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• The Big Ask

  Green, Simon James,

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  Harvey is popular, cool, plays soccer, and has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Summer for as long as anyone can remember. Alfie is not popular, not cool, has a sick note so he doesn’t have to play any sport, and has been in a relationship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 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.

• Promchanted

  Matson, Morgan,

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  While at Disneyland before prom, Stella and Reece push through a hidden door in Sleeping Beauty’s castle and find themselves in the middle of the story, which throws things off, and they must put aside their differences to get the fairytale back on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prom Babies

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  A multi-generational novel beginning with three teen girls who become pregnant on prom night, and picking up as their three teens head to prom eighteen years later.

• 10 Things I Hate About Prom

  Rose, Elle Gonzalez,

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  There are more than ten things to hate about prom, but the worst thing is when your lovable best friend wants to go with someone else.

• Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay

  McWilliams, Kelly,

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  High school senior Harriet is still grappling with her mother's death when an unwanted property sale causes her to join forces with her new neighbor to stop Belle Grove Plantation from turning into a wedding venue.

• Promposal

  Garrett, RaeChell,

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  When the school of her dreams puts on her on the wait list, Autumn enlists the help of a former crush turned rival to form a promposal service in hopes of impressing the admissions committee.

• As You Walk on by

  Winters, Julian,

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  After a disastrous promposal at a party, seventeen-year-old Theo has an existential crisis upstairs in an empty bedroom, but as the night progresses, various classmates also seek refuge from the party, and Theo finds he is not as alone as he thinks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions

  Dhillon, Navdeep Singh,

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  When Mindi Vang steals his notebook filled with rash decisions on prom night, Sunny chases after her and has an unexpected all-night adventure filled with reckless, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions.

• The Weight of Blood

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it.

• Better Than the Movies

  Painter, Lynn,

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  Michael, to whom Liz Buxbaum gave her heart long ago, has returned but to get his attention and, perhaps, a prom date she must scheme with her nemesis Wes, her next-door neighbor.

• Once Upon a K-prom

  Cho, Kat,

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  Instead of going to prom, seventeen-year-old Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center, and she is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend--who is now a K-pop superstar--returns to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night When No One Had Sex

  Miller, Kalena,

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  Told from alternating perspectives and group chats, a prom night sex pact goes awry for seven friends as they navigate friendships and relationships, embrace the uncertainty of life after high school, and search for a lost cat.

• The Sky Blues

  Couch, Robbie,

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  Seventeen-year-old Sky, openly gay but under the radar, decides to make a splashy Promposal but his plans are leaked by an anonymous, homophobic hacker, moving his classmates to help him expose the perpetrator.

• Prom House

  Mueller, Chelsea,

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  Ten people are invited to share a prom house at the Jersey Shore for the weekend. Every one of them has a secret . . . and when one by one they begin to die, panic ensues. Could somebody's prom date also be . . . a killer?

• You Should See Me in a Crown

  Johnson, Leah (Young adult author),

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  Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, but when a music scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prom Theory

  LaBar, Ann,

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  Iris Oxtabee, who has Nonverbal Learning Disability, decides to prove love is simply chemistry by getting popular, newly-single Theo Grant to ask her to prom--complicating her friendship with Seth.

• Pumpkin

  Murphy, Julie, 1985-

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  Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.

• Spin Me Right Round

  Valdes Greenwood, David,

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  Luis just wants to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" high school hasn't allowed since an incident ages ago. Not after what happened to Chaz Wilson-- back when Luis's parents were in high school. Then a hit on the head knocks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid

  Hattemer, Kate,

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  Jemima Kincaid is a feminist. Her private school is laden with problematic traditions, but the worst of all is prom. The girls have to wait for promposals, and only the hetero kids even go. When Jemima is named to Senior Triumvirate, alongside…Read moreRead more of this annotation