Forbidden Love

In this retelling of the story of the Garden of Eden, the Serpent teaches Eve everything from her own name to why she should eat the forbidden fruit, and then leaves her with Adam and her knowledge.

 

Black, Holly. Tithe

 

Sephy is a Cross:  a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Naught:  a "colorless" member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood, but in their world, Naughts and Crosses don't mix.

 

Clare, Cassandra.  City of Bones

Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, 15-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster

 

Dole, Mayra, Lazare.  Down to the Bone

Laura, a 17-year-old Cuban American girl, is thrown out of her house when her mother discovers she is a lesbian, but Laura finally comes to terms with who she is and learns to love and respect herself.

 

Draper, Sharon.  Romiette and Julio

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, meet on the internet and discover that they attend the same high school, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

 

Elkeles, Simone.  Perfect Chemistry

When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.

 

Freyman-Weyr. Garret.   Stay with Me

When her sister kills herself, 16-old Leila goes looking for a reason and, instead, discovers great love, her family's true history, and what her own place in it is.

 

Gallagher, Liz.    Opposite of Invisible

Artistic Seattle high school sophomore Alice decides to emerge from her cocoon and date a football player, causing a rift with her best friend, a boy who wants to be more than just friends.

Gray, Claudia.   Evernight

16-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Lucas, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca's entire world.

 

Green, John.  Paper Towns

One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting girl next door takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

 

Hickey, Caroline.  Isabelle’s Boyfriend

Taryn meets the perfect guy, but finds out he is dating someone else. She befriends his girlfriend, until she realizes the hurt she has caused her old friends.

 

Hurley, Tonya.  Ghostgirl

After dying, Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt. Despite what she learns in her alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams.

 

Jenkins, A.M.   Beating Heart

Following his parents' divorce, 17-year-old Evan moves with his mother and sister into an old house where the spirit of a teenager who died there awakens and mistakes him for her long-departed lover.

 

Klause, Annette Curtis.  Blood and Chocolate

Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where and with whom she belongs.

 

Koja, Kathe.  Kissing the Bee

The stress of finishing high school and preparing for college is compounded for Dana when she realizes that her best friend’s boyfriend might actually prefer a humble "worker bee" like herself.

 

Korman, Gordon.   Son of the Mob   

Vince Luca’s father heads a powerful crime organization. When Vince finally meets a girl, her father turns out to be the FBI agent who wants to put his father away.

 

Lyga, Barry.   Boy Toy
After 5 years of fighting his way past flickers of memory about the teacher who molested him and the incident that brought the crime to light, 18-year-old Josh gets help in coping with his molester's release from prison when he finally tells his best friend the whole truth.

 

McCarthy, Maureen.  Rose by any Other Name

During a road trip with her mother, 19-year-old Rose gains a new perspective on events of the previous year, when family problems, the end of a long-term friendship, and bad personal choices dramatically transformed her near-perfect life.

 

Meyer, Stephenie.   Twilight

When Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school towards whom she feels an overwhelming attraction, and who she comes to realize is not quite human.

 

Rosoff, Meg.  How I Live Now

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, 15-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins. War breaks out and separates Daisy from her beloved cousin.

 

Ryan, Amy Kathleen.  Vibes

Kristi, a sophomore in an alternative high school, is aware that nearly everyone dislikes her, but begins to doubt her psychic insights after learning long-held family secrets and some classmates' true feelings.

 

Scott, Elizabeth.  Stealing Heaven

18-year-old Dani is weary of her life as a thief when she and her mother move to a town where she develops a relationship with a sheriff’s deputy.

 

Shakespeare, William.  Romeo and Juliet

The classic story of feuding families and forbidden love.

 

Waite, Judy.  Forbidden

Elinor has lived in a cult her entire life, but when she meets a boy who looks strangely familiar, she begins to question what she has been taught.

 

Weyn, Suzanne.  Reincarnation

When a young couple dies in prehistoric times, their love endures through the ages as they are reborn into new bodies and somehow find a way to connect.

 

Whitcomb, Laura. A Certain Slant of Light

After invisibly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a living teenage boy who can see her.  Together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.

 

Woodson, Jacqueline.  If You Come Softly

Jeremiah is black; Ellie is white. They fall in love after meeting at their private school in New York, then try to cope with people's reactions.

 

Zarr, Sara.  Sweethearts

Jennifer lost her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine. Now 17, she has transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, when Cameron unexpectedly returns.