Others: Leaning positive Fame and success come at a cost for Natasha "Tash" Zelenka when she creates the web series "Unhappy Families," a modern adaptation of Anna Karenina--written by Tash's eternal love Leo Tolstoy.
Genres: romance, young adult
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Nicola Yoon
2016 · 384 pages · 22 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveNatasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story. Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
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Claire Kann
2018 · 304 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveIn this young adult novel, Alice, afraid of explaining her asexuality, has given up on finding love until love finds her. Alice's last girlfriend, Margo, ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual. Now Alice is sure she's done with dating... and then she meets Takumi. She can't stop thinking about him or the rom-com-grade romance feelings she did not ask for. When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge, Alice has to decide if she's willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated-- or understood.
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Jerry Spinelli
2000 · 192 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveA celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Ages 12+ Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body. But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl's arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her. In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
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Nina LaCour
2001 · 256 pages · 2 reviews
Others: NegativeMark and Kate sit next to each other in school but are barely acquainted until they meet at a San Francisco club during Pride Week and connect over each one's forbidden love.
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Courtney Stevens
2017 · 368 pages · 4 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveAs the tomboy daughter of the town’s preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She’d rather wear sweats, build furniture, and get into trouble with her solid group of Woods, Mash, Davey, Fifty, and Janie Lee. But when Janie Lee confesses to Billie that she’s in love with Woods, Billie’s filled with a nagging sadness as she realizes that she is also in love with Woods…and maybe with Janie Lee, too. Always considered “one of the guys,” Billie doesn’t want anyone slapping a label on her sexuality before she can understand it herself. So she keeps her conflicting feelings to herself, for fear of ruining the group dynamic. Except it’s not just about keeping the peace, it’s about understanding love on her terms—this thing that has always been defined as a boy and a girl falling in love and living happily ever after. For Billie—a box-defying dynamo—it’s not that simple.
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Stephanie Perkins
2014 · 321 pages · 4 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love"-- These 12 tales of holiday romance, from the surreal to the intensely true-to-life, are authored by twelve popular YA authors, including Holly Black, Laini Taylor, Matt de la Peña and others. Some texts contain profanity and sexual situations. "Midnights" by Rainbow Rowell "The Lady and the Fox" by Kelly Link "Angels in the Snow" by Matt de la Peña "Polaris Is Where You'll Find Me" by Jenny Han "It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown" by Stephanie Perkins "Your Temporary Santa" by David Levithan "Krampuslauf" by Holly Black "What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth?" by Gayle Forman "Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus" by Myra McEntire "Welcome to Christmas, CA" by Kiersten White "Star of Bethlehem" by Ally Carter "The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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MixedWhich is actually the very first book i read in 2020 and i gave it 3 out of 5 stars. I liked it and then there was parts i didn't like about it and i don't even remember what the parts were that i didn't like. Anyways, she belongs in: renegade.
Loved itI read this book as a narc in February and I still remember the first time I was reading through it I just like I would cry I was so emotional like I felt seen
