EPL Picks - Teen - Romance
Annotation:High school seniors Sara and Tobey attempt to figure out what is important in life as they balance their preparations for their futures with their enjoyment of the present. Grade 8 - up
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Annotation:Everything was going fine for Audrey; hanging out with best friend Victoria, her new boyfriend James, and getting ready for her final year of high school. But then her ex-boyfriend Evan wrote a song about her that became a hit and was all she heard wherever she went. Audrey needs to find a way to get her life back without losing Victoria and James in the process. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Having an overprotective mother is a total drag, especially because Natalie has perfect behaviour! But when gorgeous family friend Carver Reed comes to live with her family, Natalie starts to challenge some of her mother's rules and set her own boundaries. Grade 8 - 10
Annotation:Dimple's parents are from India and she's spent years rebelling against their customs. Now everything from India is hip -- even her blonde best friend wears a bindi dot as an accessory. She also resents her parents setting her up with a "suitable" boy. Their first meeting is a disaster. But when they meet again in a club where he's the DJ, Dimple suddenly finds him suitable because of his sheer unsuitability. Grade 9 - up
Annotation:After seeing his ex-girlfriend at his band's show, Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes... which turns into a crazy all-night adventure filled with love, hate, food and great music. Grade 9 - up
Annotation:Falling in love at first sight was easy for Annabel and Esteban, a pampered Long Island girl and an illegal immigrant from Columbia, but it's not as easy to convince their families that they belong together. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:The gay kids and the straight kids get along just fine in this school. The quarterback is a cross-dresser and the cheerleaders ride Harleys -- yet the road to true love is still a strange and winding path, as Paul discovers when he meets the boy of his dreams. Grade 8 - up
Annotation:Zusanne's friends all think that Andy is perfect for her, but they don't realize that there is a big difference between being Chinese and Japanese. Of course there is... especially to their parents. When Zusanne and Andy really do start to like each other, can they learn to put aside their cultural differences? Grae 6 - 10
Annotation:After reading her mother's secret collection of romance novels during her parents' difficult separation, 17-year-old Evangeline Logan begins a quest for the perfect kiss. Grade 8 - up
Annotation:Elisa Cantor's love poems are famous. They're signed by the boys at Elisa's high school, who seek her verses to woo their girlfriends. When Theo Moses asks for a poem to court Lila, that request sets off a chain of unexpected events for Elisa. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends, and a boyfriend every girl drools over. So why is she unhappy? It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland in class for Lauren to figure out why, and she realizes she needs to make a choice before the decision is made for her. Grade 8 - up
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Falling in -- and out -- of love plays a major role in the lives of most teenagers. AS/LON
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