Rajurkar, Anuradha D.

Summary: Rani Kelkar never lied to her parents-- until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in-- his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art-- make him her mother's worst nightmare. When Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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Menon, Sandhya

Summary: Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020

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Ahmed, Samira

Summary: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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Charaipotra, Sona

Summary: At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022

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Ireland, Meredith

Summary: Kelsie and Eric, rivals for valedictorian, team up to go on an overnight road trip to the University of Pennsylvania to win back their exes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

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Hussain, Anika

Summary: Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024

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Wasson, Brian

Summary: "Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He keeps his prices reasonable, his inventory fresh, and himself out of the drama. But when a heartbroken Sterling Glistern, Kal's longtime crush, barges into the storage closet where he keeps his candy supply, a new source of income unexpectedly presents itself: relationship therapist. He only...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Reyes, Sonora

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2022

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Aceves, Aaron H.

Summary: Enrique "Quique" Luna has one goal this summer--get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Never mind that he's only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Never mind that he has absolutely zero game. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is leaving L.A. for the summer to meet a girl his parents are trying to set him...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2022

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Kann, Claire

Summary: 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 herblissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge, Alice has to decide if she's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2018

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Weatherspoon, Rebekah

Summary: At sixteen, Bethany Greene has never had a boyfriend, date, or first kiss. She's determined to change, and agrees to Homecoming to go with her best friend's boyfriend Jacob Yeun: a platonic date is better than no date, right? The Jacob's girlfriend breaks up with him. Dumped twice in two months, Jacob decides to make the best of an awkward situation. They decide to fake date for practice,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2023

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Rowe, Kelis

Summary: Sparks fly when teens Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis, but these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022

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Forest, Kristina

Summary: While on a school trip to the Poconos Mountains (in the middle of a storm) high school seniors, Zyla Matthews and Kai Johnson, run away together leaving their friends and family confused. As far as everyone knows, Zyla and Kai have been broken up for months. And honestly? Their break up hadn't surprised anyone. Zyla and Kai met while working together at an amusement park the previous summer,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2022

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Morris, Brittney

Summary: An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019

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Lewis, Britney S.

Summary: After her mother's sudden death, sixteen-year-old dancer Zharie Young begins seeing zombies, and when she meets an undead boy, he helps her understand how love can change someone--for good or for dead.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022

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LaDelle, Ebony

Summary: Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022

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Yoon, Nicola

Summary: "Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began ... and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Liang, Ann

Summary: Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, she gains the approval of her classmates at her new international school in Beijing, and a career-launching internship opportunity at her favorite magazine. Unfortunately, Eliza's essay is completely fiction. All good writing is lying, right? To hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with an actor in her class, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023

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Yen, Jennifer

Summary: Smart, kind, and pretty, Liza Yang dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But her mom compares her to older sister Jeannie, and sees Liza as stubborn, rebellious, and determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. The one thing they agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021

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Saeed, Aisha

Summary: "Naila's conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: she may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up--but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating--even friendship with a boy--is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015

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Houck, Colleen.

Summary: Kelsey returns home to Oregon, where Mr. Kadam has enrolled her in college, but danger sends her back to India to begin another quest, this time with Kishan, to try to break the curse that forces Kisham and his brother Ren to live as tigers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2011

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Dunn, Pintip

Summary: The Tech sisters don't date in high school-- because they're not allowed. Until now. Six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, 'Why aren't you engaged yet?' Her traditional Thai parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin (aka 'Winnie'), must practice fake dating in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of course-- and organized based on their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC 2020

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Dugan, Jennifer

Summary: A baseball pitcher and a student umpire fall for one another against league regulations and must keep it secret.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024

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