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Eclipse
2007
by
Stephenie Meyer
Book 3 in the Twilight series. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger.
Grades 8 and up
related subjects:
High School, Love, Vampires
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New Moon
2006
by
Stephenie Meyer
Sequel to Twilight. Edward is afraid that his vampire lust for blood is putting his human girlfriend in danger.
576 pages,
Grades 8 and up
related subjects:
High School, Love, Vampires
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Fairest
2006
by
Gail Carson Levine
A retelling of the Snow White story.
336 pages,
Grades 6 and up
related subjects:
Princesses, Princes, Fairy Tales, Love, Singing
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Twilight
2005
by
Stephenie Meyer
Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced between desire and danger.
512 pages,
Grades 8 and up
related subjects:
High School, Love, Vampires
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Seven Tears into the Sea
2005
by
Francine Rose
At the age of ten, Gwen Cooke had a strange encounter with a boy with dark, slightly tilted eyes. He came to her on the beach, whispered strange words in her ear, and then disappeared. Shortly thereafter, her family moved away from their seaside home and Gwen never saw the boy again. Now seventeen, Gwen is returning to her childhood home. Perhaps the memory of the boy and his haunting words are drawing her back to the place they met. Perhaps it's time for her to face her destiny.
288 pages
, Grades 8 and up
related subjects:
Mermaids & Selkies, Love
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Cupidity
2005
by
Caroline Goode
High school senior, Laura Sweeney has never had a date. She needs a proven "get the guy" strategy. Luckily she knows exactly the expert to call. He's a matchmaking mastermind who actually has the bow and arrow to prove it. Let's just call him...Cupid.
288 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
High School, Funny, Love, Mythology
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Princess Academy
2005
by
Shannon Hale
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
250 pages,
Grades 5 and up
related subjects:
Princesses, Love, Singing
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No Shame, No Fear
2004
by
Ann Turnbull
In 17th century England, Susanna, a young Quaker servant girl, falls in love with seventeen-year-old Will, an apprentice from a wealthy family. With Quakers being persecuted and imprisoned, can their bond survive, no matter what?
304 pages,
Grades 6 and up
related subjects:
17th Century, Love
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Teenage Mermaid
2003
by
Ellen Schreiber
Fifteen-year-old Spencer falls in love with Lilly, a mermaid who rescues him from drowning and who returns to land to find him.
150 pages,
Grades 5-7
related subjects:
High School, Love, Mermaids & Selkies
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East
2003
by
Edith Pattou
Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks her to come away with him--in exchange for health and prosperity for her family--she agrees. The bear takes Rose to an enchanted castle, where each night she is confronted with a mystery. A retelling of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon."
400 pages,
Grades 5 and up
related subjects:
Fairy Tales, Love, Witches
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Once Upon a Marigold
2002
by
Jean Ferris
A young man leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father the king.
288 pages,
Grades 4-7
related subjects:
Funny, Love, Princesses
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Zazoo
2001
by
Richard Mosher
A thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" falls in love for the first time, and discovers old family secrets from World War II.
224 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
World War II, Love, Grandparents
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Troy
2001
by
Adele Geras
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
352 pages,
Grades 8 and up
related subjects:
Ancient Greece, Love, Mythology, Sisters
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Aquamarine
2001
by
Alice Hoffman
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.
105 pages,
Grades 5-7
related subjects:
Best Friends, Love, Mermaids & Selkies
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Four Stupid Cupids
2000
by
Gregory Maguire
The students' scheme to find a love match for their beloved teacher on Valentine's Day turns into a comedy of errors when four stupid cupids from Ancient Greece try to help.
192 pages,
Grades 3-5
related subjects:
Funny, Love
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Sirena
1998
by
Donna Jo Napoli
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.
210 pages,
Grades 6 and up
related subjects:
Ancient Greece, Love, Mermaids & Selkies, Mythology
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Ella Enchanted
1997
by
Gail Carson Levine
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
256 pages,
Grades 3-6
related subjects:
Fairy Tales, Love
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Rose Daughter
1997
by
Robin McKinley
A retelling of "Beauty and the Beast".
320 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
Fairy Tales, Love
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Zel
1996
by
Donna Jo Napoli
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.
227 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
Fairy Tales, Love, Mothers, Witches
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Thwonk
1995
by
Joan Bauer
A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.
224 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
High School, Funny, Love, Mythology
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Children of the River
1989
by
Linda Crew
Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.
224 pages,
Grades 7 and up
related subjects:
Cambodia, High School, Love
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Beauty
1978
by
Robin McKinley
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay, and through her love, releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
256 pages,
Grades 5 and up
related subjects:
Fairy Tales, Love
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