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• When Love Gives You Lemons

  Salvatore, Steven,

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  Ever since he was a kid, Fielder Lemon's large, opinionated Italian-American family has lived next to Ricky DeLuca and his large, opinionated Italian-American family. For almost as long, Fielder has known that he wants to marry Ricky one day. And he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Started It

  Khalilieh, Jackie,

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  Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She's made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Another Meet Cute

  Nguyen, Jenn P.,

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  When seventeen-year-old Nina Riley gets saved by a super cute boy during the most disastrous hike known to man, she wasn't looking for a meet cute. Unfortunately, he disappears before she can properly thank him or get his number. All she has is his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All-nighter

  Vinesse, Cecilia,

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  Autumn Povitsky is a high-achieving, booked and busy, straight-A nightmare. She's currently having a crisis of self--she needs a fake ID ASAP--but because she's a total square, she has no idea where to get one. Enter buzzcut hottie Tara Esposito.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A First Time for Everything

  Walther, K. L.

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  Madeline has always been extremely close to her family, so she is shocked when her older brother gets engaged without including them (or even giving them a heads up!). Mads has never been the biggest fan of his fiancée, Katie, so in order to remain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Thought I'd End Up Here

  Liang, Ann,

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  After making a cultural blunder at her cousin's wedding, seventeen-year-old Leah travels to China to connect with her roots and winds up falling for a former classmate on the trip, who she previously blamed for ruining her life.

• 13 Days of Summer

  Strohm, Stephanie Kate,

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  Three eighteen-year-old best friends embark on a cross-country adventure to see Taylor Swift, but when they pick up a charming, mysterious hitchhiker, love and tensions threaten to unravel their friendship before the concert.

• Always Be My Bibi

  Taslim, Priyanka

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  Clueless meets Jenna Evans Welch in this young adult rom-com about a spoiled American teenager who faces some major culture shock—and potential romance—when she jets off to Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding.

• Call Your Boyfriend

  Cole, Olivia A.,

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  When high school seniors Beau and Charm both get their hearts broken by the ultrapopular Maia, they devise a plan to have her get dumped for once, but as they spend more time together they discover something that might be sweeter than revenge.

• This Day Changes Everything

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  A new whirlwind rom-com about two queer teens who spend one life-changing day together in New York City. Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high school marching band is about to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

  Avachat, Arushi,

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  Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and best of all, Arya’s sister Alina is home. The Khannas are together again, finally, and Arya wants to enjoy it. So she stifles her lingering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Getaway List

  a Novel

  Lord, Emma,

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  Moving to NY for the summer, Riley reunites with childhood best friend Tom, the co-creator of The Getaway List that enumerates all the adventures they’ve wanted to do together, and discovers the biggest adventure of all as they work their way…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Didn't See That Coming

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  Playing anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players, 17-year-old gamer girl Kiki Sirega, whose online best friend doesn't know her true identity since they've never met in real life, unwittingly transfers to his school where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Like Me Better

  Weber, Robby,

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  This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack’s left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him. Now he’s trading parties and beach days for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

  Croucher, Lex,

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  Forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run up to their nuptials, Arthur and Gwendoline, betrothed since birth, discover they make better allies than enemies as they cover for each other so they can pursue their real romantic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free Radicals

  Riesen, Lila,

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  Sixteen-year-old Mafi Shahin is well-aware that life is not always fair. If it was fair, her parents might allow her to hang out with a member of the male species, other than her cat Mr. Meowgi. If it was fair, her crush and basketball hottie Jalen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Time It's Real

  Liang, Ann (Young adult author),

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  Constantly uprooted by her mother’s consulting career, 17-year-old Eliza Lin has lived in six countries and attended 12 elite schools. After years of impermanence, Eliza struggles to fit in anywhere, and feels that her senior year at Westbridge…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday I'm in Love

  Garrett, Camryn,

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  Deciding to throw herself an epic coming out party with singing, dancing and rainbow cake, 16-year-old Mahalia Harris finds herself buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork and enough drama that could end her party before it even begins.

• Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

  Bryant, Elise,

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  Pretending to be someone they're not, Delilah, who is unable to open up, and Reggie, a D&D Dungeon Master who is role-playing someone confident, fall for a version of each other that doesn't really exist when fate keeps throwing them together.

• Right Where I Left You

  Winters, Julian,

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  School’s out, senior year is over, and Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won’t have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be left to make friends on his…Read moreRead more of this annotation