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Romeo and Juliet Together (And Alive!) at Last by Avi

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The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

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Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Just Ella is a familiar fairy tale with a new twist.  The story of Cinderella picks up just after the prince asks her to marry him and whisks her off to the palace.  Ella is living in the palace waiting to marry the man of her dreams, but is Prince Charming really the man she believes him to be?  As a commoner Ella is unfamiliar with royal living, and begins to feel even more trapped than when she lived with her evil step-mother and step-sisters.  Will Ella every find the true love she is looking for?  To find out you have to read the book! --book suggestion by Mrs. Babin

 

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A Walk to Remember by Nicolas Sparks

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A Walk to Remember is the story of a 17 year-old boy named Landon Carter.  Landon has no real ambition, but his father is a U.S. Senator and he must follow in his father’s footsteps.  His father’s nemesis in life is Hegbert Sullivan, the Southern Baptist minister who hates drunkards, fornicators and Landon’s cheating grandfather.  Reverend Sullivan is a widower with one daughter, Jamie.  Plain Jamie, with her hair in a librarian’s bun, plaid skirt and simple brown sweater, was not the person that Landon had expected to befriend, let alone fall in love with.  However, after being left with no other option Landon asks Jamie to homecoming and a series of events afterward leads Landon’s heart to Jamie’s. --book suggestion by Mrs. Babin