Mosher, Richard	Zazoo.
	Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns about life, death, and love.

F MUN	Munro, Alice	Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage : Stories.
	In these nine stories, men and women are subtly revealed. Personal histories, both complex and simple, unfold in rich detail of circumstance and feeling.

F MUR	Murakami, Haruki	Sputnik Sweetheart.
	In an urbane Japan of jazz bars and coffee shops, our narrator, a college student, falls in love with his classmate, Summire. But devotion to an untidy writerly life precludes any personal commitments-until he meets Miu, a sophisticated businesswoman.

F RIV	Rivas, Manuel	The Carpenterâ€™s Pencil.
	During the Spanish Civil War, political prisoners from all walks of life converge in Franco's brutal jails. Among the incarcerated is Daniel Da Barca, a well-known doctor, who adores -- and is adored by -- the beautiful debutante Marisa.

F SAI	Said, Kurban	Ali and Nino.
	In Bazu, Azerbeidshan, a city positioned between east and west, on the eve of World War I a Muslim schoolboy from an aristocratic family falls in love with a Christian girl.

F SON	Sones, Sonya	What My Mother Doesnâ€™t Know.
	Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

F SOU	Soueif, Ahdaf	The Map of Love.
	When Isabel Parkman falls in love with an Egyptian, her cross-cultural love affair transcends generations and continents with memories of her grandmother's marriage to Sharif Pasha.

F SPA	Sparks, Nicholas	A Bend in the Road.
	Miles Ryan's wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident. She was his first love and as deputy sheriff he wants to find the driver. He meets a teacher and falls in love but they are also closely linked by a shocking secret.

F THO	Thompson, Jean	Who Do You Love: Stories.
	A collection of 15 new or recent stories with a love theme from a Midwestern novelist and storywriter.

F TUR	Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich	Virgin Soil.
	This rich and complex book is at once a love story, a devastating, and bitterly funny, social satire, and perhaps most movingly of all, a heartfelt celebration of the immense beauty of the Russian countryside


F TYR	Tyree, Omar	A Do Right Man.
	Bobby Dallas, a handsome, educated, African-American man seems to have everything going for him--good looks and a good job --but he just cannot seem to find the one woman who would make his life complete.

F TYR	Tyree, Omar	For the Love of Money.
	From hard-knocks Philly to glamorous Hollywood, Tracy Ellison has truly walked the walk. Now twenty-eight years old and a major movie star, the original Flyy Girl is returning to her East Coast roots.

F TYR	Tyree, Omar	Sweet St. Louis: a novel.
	Against the urban backdrop of St. Louis, Ant competes with his best friend, "Tone" Wallace, for dates. His days as a Romeo are numbered, however, when he meets old-fashioned girl Sharron Francis, an airline caterer.

F VON	Von Ziegesar, Cecily	All I Want is Everything.
	It's Christmastime and Blair and Serena are best friends again and up to their old tricks- partying hard and breaking hearts from Park Avenue to the Caribbean.

F VON	Von Ziegesar, Cecily	Youâ€™re the One that I Want.
	After an agonizing wait for college acceptance letters, Blair, Serena, Nate, and their classmates at elite Manhattan prep schools discover that their college choice depends a lot on relationships--old and new.

F WES	Wescott, Glenway	The Pilgrim Hawk: a Love Story.
	A single afternoon in the life of an American expatriate drifting through a Europe caught in between wars. An arguing Irish couple provides a study in romantic discord, and the falcon they quarrel over serves as a mysterious, potent symbol.

F WIT	Wittlinger, Ellen.
	After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.

F YUR	Yurk, Amy	The Kind of Love that Saves You.
	A series of letters that form a scrapbook for an as-yet unborn child provides the framing device for this novel, which traces Sarah Strickland's difficult journey toward a hopeful future after her perfect marriage crumbles in a devastating loss.

SHORT STORIES

SC CAR	Cart, Michael	Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth.
	Teen romance comes in a wide assortment of flavors in this collection of original short stories by popular Young Adult authors.

SC ONE		One Hot Second: Stories About Desire.
	A collection of eleven stories by award-winning authors that explore the many varieties of teenage desire, including first crushes, first kisses and first times.