Category Archives: Romance
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The Agency: A Spy In the House by Y. S. Lee
Posted on December 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Mysteries, Romance, Young Adult/TeenA Spy In the House follows the adventures of a modern heroine set in a colorful Victorian atmosphere. Orphaned in early childhood, Mary Quinn becomes a pickpocket, then a house burglar. Mary is finally caught red-handed and sentenced to hang. She’s resigned to her fate since life holds little hope for her, but she’s rescued at the last moment [...]
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Daughters of the Sea
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Victoria in Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Young Adult/Teen> by Kathryn Lasky Hannah is the first book in Lasky’s Daughters of the Sea series. This series crosses over between upper elementary readers and young adults, with fantasy and romance elements set against a historical background. Hannah is a sympathetic, strong character who is raised in a home for orphans. When she’s 15, she goes [...]
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Entwined
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Melendra in Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult/Teen>By Heather Dixon In this compelling retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Azalea and her sisters are lost and confused when their mother dies. In his grief, their father the king pushes the girls away when they need him most. And their greatest joy, dancing, is forbidden as they are in mourning. Faced with the [...]
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A Ring of Endless Light
Posted on February 12, 2010 by Jennifer in My Favorite, Newbery, Romanceby Madeleine L’Engle This is one of my all-time favorite books. Vicky Austin and her family (from Meet the Austins) spend the summer on the island where Grandfather lives. Sadly, he is dying of leukemia, and death seems to be everywhere around Vicky. Her summer improves, though, as she helps her brother’s friend Adam with [...]
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Never Too Little to Love
Posted on February 11, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Picture Books, Romanceby Jeanne Willis This is a sweet little love story for your sweet little one. Tiny-Too-Little is a mouse who loves someone, and wants to give her a kiss. Problem is she’s really, really tall and he can’t reach, not even on his tiptoes on a thimble. So he keeps stacking stuff until he can [...]
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Stop Kissing Me!
Posted on February 11, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Picture Books, RomancePoor pink poodle can’t stand getting kisses from her friend Duck…but he just can’t stop! This book features a hilarious sound byte of a great big smooch just waiting to be pressed at every page turn. You’ll be giggling at the all slobbery smacks the Duck plants on her nose, back, paw, and lips. [...]
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Smitten, by David Gordon
Posted on January 14, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Picture Books, RomanceDavid Gordon’s book Smitten is the ultimate story of friendship. Mitton and Sock are both lost and alone, without their other halves. When they meet, they decide that searching for their other halves is in order, and they set out on an adventure involving a laundromat, a subway, and lots of accidents. In the end, [...]
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Princess of the Midnight Ball
Posted on November 14, 2009 by Victoria in fairy tales and folklore, RomancePrincess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica George An exciting version of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale, geared toward upper elementary readers. Queen Maude makes a deal with the King Under Stone to conceive, and is granted twelve baby girls in eleven years. But the princesses are doomed to wed the evil King’s sons [...]
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Tadpole’s Promise
Posted on November 13, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Picture Books, Romanceby Jeanne Willis I’m not sure if I’d say this book is for the hopelessly romantic or for the people with sarcastic, dark humor. I’m going with the hopelessly romantic because that is what I am. Tadpole’s Promise is a tragic love story that takes place in a pond between a tadpole and a [...]
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Boston Jane: An Adventure
Posted on October 9, 2009 by Jennifer in Adventure, Family Read-Aloud, Historical Fiction, My Favorite, Romanceby Jennifer L. Holm This is one of my favorite historical fiction novels because it is so fun to read. It is an exciting adventure with lots of humor and a fascinating storyline, and you learn about life in the 1840′s at the same time. Jane Peck is a carefree tomboy of a girl until [...]
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