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Forbidden Romance in Teen Fiction

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Forbidden Romance in Teen Fiction

 

Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel 

  • Pub Date: 2016
  • High School Interest 
  • See also: MarriageLosing Virginity, Historical Fiction 
  • Rachel and Samuel meet while in the Badlands searching for dinosaur bones. They have a secret relationship because their fathers are feuding, but they decide to get married despite their fathers' disapproval.

 

Like No Other by Una LaMarche

  • Pub Date: 2014
  • Middle and high school interest
  • See also: Religion 
  • A Jewish girl and an African-American boy meet and start a secret relationship. 
  • On the blog: Talking about Religion 

 

Wait for Me by Carolina Leech

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • High school interest 
  • See also: Historical, International Settings
  • Lorna begins a romance with Paul, a German POW working on her family's farm in Scotland.

 

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

 

Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

 

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

 

No Shame No Fear by Ann Turnbull

 

The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee

  • Pub Date: 2016
  • Middle and high school interest
  • See also: Coaches/Mentors, Mothers & Daughters 
  • Mimosa is learning to be an aromateur, love witch, from her mother. She is forbidden to fall in love herself, which poses a problem when a cute guy seems to like her.

 

American Panda by Gloria Chao

 

Furyborn by Claire Legrand

  • Pub Date: 2018
  • High school interest
  • See also: Secrets 
  • Rielle and Audric love each other, but Audric is betrothed to another.

 

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

  • Pub Date: 2018
  • Middle/high school interest
  • Xiomara isn't allowed to date, but she and Aman meet secretly anyway. 

 

The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena

  • Pub Date: 2019
  • High school interest
  • See also: ArtistsBFF Trouble, Divorce
  • Susan secretly dates a Parsi boy at school even though her parents would not approve.

 

Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

  • Pub date: 2019
  • Middle or high school interest
  • The Warrick family and the Kendrick family have history, so when Weldon Warrick is interested in Miriam Kendrick, everyone discourages the romance. 

 

 

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