If This Is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti

Nine short stories explore the trials and tribulations of teenage life.

Teen & Young Adult

Conford, Ellen

Literature & Fiction

Simon&Schuster

"Tickets for the Sweetheart Stomp are still available at the student government office, Room 114, during lunch hours or half an hour after school."B.J. Green though, not for the first time, what a dumb name Sweetheart Stomp was for a Valentine's Day dance.Not that she wouldn't want to go to it, but it sounded like an event where you stomped your sweetheart unconscious.But the social bigwigs at Cutter's Forge High were heavy into alliteration this year. They'd called the Halloween dance the Halloween Hoedown. The Thanksgiving dance was the Turkey Trot. For Christmas they'd had the Holiday Hop. And now for Valentine's Day the dance committee had come up with the Sweetheart Stomp.B.J. sighed and looked around at her classmates. The room was buzzing with the excited whispers of predance planning. The event was a week and a day away. There would be get-togethers before the dance and parties afterward, which would prolong the festivities into the early hours of February 15.B.J. wouldn't be attending any of them.. . . anything can happen, especially in high school. You can fall in love, break up with someone, discover a secret admirer'and maybe even have a few dreams come true. In the days before the big Sweetheart Stomp Valentine's Day dance, B. J. Green finds her thoughts turning to her own love life and those of her fellow students at Cutter's Forge High School. There's weird Amy Porter and her equally bizarre boyfriend, Batso; Robert LaMotte, in desperate need of a big makeover and a little romance; and, of course, the handsome, mysterious Alexei Grigorov, Russian exchange student extraordinaire . . . what is his deep, dark secret? That's one mystery that B. J. wouldn't mind solving herself !Here are nine romantic, interwoven stories that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even fall in love. 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8) and 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA . . . anything can happen, especially in high school. You can fall in love, break up with someone, discover a secret admirer?and maybe even have a few dreams come true. In the days before the big Sweetheart Stomp Valentine?s Day dance, B. J. Green finds her thoughts turning to her own love life and those of her fellow students at Cutter?s Forge High School. There?s weird Amy Porter and her equally bizarre boyfriend, Batso; Robert LaMotte, in desperate need of a big makeover and a little romance; and, of course, the handsome, mysterious Alexei Grigorov, Russian exchange student extraordinaire . . . what is his deep, dark secret? That?s one mystery that B. J. wouldn?t mind solving herself !Here are nine romantic, interwoven stories that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even fall in

Crush: Stories by Ellen Conford

Children's Books

Holidays & Celebrations

HarperTeen

Days before the big Valentine's Day dance at Cutter's Forge High School, B. J. Green begins to look around to see what romances have bloomed amongst her friends and becomes especially curious about Alexei, the Russian exchange student, in a collection of stories capturing the mysteries of teenage love.

Crush: Stories

Harpercollins

"Tickets for the Sweetheart Stomp are still available at the student government office, Room 114, during lunch hours or half an hour after school."
B.J. Green though, not for the first time, what a dumb name Sweetheart Stomp was for a Valentine's Day dance. Not that she wouldn't want to go to it, but it sounded like an event where you stomped your sweetheart unconscious.
But the social bigwigs at Cutter's Forge High were heavy into alliteration this year. They'd called the Halloween dance the Halloween Hoedown. The Thanksgiving dance was the Turkey Trot. For Christmas they'd had the Holiday Hop. And now for Valentine's Day the dance committee had come up with the Sweetheart Stomp.
B.J. sighed and looked around at her classmates. The room was buzzing with the excited whispers of predance planning. The event was a week and a day away. There would be get-togethers before the dance and parties afterward, which would prolong the festivities into the early hours of February 15.
B.J. wouldn't be attending any of them. 
00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8) and 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA

felicia the critic

Archway

Felicia the Critic

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, and plunges her house into the real estate market.

A Job for Jenny Archer

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

After reading three mysteries in a row, Jenny becomes convinced that the neighbors across the street are up to no good and decides to investigate.

A Case for Jenny Archer

This book is about Jenny Archer and her struggle to write her autobiography. Fortunately, her imagination comes to the rescue, helping her to invent a fascinating family history.

Jenny Archer, Author

Little,Brown

Jenny Archer is excited about making a television commercial for a new snack food until she discovers that the food she liked so much was meant for gerbils! Color illustrations throughout.

Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Springboard Books)

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If This Is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti

Crush: Stories by Ellen Conford

Crush: Stories

Crush: Stories by Ellen Conford

felicia the critic

Felicia the Critic

A Job for Jenny Archer

A Case for Jenny Archer

Jenny Archer, Author

Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Springboard Books)