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The secret admirer.
The fake relationship.
The matchmaker.
A swoon-worthy collection of stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that’s been there all along. Ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favourite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will fall for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous.
Edited by Marissa Meyer, contributors include: Elise Bryant (Happily Ever Afters), Elizabeth Eulberg (The Lonely Hearts Club), Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown), Anna-Marie McLemore (When the Moon Was Ours), Marissa Meyer (the Lunar Chronicles), Sandhya Menon (Dimpleverse books), Julie Murphy (Dumplin’), Caleb Roehrig (Last Seen Leaving), Sarah Winifred Searle (Sincerely Harriet) and Abigail Hing Wen (Loveboat, Taipei).
‘Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairytale genre.’ The Seattle Times on the Lunar Chronicles
Themes:Identity, love, relationships, magical realismReading age:14+
Themes:dealing with grief, self-acceptance, road trip, familyReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendshipReading age:13+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:own voices, world literature, multicultural stories, south asian literatureReading age:9+openbookTeaching notes
Themes:Friendship, understanding adults, self-confidence, independenceReading age:9+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:Coming of Age, Romance, Small Town Life, Family, mental healthReading age:14+Australian
Themes:friendship, funny stories, self-acceptance, weird storiesReading age:8+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:space adventure, friendship, coming-of-ageReading age:8+Australian
Themes:Friendship, Teen suicide, Coming-of-Age, Teen relationships, teen alcoholism, supernaturalReading age:14+
Themes:Autism, French teens, American teens, friendship, coming-of-age, ProustReading age:14+openbookTeaching notes
Themes:Friendship, Social Skills, Adoption, WWII England, Coming of Age, Dealing with Abuse, Friendship, Family Life, LGBTQIAReading age:10+openbookTeaching notes
Themes:Dystopian, Coming of Age, Refugees, Australia, Dystopia, self esteem & relianceReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:Mental Health, Teen sexuality, LGBTQIA, Suicide, Romance, FriendshipReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:Dystopian, Technology, Paranormal, Thriller, RomanceReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:Australian history, Convicts, True Stories, Tasmania, Sailing, Birds, Pirates, IllustratedReading age:9+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:music, friendship, overcoming fear, cultural differencesReading age:9+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:art, domestic violence, family, coming-of-age, mental healthReading age:14+openbookTeaching notes
Themes:Mental Health, Peer Pressure, Coming of Age, Friendship, Family, Ghost storyReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
Themes:Coming of Age, Romance, LGBTQIA, Small Town Life, Family,Reading age:14+Australian
Themes:Friendship, rural Australia, sisters, coming of ageReading age:12+Australian
Themes:Friendship, growing up, rural Australia, sisters, coming of ageReading age:12+Australian
Themes:Coming of age, friendship, troubled teensReading age:13+Australian
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