Book Recommendations For Young Readers
Annotated Bibliography:
Books About Love:
1. Bernardo, Anilu. Loves Me, Loves Me Not. Houston, Texas: Pinata Books/Arts Publico Press, 1999.
Loves Me, Loves Me Not features Maggie Castillo as the main character who is in love with Zach Sherwood. The books details her struggles to make a difference, working for an older handicapped woman while she seeks experience to reinforce her decision to become a nurse. This book creates realistic tension as Maggie finds herself conflicted over her love for Zach, and the other boy with a crush on her, Justin. Maggie has a difficult decision to make when she realizes that Zach may be a racist who has a problem with her Cuban ...
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with the persona she's spent so long developing.
3. Clements, Bruce. Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom. New York : Farrar, 1990.
Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom in the story of first love told from the perspective of Tom, who falls in love with Anna at first sight. Their mutual feelings provide a buffer from difficult issues that weave throughout the book, such as the accidental death of Anna's brother and issues surrounding abortion. Readers will appreciate Tom and Anna's friendship, protectiveness and the innocence of their first love.
4. Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. New York : A.A. Knopf, 2001.
In Flipped, Juli and Bryce take turns, expressing either their infatuation or frustration with the other. Juli has been in love with Bryce since the second grade. He, on the other hand, has found her to be strange and unpredictable. Until recently. Just as Bryce is starting to see Juli with new eyes, she begins to reconsider her original attraction. Van Draanen's engaging ...
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encouraged to relate to the protagonist by following him through his difficult freshman year.
2. Spinelli, Jerry. Crash. New York: Yearling Books, 1997.
The "Crash" of Crash, is 'Crash' Coogan, the football star jock who has made a career of tormenting Penn Ward. Penn is the sympathetic Quaker boy who is the victim of Crash's continued harassment and still manages to see Crash for who he really is. Crash finally begins to see that his bullying behavior and fancy clothes do not make him a better person than Penn. This is an important novel about acceptance, both of one another, and of ourselves.
3. Griffin, Adele. Amandine. New York : Hyperion, 2001.
Amandine is a ...
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