The bridesmaid by Hailey Abbott (2005)Having vowed as children to never marry after witnessing many disastrous weddings and obnoxious brides in their parents' wedding planning business, fifteen-year-old Abby is dismayed when her older sister Carol suddenly gets engaged and turns into "Bridezilla." (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Cecilia's year by Susan Gonzales Abraham (2004)Nearly fourteen and poor, Ceclia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher until her mother's old-fashioned ideas about a woman's place threaten her dreams.

Little women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)In picturesque 19th-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)The story centers around the charming and vibrant Elizabeth Bennett, one of five sisters whose family circumstance dictates that they marry well, and the misunderstandings that can result--sometimes hilariously--from hasty judgements. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

The secret identity of Devon Delaney by Lauren Barnholdt (2007)A seemingly harmless lie that she is popular and dating the most sought after guy in school sets off a chain reaction for Devon when she must find a way to live up to the popular image she touted.

Hope was here by Joan Bauer (2000)When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

Squashed by Joan Bauer (1992)As a sixteen-year-old pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Thwonk by Joan Bauer (1995)A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

24 girls in 7 days by Alex Bradley (2005)Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date to the prom. Or so he thinks. Percy and Natalie, Jack's so-called best friends, post an ad in the classified section of the online version of the school newspaper. They figure it couldn't hurt. After all, there's not much in this world sadder than Jack's love life. Soon Percy and Natalie have assembled a list of girls eager to go to the prom with Jack, including one mysterious girl known only as FancyPants. He has just seven days to meet and date them before he will ask one special girl to the prom. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

The sisterhood of the traveling pants by Ann Brashares (2001)During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)An orphan girl's progress from custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a compelling exploration of the mysteries of the human heart. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1847)"Over a hundred and fifty years after its initial publication, Emily Bronte's turbulent portrayal of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, two northern English households nearly destroyed by violent passions in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, continues to provoke and fascinate readers. Heathcliff remains one of the best-known characters in the English novel, and Catherine Earnshaw's impossible choice between two rivals retains its appeal for contemporary readers. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

All-American girl by Meg Cabot (2002)A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Avalon High by Meg Cabot (2006)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. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Nicola and the viscount by Meg Cabot (2002)An irresistible love story from the bestselling author. Every girl in Regency London wants to make a good match. Nicola thinks she has done just that with the fabulously wealthy Viscount Sebastian Bartholomew. Turns out she's wrong, and it may be too late. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Victoria and the rogue by Meg Cabot (2003)Growing up in India, 16-year-old heiress Lady Victoria Arbutnot is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband.

The princess diaries by Meg Cabot (2000)Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you by Ally Carter (2006)As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.

Cross my heart and hope to spy by Ally Carter (2007)Cammie Morgan is a CIA legacy and attends the premier school in the world...for spies. The school hosts some mysterious guests with the code name Blackthorne. When Cammie is blamed for a security breach that threatens to expose the school's top secret status, she and her friends face danger to clear Cammie's name and learn the truth about Blackthorne.

The real thing by Elizabeth Chandler (2008)

Puppy love by Jenny Collins (2007)Allie finds herself attracted to Jack, even though she thinks he is arrogant, and he is also dating "Megan-the-Mega-Snob." (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Fifteen love by Robert Corbet (2003)Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player, each relate their feelings about each other, school, friends, and family troubles as they struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Absolutely normal chaos by Sharon Creech (1997)Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Seventeenth summer by Maureen Daly (1968)Written in 1942, this novel has captured readers' hearts for over 50 years. It's both a timeless romance and a period piece, making it an "utterly enchanting book--one which rings true and sweet and fresh and sound" (" (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

The boyfriend trick by Stephie Davis (2007)Lily Gardner has big problems: two fake boyfriends, a huge crush, and no date to the upcoming dance. What's a girl to do?

Playing the field by Stephie Davis (2008)

A novel idea by Aimee Friedman (2006)Norah forms a book club and falls in love with James, one of the club's members. Required reading has never been so hot. Once upon a time there was a Brooklyn hipster named Norah. Unlucky in love, and short on extracurriculars for her college apps, Norah decided to start a book group. She knew the perfect locale -- a local indie bookstore with a crush-worthy cutie manning the soy latte counter. When the first meeting arrives, Norah gets a page-turning surprise. The attendees may be bookish, but there are also a few hotties! Most noteworthy: sweet, literary James. He's like a modern Jane Austen hero.... Only, how to snag him? Ever the romantic heroine, Norah devises a secret plan. And if it works, Norah may just find her "Happily Ever After" love story. The End.

My not-so-terrible time at the Hippie Hotel by Rosemary Graham (2003)Forced to go with her father to a house on Cape Cod where divorced parents spend "Together Time" with their kids, teenaged Tracy finds the experience bearable after meeting a local boy named Kevin.

Trust me by Rachel Hawthorne (2007)This new romance series for tween girls is innocent and clean, yet savvy and contemporary. Jess's "trust partner" for counselor training is none other than her camp rival Sean, who's totally untrustworthy. Yet when she's around him, Jess isn't so sure she can trust her own heart.

