first loves

Evelyn Bucknow is happy living with her single mother, Tina, in a small apartment outside Kerrville, Kansas, until Tina's failed romance with her married boss leaves her jobless and desperate, forcing Evelyn to distance herself and turn to her conventional grandmother for help.

When the sweet, bubbly, and somewhat clumsy Tamako sets her sights on the ever-so-serious Kanji, it's more than a struggle to get the romance to spark. But the challenge becomes even tougher--Tamako's mom is the top money-maker at the talent agency run by Kanji's dad. Tamako must conceal her identity to protect her mom's secret, but she's determined to win the heart of Kanji.

In the forgotten little town of Azul in rural Argentina, there is a magical house. No one has lived there for almost as long as anyone can remember. But once a year, at midnight, the house turns blue, and twenty-four hours later it turns white again. For twelve-year-old Cintia, the little blue house is a refuge from life with her angry father. When the house is suddenly put up for sale, she and her best friend Bruno set out to save it.

Sasha Carrington finds friends who share her supernatural abilities, but as her powers begin to develop in unexpected ways, Sasha's parents take a sudden interest in her life and insist that she befriends Alyssa Turner, who hates Sasha's friend Krystal, and Sasha must make choices that will affect her friends, love life, and destiny.

Newly rich Jay Gatsby loved beautiful, wealthy Daisy long before he made money. And while he was poor, she chose to marry a wealthy man. When they meet again Jay and Daisy find they are still drawn to each other but this new awareness will bring tragedy to them both.

Mizuki, the female "prince" of her all-girls school, has mixed feelings about what to do when Akira, the male "princess" of his all-boys school, tries to convince her to let him join her all-girl rock band.

Nella Castelluca, daughter of Italian immigrants, lives on a farm outside Roseto, Pennsylvania, and dreams of living in town away from the hard life of her parents. Nella falls in love with the handsome poet Renato Lanzara, who suddenly leaves town and breaks Nella's heart. When he reappears four years later the night before Nella's wedding to another, Nella's life is forever changed.

Katie, still mourning the death of her much-loved mother, is further upset when she must leave her friends to move with her father to Missouri, but then she meets Jimmy, a handsome, decent, married man, and learns about the joys and pain of first love.

Katie, still mourning the death of her much-loved mother, is further upset when she must leave her friends to move with her father to Missouri, but then she meets Jimmy, a handsome, decent, married man, and learns about the joys and pain of first love.