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The Fall of Whit Rivera

Crystal Maldonado - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out.. Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable) , so when they're forced to organize the fall formal together,...
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert - Joy Revolution
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors - and each other.Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football...
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Always the Almost

Edward Underhill - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill's heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost.. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year's...
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Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

Elise Bryant - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal...
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Once Upon a K-Prom

Kat Cho - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sandhya Menon, this hilarious and heartfelt novel brings the glamour and drama of the K-pop world straight to high school. Elena Soo has always felt overshadowed. Whether by her more...
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Check & Mate

Ali Hazelwood - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: November 7

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life's moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction...
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The Love Match

Priyanka Taslim - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets Pride and Prejudice in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their family's financial security - just as she's falling in love with someone else.Zahra Khan...
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Throwback

Maurene Goo - Zando Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American girl sent back to the '90s to (reluctantly) help her teenage mom win Homecoming Queen.Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know what's harder? Being the daughter...
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Planning Perfect

Haley Neil - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

In this charming, heartfelt YA romcom about being on the asexual spectrum, a girl tries to craft the perfect wedding for her mother but discovers that sometimes the best parts of life can't be planned.Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. Whether it's prom, graduation,...
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When the Vibe Is Right

Sarah Dass - ‎Balzer Bray
Format: Book

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers, contemporary romance set during Trinidad's Carnival celebration. There are two things Tess Crawford knows for sure: She's destined to be a great Trinidadian Carnival costume designer...

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Last Chance Dance

Lakita Wilson - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An utterly charming YA romance perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Leah Johnson. . "An ode to love in all its beautiful chaos. Leila is funny, irreverent, and next-level charming, and her story is an actual joyride. Sheer delight through and through."--Becky Albertalli, New York...
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Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

Meredith Ireland - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who embarks on a road trip with her longtime rival to win back her best friend and his girlfriend.There's no one Kelsie Miller hates more than Eric Mulvaney Ortiz - the homecoming king, captain...
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Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this witty and romantic teen novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can get a girl who hates all things romance to fall in love with him in only three dates.Prince Jones is the guy with all the answers...
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The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

ADAM SASS - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It's Us. Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far) - though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with...
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Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales

Rebecca Barrow
Format: Hardcover

Fake relationships. Enemies to lovers. Love triangles and best friends, mistaken identities and missed connections. This collection of genre-bending and original stories celebrates how love always finds a way, featuring powerful flora, a superhero and his nemesis, a fantastical sled race...
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The One True Me and You: A Novel

Remi K. England - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"A breezy, snappy story about fandom, friendships, and being true to yourself." -- TJ KluneOne small fandom convention. One teen beauty pageant.One meet cute waiting to happen. Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom...
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Counting Down with You

Tashie Bhuiyan
Format: Hardcover

In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school's resident bad boy.How do you make one month last a lifetime?Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through...
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The Jasmine Project

Meredith Ireland - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jasmine Yap's life is great. Well, it's okay. She's about to move in with her long-time boyfriend, Paul, before starting a nursing program at community college - all of which she mostly wants. But her stable world is turned upside down when she catches Paul cheating. To her giant,...
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Jay's Gay Agenda

Jason June - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From debut novelist Jason June comes a moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks - and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming, that's perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Becky...
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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is an own voices story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It's a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han's To All the Boys...
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Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

Laekan Zea Kemp - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

has always dreamed of opening her own pastelera next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom and dad have different plans-leaving Pen to choose between disappointing her traditional Mexican American parents or following her own path. When she confesses a secret she's...
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A Pho Love Story

Loan Le
Format: Hardcover

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he'd say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents' pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents' fifth favorite employee. Not ideal....
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

Adiba Jaigirdar - Page Street Kids
Format: Book

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan -- she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she's...
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You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by a staggeringly talented new writer.Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan...
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Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing....
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This Is My Brain in Love

I. W. Gregorio - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploring mental health, race and, ultimately, self-acceptance, for fans of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Emergency Contact. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px;...
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In Deeper Waters

F.T. Lukens - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family's kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey,...
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She Drives Me Crazy

Kelly Quindlen
Format: Hardcover

After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, who is as beautiful as she is mean. When the damage sends Irene's car to the shop for weeks'...
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More Than Just a Pretty Face

Syed M. Masood - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man.Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef...
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A Match Made in Mehendi

Nandini Bajpai - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

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