bibliography | webliography | web challenge

Bibliography

Fiction - Love Stories that Won't Make you Yawn.

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Y FIC Kla
Sixteen-year-old Vivian Gandillon is trying to fit in to her new home in the suburbs. But trying to act "normal" isn't always easy, since Vivian and her family are werewolves. Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. When a brutal murder threatens the pack's survival, Vivian's divided loyalties are further strained. What is she really? Human or Beast?

Crush: Stories by Ellen Conford
Y FIC Con
A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp.

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draan
Y Fic Van
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Forever by Judy Blume
FIC Blu
Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Y FIC Woo
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.

My Heartbeat by Garrett Weyr
Y FIC Wey
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.

Rat Boys: A Dating Experiment by Thom Eberhardt
Y FIC Ebe
Fourteen-year-olds Marci and Summer use a magic ring to turn two rats into cute boys so that they can have dates for the Spring Fling.

Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
Y FIC Nap
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Y FIC Des
Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.

Timeless Love by Judith O'Brian
Y FIC Obr
It was a lovely silver necklace with a strange antique charm -- an early sixteenth birthday present from her parents. But now Samantha clutched the charm, desperate to disappear when her father discovered she'd wrecked his BMW. Suddenly she was standing in the bedchamber of Edward VI, the young king of England in 1553. He was her own age -- and cute. Why hadn't she studied her history? Sam only knew that Edward had died at about sixteen -- and she was determined to save him.

Non-Fiction - History of Valentines Day.

Happy Valentine's Day! by Carol Barkin
J 394.268 Ba
Presents a short history of Valentine's Day and includes recipes for appropriate foods and deserts and instructions for making Valentines and other decorations.

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses: The Story of Valentine Symbols by Edna Barth
J 394.26 Ba
The history of Valentine's Day and the little-known stories behind its symbols.

Valentines Day by Fern G. Brown
J 394.268 Br
Traces the legendary origins of the holiday celebrated in modern times as the special day of lovers, as well as the history since 1800 of the valentine card. Includes recipes and games for a valentine party.

Valentines Fun by Judith Hoffman Corwin J 745.594 Co
Instructions for making greeting cards, decorations, gift wrappings, presents, and things to eat for Valentine's Day with easily available materials. Also gives a brief history of the holiday and some of the customs connected with it.