The Summer Before Boys
Twelve-year-old best friends and relatives, Julia and Eliza are happy to spend the summer together while Julia's mother is serving in the National Guard in Iraq but when they meet a neighborhood boy, their close relationship begins to change.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], families of military personnel, interpersonal relations [X], girls, dating (social customs) [X], conduct of life
Sandpiper
When The Walker, a mysterious boy who walks constantly, intervenes in an argument between Sandpiper and a boy she used to see, their lives become entwined in ways that change them both.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: walking, friendship [X], offenses against the person, eccentrics and eccentricities, interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X]
The Boyfriend List
A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, and tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: interpersonal relations in adolescence, dating (social customs) [X], high schools, friendship [X], interpersonal relations [X], seattle (wash.), anxiety, school stories
Two Parties, One Tux, And A Very Short Film About The Grapes Of Wrath
Mitch, a shy and awkward high school junior, negotiates the difficult social situations he encounters, both with girls and with his best friend David, after David reveals to him that he is gay.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: friendship [X], interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], homosexuality, high schools, school stories
The Opposite Of Invisible
Artistic Seattle high school sophomore Alice decides to emerge from her cocoon and date a football player, which causes a rift between her and her best friend, a boy who wants to be more than just friends.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], friendship [X], art, high schools, seattle (wash.)
My Worst Best Friend
High school classmates Gracie and Savanna are total opposites and best friends, until Savanna's lying and manipulative behavior begin to bother Gracie, who wonders if it is time she started thinking for herself.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], individuality, interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X]
1,000 Reasons Never To Kiss A Boy
After her first boyfriend cheats on her, sixteen-year-old Jane vows to never kiss another boy.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
The Treasure Map Of Boys
Sixteen-year-old Ruby, back at Tate Prep for her junior year, juggles therapy, running a school bake sale, coping with her performance artist mother, and a complicated love life that pits her friends against her romantic interests.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], high schools, school stories, friendship [X], seattle (wash.)
The Treasure Map Of Boys
A Seattle sixteen-year-old juggles therapy, running a school bake sale, coping with her performance artist mother, growing distant from an old friend, and conflicting feelings about her ex-boyfriend and potential new boyfriends.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], high schools, schools, friendship [X], seattle (wash.)
The Boy Book
A high school junior continues her quest for relevant data on the male species, while enjoying her freedom as a newly licensed driver and examining her friendship with a clean-living vegetarian classmate.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
The View From The Top
Anabelle and her fellow high school graduates navigate their way through a disastrous summer of love and friendship in the small coastal town of Normal, Maine.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
The Boyfriend List #1 Ruby Oliver Series
Ruby Oliver, a moderately popular fifteen-year-old who has suddenly become a social pariah, begins seeing a psychiatrist and makes a list of all her past boyfriends in an attempt to understand where her life went wrong.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: interpersonal relations in adolescence, dating (social customs) [X], high schools, friendship [X], interpersonal relations [X], seattle (wash.)
A Match Made In High School
When the principal of her high school announces that every senior must participate in a year-long marriage education program, Fiona learns some unexpected lessons about people, friendship, crushes, and cheerleading.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: schools, high schools, school stories, interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], friendship [X]
The Unwritten Rule
Petite and young-looking, seventeen-year-old Sarah has been best friends with the glamorous and seductive Brianna for a longtime, but when she starts liking Brianna's boyfriend, their friendship becomes precarious.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
Triple Shot Bettys In Love
Sixteen-year-old Geena spends a winter coping with the gorgeous new girl who is after her boyfriend, Ben, her mother's return to dating, and her best friend Amber's crush on an English teacher, while continuing to serve espressos at Triple Shot Betty.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], dating (social customs) [X], friendship [X], high schools, school stories, sonoma county (calif.)