Field Notes on Love

Field Notes on Love 

by Jennifer E. Smith 

Language: English 

Ember, 2020. 

274 pages ; 21 cm. 

ISBN: 0399559442 ; 9780399559440 

Summary: It's the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train. But then Hugo's girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-college trip. Only, it's been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions. Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC's film school. When she stumbles across Hugo's ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she's certain it's exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film. A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed? 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399559442/

The only black girls in town

The only black girls in town 
by Brandy Colbert 
Language: English 
New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 
368 p. 
ISBN: 9780316456388 ; 0316456381 
Summary: Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for years. Alberta's best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can't understand. When the bed and breakfast across the street finds new owners, Alberta is ecstatic to learn the family is black-and they have a 12-year-old daughter just like her. 
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Black-Girls-Town/dp/0316456381/

To Night Owl from Dogfish

To Night Owl from Dogfish 
by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Meg Wolitzer 
Language: English 
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books, imprints of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]. 
295 pages ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 9780525553236 ; 0525553231 
Summary: Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters. But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will the two girls (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family? 
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525553231/

Ida-Jane et Olivier : secrets de famille

Ida-Jane et Olivier : secrets de famille 
by Francine Labrie 
illus. by David Goldstyn 
Language: French 
Montréal, Québec : Bayard Canada, [2014] ©2014 
72 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. 
ISBN: 9782895795728 ; 289579572X 
Summary: Quand Ida-Jane arrive dans sa nouvelle classe, Olivier la trouve plutôt excentrique, surtout lorsqu’elle annonce qu’elle a deux papas. Lui, a deux mamans et s’est toujours bien gardé de le dire. Un travail d’équipe sur la reproduction des mammifères va obliger Oliver et Ida-Jane à travailler ensemble. Olivier va profiter de cet exposé pour provoquer le dialogue aves ses mères au sujet de sa conception. Il va aussi découvrir qu’il partage beaucoup de points communs avec Ida-Jane. 
Available: http://www.bayardlivres.ca/Product.aspx?ids=7611215

Lola and the boy next door

Lola and the boy next door 
by Stephanie Perkins 
Language: English 
New York, N.Y. : Dutton Books, 2011. 
338 p. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 9780525423287 ; 0525423281 
Summary: Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Lola-Next-Door-Stephanie-Perkins/dp/0142422010/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431689641&sr=8-1&keywords=Lola+and+the+boy+next+door+%2F+Stephanie+Perkins