Romance Novels for Teens
compiled 10-25-06

Royally Jacked by Nikki Burnham
YA FIC BURN
When her mom announces she is gay and leaving to live with her girlfriend, fifteen-year-old Valerie reluctantly leaves behind her friends to move with her diplomat dad to Europe, where she falls for the prince of the palace.

Avalon High by Meg Cabot
YA FIC CABO
Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court.

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot
YA FIC CABO
When teenage heartthrob Luke Stryker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better.

Boy Proof by Cecil Castelluci
YA FIC CAST
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
YA FIC COHN
High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
YA FIC DESS
The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
YA FIC DESS
Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.

How Not to Spend Your Senior Year by Cameron Dokey
YA FIC DOKE
Jo O’Connor’s plan to blend in and not be noticed (since her family is in a witness protection plan) goes awry after she’s noticed by good-looking Alex Crawford.

Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle
YA SF/FAN DUNK
A powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen.

After Summer by Nick Earls
YA FIC EARL
An Australian teenager feels bored while vacationing at his mother's beach house and is worried about passing his final examinations until he meets an attractive local girl.

A Novel Idea by Aimee Friedman
YA FIC FRIE
Norah forms a book club and falls in love with James, one of the club's members, so she devises a plan using plots from cheesy romance novels (her secret addiction) to attract his attention.

Cupidity by Caroline Goode
YA FIC GOOD
When the gods of Mount Olympus send Cupid to an Ohio high school to help make the dreams of seventeen-year-old Laura Sweeney come true, things get a bit out of control when the old matchmaking tricks go awry.

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
YA FIC JOHN
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.

Love, Cajun Style by Diane Les Becquets
YA FIC LESB
Teenage Lucy learns about life and love with the help of her friends and saucy Tante Pearl over the course of one hot Louisiana summer before her senior year of high school.

Things You Either Hate or Love by Brigid Lowry
YA FIC LOWR
A cynical, overweight, and lonely Australian teenager spends her summer vacation making lists, eating comfort foods, and trying to earn enough money to attend a big rock concert.

Eva Underground by Dandi Daley Mackall
YA FIC MACK
In 1978, a high school senior is forced by her widowed father to move from their comfortable Chicago suburb to help with an underground education movement in communist Poland.

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
YA FIC MEYE
Isabella moves to Forks, Washington, to give her mother a chance to be with her new boyfriend. Her dad is happy to have her there, but Bella's not thrilled. And meeting Edward Cullen doesn't help her make up her mind; he's either the best or worst thing to ever happen to her. Or maybe both?

The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
YA FIC MORI
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.

Pulling Princes by Tyne O'Connell
YA FIC OCON
Hoping to become more popular at her elegant English boarding school, fifteen-year-old Californian Calypso Kelly invents a fake handsome boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit and skill at fencing may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome prince.

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
YA FIC SHUL
Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans, seem to fall for the same Mr. Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for a school musical.