The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
10 best books like The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (Louise Plummer): Remember Me to Harold Square, Squashed, Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, Love Is One of the Choices, What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story, Red Ranger Came Calling, Christmas Treasury, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, Alphabet of Dreams, The Only Alien on the Planet
| Author | Paula Danziger |
| ISBN | 0698116941 |
This summer could be a disaster. Kendra's parents have invited Frank, a 15-year-old she's never met, to stay with them. And they've planned a goofy scavenger hunt for the kids, including Kendra's bratty younger brother. They have to race all around New York City and visit places like the Empire State...
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| ISBN | 0142404268 |
What a great YA book. So many of the YAs I read these days are dark and dystopian and although very interesting and very good reads, sometimes ya just need something a little lighter. While squashed wasn't dark and didn't have some intense teenage relationship it still made me really feel for the characters....
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories
| Author | Connie Willis |
| ISBN | 0553580485 |
The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis captures the timeless essence of generosity and goodwill in this magical collection if Christmas stories. These eight tales-two of which have never before been published-boldly reimagine the stories of Christmas while celebrating...
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0449702731 |
WHEN YOU'RE NEITHER A GIRL NOR A WOMAN...
Maggie and Caroline are both seniors in high school and suddenly everything that seemed simple has become complicated. Thinking about sex, wondering about college, planning for careers -- there are so many choices.
Maggie is brilliant and very...
What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story
| Author | Caroline B. Cooney |
| ISBN | 0440226848 |
Not everyone is lucky at Christmas. Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doesn't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster child. As for 17-year-old...
| Author | Berkeley Breathed |
| ISBN | 0316102490 |
Using glowing, hypnotic images and a funny, provocative text, the narrator relives his father's most amazing childhood Christmas.
A moody young boy living with his aunt on an island, "Red" Breathed sees himself as the "Red Ranger from Mars", his hero from the movie serials, and cannot picture...
| Author | Jan Brett |
| ISBN | 0399237410 |
Enjoy a multicultural celebration of the Christmas spirit with the renowned Jan Brett. This stellar volume holds seven of Jan Brett's gorgeous tales, all perfectly suited for the holiday. The Mitten, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, Trouble with Trolls, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Hat, Christmas...
| Author | Iain Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0440418127 |
Johnny's dad, a toymaker, sends his son letters and carved soldiers from the front in WWI. When Johnny's toy battles seem to foretell his dad's real battles, Johnny fears he controls his father's fate. A poignant narrative of war and its effects on the people who live through it. Ages 10-14.
Ten-year-old...
| Author | Susan Fletcher |
| ISBN | 0689850425 |
Mitra and her little brother, Babak, are beggars in the city of Rhagae, scratching out a living as best as they can with what they can beg for--or steal. But Mitra burns with hope and ambition, for she and Babak are not what they seem. They are of royal blood, but their father's ill-fated plot against the...
The Only Alien on the Planet
| Author | Kristen D. Randle |
| ISBN | 0590463101 |
New town, new school, new friends. It was difficult for Ginny at first, but her senior year is finally starting to feel kind of normal. That is, until she sees him—the beautiful mystery in her English class. He has never spoken a word to anyone. He moves through each day at school without making eye contact....
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0152022686 |
The world will end on Thursday, July 27, 2000. At least, that’s what Reverend Beelson has told his congregation. That’s why Marina and Jed and their parents have joined the rest of the Reverend’s flock at a mountain retreat to await the end of the world. But this world has only just begun for Jed and...
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0152012591 |
Harper Jessup is an avid reader, and when her parents become “migrants for God” she must keep her books secret. As Harper grows older and realizes how valuable reading is to her, she comes to understand that her parents’ radical efforts in favor of educational censorship are related to a quest...
| Author | Mary Calhoun |
| ISBN | 0688065198 |
This is a book I haven't read in over 30 years so it was nice to read it all over again. The story itself is adorable and in a way it is like the Little Engine that Could in that Henry is determined to keep going no matter how tired he is and no matter how close the coyote gets to him.
But what I can truly appreciate...
| Author | Martine Leavitt |
| ISBN | 1886910944 |
I get the feeling that Leavitt does not really know about comics or what comics a 13-year-old (I think he was supposed to be 13) who loves comics would be familiar with in this day and age. Especially one who is presented as unsheltered and has supposedly been taking care of himself and his mother a long time....
| Author | Olivia Birdsall |
| ISBN | 0385733704 |
Mia never thought she'd be the child of a broken home. Yet when she's 15 years old, one day her father just up and moves out. As her family life crumbles, her love life is finally coming together. Julian, her brother Allen's best friend and her longtime crush, has finally noticed her—and being with Julian...
| Author | Diane Les Becquets |
| ISBN | 1582346747 |
It’s the summer before Lucy’s senior year in high school, and life in her sleepy Louisiana town is about to be turned upside down. Her mama’s flirting with the dark stranger who runs the art gallery, her best friends Mary Jordan and Evie have boys on the brain, the drama teacher is sparking some powerful...
| Author | Ruth Pennebaker |
| ISBN | 0805067299 |
Don't think twice is a book about a teenage girl named Anne. She was in a relationship with her boyfriend, Jake, at the time, when her unplanned pregnancy occurred. However, she and Jake soon broke up and Anne was left to keep Jake from knowing about her being pregnant and sharing the news with her parents....
| Author | Carol Lynch Williams |
Fifteen-year-old Sage Oliver is writing a Romance novel-- with a capital R. The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's ideal woman-- sensitive, strong, and sexy. There's only one small problem with Sage's novel-- it stinks!
Enter George, Sage's would-be boyfriend and unwilling reader of her Angelica...
| Author | L.M. Montgomery |
| ISBN | 0517605171 |
Mark Twain prolaimed Anne Shirley "the most moving and delightful" and "dearest" heroine since the immortal Alice." Millions of readers young and old, in countries all over the world, have agreed; particularly those hovering on the brink of their teens have followed her dauntless leadership into...
Back When You Were Easier to Love
| Author | Emily Wing Smith |
| ISBN | 0525421998 |
What's worse than getting dumped? Not even knowing if you've been dumped. Joy got no goodbye, and certainly no explanation when Zan-the love of her life and the only good thing about stifling, backward Haven, Utah-unceremoniously and unexpectedly left for college a year early. Joy needs closure almost...
The Loser's Guide to Life and Love
| Author | Ann Edwards Cannon |
| ISBN | 0061128465 |
Ordinary, boring Ed works a loser summer job at Reel Life Movies, where he doesn't even have his own name tag. He's stuck with "Sergio." Ed's only consolations are his two best friends. Shelving DVDs isn't so mind-numbingly dull with Scout cracking jokes, and after hours Ed hangs out with the superbrain,...
Holiday with a Vampire II
| Author | Merline Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0373618018 |
"A Christmas Kiss" by Merline Lovelace
Vampire Delilah Wentworth's hunt for a dentist on Christmas Eve lands her in the arms of Sergeant Brett Cooper, a mortal who gave up on the Christmas spirit, and on love, years ago. Incapable of returning home by herself, Delilah needs Brett's protection for...
