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Forever… a Novel, by Judy Blume
(YA fic)
Two high school seniors believe their love is so strong that it will last forever.

Princess in Love, by Meg Cabot
(YA fic)
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 Genova.

Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, edited by Michael Cart
(YA fic ss)

Both Sides of Time, by Caroline Coony
(YA fic)
He summer after her senior year, Annie, wishing she could have lived 100 years ago in a more romantic time, finds herself in the 1890s, and it is indeed romantic and very painful.

Summer of My German Soldier by, Bette Greene
(YA fic)
Sheltering an escaped prisoner of war is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a 12-year-old girl in Arkansas during the 1940s.

Belle and the Beau, by Beverly Jenkins
(YA fic)
An "Avon True Romance" set in 1859.

The Hunting of the Last Dragon, by Sherryl Jordan
(YA fic)
In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.

Postcards from No Man's Land, by Aiden Chambers
(YA fic)
The book alternates between two stories: contemporarily, 17-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother; and historically, 19-year-old Geetrui relates her experience of the British soldiers' attempts to liberate Holland from German occupation.

Deliver us From Evie, by M.E. Kerr
(YA fic)
Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads, through their rural Missouri town, that his older sister is a lesbian. Parr's sister leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town banker.

The Silver Kiss, by Annette Curtis Klause
(YA fic)
A mysterious teenage boy, harboring a dark secret, helps Zoe come to terms with her mother's terminal illness.

Don't Die My Love, by Lurlene McDaniel
(YA fic)
Luke asked Julie to marry him in the sixth grade. Now they are in high school and are deeply in love. When Luke becomes seriously ill, the couple wonder if their love can survive, now and forever.

How I Spent My Last Night on Earth, by Todd Strasser
(YA fic)
When a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy Earth, Legs Hanover scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams, the elusive Andros Bliss.

What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
(YA fic)
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys, as she searches for Mr. Right

Nerdlandia, by Gary Soto
(YA812 S718 1999)
A humorous play in which Martin, a Chicano nerd, undergoes a transformation, with the help of his friends, and experiences true love. The book includes a glossary of Spanish words and phrases used in the dialogue.

Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
(YA fic)
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, and eccentric student, named Stargirl, changes Mica High School forever

Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger.
(YA fic)
After starting to publish a zine, in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, 16-year-old John meets and unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.

If You Come Softly, by Jacqueline Woodson (YA fic)
After meeting at their private school in New York, 15-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.