Boston Jane: an adventure by Jennifer L. Holm (2001)Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Life, love, and the pursuit of free throws by Rallison Janette (2004)High school freshmen Josie and Cami try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Mable Riley : a reliable record of humdrum, peril, and romance by Marthe Jocelyn (2004)In 1901, fourteen-year-old Mable Riley dreams of being a writer and having adventures while stuck in Perth County, Ontario, assisting her sister in teaching school and secretly becoming friends with a neighbor who holds scandalous opinions on women's rights. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

It had to be you by Sabrina Jordan (2007)Emma Miller was chosen to be the anonymous freshman advice columnist, Dear Daisy, at North Marshall High School, but finds herself needing advice on how to begin a relationship with a "very cute guy" new neighbor. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Ella enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (1997)In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Mongomery (1995)Arriving on the train from the orphanage, Anne was enchanted by the green beauty of Prince Edward Island. She was an awkward, redheaded girl with a worn suitcase and a heart yearning for love. Was the little town on Avonlea, and the house called Green Gables, to be her new home? To Anne's dismay, it was all a mistake. It was true that the old couple who lived at Green Gables had requested a child from the orphanage. But they had asked for a boy! Anne did the only sensible thing. She burst into tears.... Thus begins the story of Anne of Green Gables, which continues in Anne of Avonlea. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery (1994)In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, the engaging orphan, just "half-past sixteen," becomes a schoolma'am in a small village on Prince Edward Island. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Anne of the island by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1984)The third novel in the "Anne of Green Gables" saga, "Anne of the Island" is the story of Anne's attendance of Redmond College in Kingsport, following the leaving of her teaching post at Avonlea. This novel follows Anne from age eighteen to twenty-one and continues the tale of Lucy M. Montgomery's most popular and well-loved character.

Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery (1973)As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her delicious triumphs.

Rainbow Valley by L. M. Montgomery (1992)The Meredith kids join Anne's children in their private hideout to carry out their plans to save Mary from the orphange, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster. There's a storm brewing in sunny world of Rainbow Valley.

Emily climbs by L. M. Montgomery (1989)In the second volume of the celebrated Emily trilogy, Lucy Maud Montgomery traces the often stormy course of Emily Starr's life as she moves from the world of childhood into that of school and adolescence. Emily Climbs unsentimentally reveals the world of the young as it really is -- with its great moments of unalloyed wonder and joy, as well as its cruelty and suffering. It is a vivid, heartfelt portrait of youth and the road to maturity.

Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery (1989)Lucy Maud Montgomery has been beloved by generations of readers for her Anne of Green Gables stories. In the celebrated Emily trilogy, (of which Emily of New Moon is the first book) Montgomery draws a more realistic portrait of a young girl's life on Prince Edward Island. The twin threads of bright and dark, love and cruelty, hope and despair intertwine in a pattern as significant as it is enduring (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Anne's house of dreams by L. M. Montgomery (1972)Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, he and Anne are about to speak their vows. They will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house on the purple shores of Four Winds.

The unlikely romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer (1995)Seventeen-year-old Kate hopes for romance when her older brother's friend Richard comes to stay at their house during Christmas vacation.

A couple of kooks : and other stories about love by Cynthia Rylant (1990)

Anahita's woven riddle by Meghan Nuttall Sayres (2006)In Iran, more than 100 years ago, a young girl with three suitors gets permission from her father and a holy man to weave into her wedding rug a riddle to be solved by her future husband, which will ensure that he has wit to match hers.

Flavor of the week by Tucker Shaw (2003)Cyril, an overweight boy who is good friends with Rose but wishes he could be more, helps his best friend Nick woo her with culinary masterpieces which Cyril himself secretly creates. Includes recipes from the story.

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman (2006)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. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Accidental love by Gary Soto (2006)After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (2000)In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (2007)Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

If we kiss by Rachel Vail (2006)Fourteen-year-old Charlie feels guilty because she has a crush on her best friend's boyfriend, and her loyalties become even more confused when she discovers that her mother is dating the boyfriend's father. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Popularity contest by Rachel Vail (2000)Zoe's running for class president again. Only this year, everything's going wrong. Tommy, the boy she has a crush on, has nominated someone to run against her. And Morgan is still mad at her for stealing her best friend. But the election isn't supposed to be a popularity contest, right?

My Angelica by Carol Lynch Williams (1999)Fifteen-year-old Sage is enthusiastic about submitting her historical romance novel to the school creative writing contest, but her would-be boyfriend George thinks that it is awful and tries to stop her.

Girls in love by Jacqueline Wilson (2002)Ellie's starting ninth grade and she's got some very definite goals. She'll stay best friends with Magda and Nadine. She'll go on a diet and stick to it. She'll get a glamorous hairstyle. And she'll get a boyfriend. Even if she has to settle for one who likes her more than she likes him. Any guy will do, right? (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Girls out late by Jacqueline Wilson (2002)Thirteen-year-old Ellie misses curfew by going to a park with a boy she just met, gets caught lying to her father and stepmother, and is put in a dangerous situation in London by her two best friends. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Girls under pressure by Jacqueline Wilson (2003)Ellie learns to deal with her self-image as she battles anorexia. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

Girls in tears by Jacqueline Wilson (2002)In the final volume of this quartet, Ellie breaks the best friends' rule and puts Russell before Magda and Nadine. She and Russell are going to last forever--at least that's what she thinks until everything goes wrong. To make matters worse, she can't count on Magda and Nadine.Winner of the Children's Book of the Year Award in England. (View First Chapter/Excerpt)

If you come softly by Jacqueline Woodson (1998)After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.