Relationship Reads

Danny Constantino's first (and maybe last?) date / Paul Acampora

Between going to the middle school dance with his celebrity crush and watching his mom campaign to be the next town mayor, Danny has a lot to learn about life in the spotlight.

The quantum weirdness of the almost-kiss / Amy Noelle Parks

Evie has always been too occupied with her love of math and bouts of anxiety to want to date. By senior year, Evie is feeling braver and has a meet-cute with the new guy. Evie’s best friend Caleb, whose a bit in love with her, tries to capture her interest online. Suddenly Evie goes from no romance to a possible love triangle.

Happily ever afters / Elise Bryant

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. The only place she's a leading lady is in her own writing--of swoony love stories. When she’s accepted into a prestigious writing program and loses her creativity, it takes an unexpected love to bring it back.

Rent a boyfriend / Gloria Chao

Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn’t met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your ‘Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents.

So, this is Christmas / Tracy Andreen

When the boy she tricked into believing that Christmas was an idyllic holiday paradise arrives on her grandmother’s doorstep, Finley must make sure he gets the Christmas he was promised, and finds something unexpected: love.

Counting down with you / Tashie Bhuiyan

Karina has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents 'rules' even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, she expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything.

Does my body offend you? / Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt

When outspoken feminist rebel Ruby stands up for Malena, a girl being humiliated into covering up, they become the leaders of the school’s dress code rebellion, which forces them to face their own insecurities, biases, privileges and the ups-and-downs of newfound friendship.

Dating makes perfect / Pintip Dunn

After her older twin sisters refuse to develop serious relationships in college, Winnie's traditional-minded Thai parents decide she must practice dating under their supervision, and set her up with the arrogant son of family friends.

Excuse me while I ugly cry / Joya Goffney

Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing.

What I like about you / Marisa Kanter

When Halle Levitt arrives to spend senior year in her grandfather's small town, she meets Nash, her online best friend who thinks her online persona, Kels, is as confident and popular as he is.

Four days of you and me / Miranda Kenneally

Every May 7, the students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. From their freshman year visit to an escape room through a senior adventure in London, Lulu and Alex transition from sworn enemies to more than friends and trying to figure out how to manage a long-distance relationship.

Six angry girls / Adrienne Kisner

When her promising senior year is upended by devastating setbacks, including her expulsion from the Mock Trial team, Raina finds a new sense of purpose at a politically active craft store, where she becomes inspired to create a rival all-girls team.

Family of liars / E. Lockhart

Carrie tells the story of another summer, another generation, with a fiery, addicted heiress and an irresistible, unpredictable boy plunged into a world of unforgivable betrayal, secrets and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars.

Beauty and the besharam / Lillie Vale

Kavya has always been told she’s a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In a word: besharam. And no one brings out her competitive spirit more than Ian, her former friend-turned rival. Her friends decide to settle the years-long feud over the summer with a series of challenges...But as the competition heats up, so too does the romantic tension.

Better than the movies / Lynn Painter

When Liz enlists help from her cute but annoying next-door neighbor, Wes, in the hope of snagging an unlikely prom date with Michael, a crush who has just moved back into town, Liz discovers that she is becoming more attracted to her mischievous new friend.

Today tonight tomorrow / Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours they have left as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry.

The summer of lost letters / Hannah Reynolds

The discovery of a packet of old letters sends seventeen-year-old Abby to Nantucket to unravel a family mystery about her grandmother's past, but things get complicated when Abby meets the cute grandson of a prominent family who wants to stop her from investigating.

Last chance books / Kelsey Rodkey

Working at her family's independent bookstore the summer before she leaves for college, Madeline is determined to make the store succeed when she discovers that her crush, Jasper, works at the competing chain bookstore across the street.

When you were everything / Ashley Woodfolk

When her friendship with Layla implodes beyond repair, Cleo pursues other relationships before she is assigned to tutor her former friend and forced to come to terms with her choices.

The library will be closed Sunday, April 9 in observance of the Easter holiday.

Danny Constantino’s first (and maybe last?) date / Paul Acampora