Laughter,tears,and memories shared-that's love!

The giddy excitement of a first kiss,the devastation of rejection...Experience all the fun and heartache of romance in this richly varied collection in which dreams come true,hearts are broken,and even the unpredictable can become hilarious.

THE MISSING VITAL ORGAN

Betsy Byars (from Bingo Brown and the Language of Love)

THE GREEN BEHIND THE GLASS

Addle Geras

CINDERELLA GIRL

Vivien Alcock

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

Oscar Wilde

LOVE LETTERS

Kate Walker

THE GIRL WHO LOVED THE SUN

Diana Wynne Jones

THE WORST KIDS IN THE WORLD (an extract)

Barbara Robinson

THE FAT GIRL'S VALENTINE

Ann Pilling (from The Big Pink)

A RAILWAY STORY

Guy de Maupassant

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

James Reeves (A Greek myth)

BILLIE

Ann Pilling

LUCKY LIPS

Paul Jennings

A STAR FOR THE LATECOMER (an extract)

Paul Zindel and Bonnie Zindel

THE PLATE: A QUESTION OF VALUES

Geraldine McCaughrean (from A Pack of Lies)

A PROPOSALE

Daisy Ashford (from The Young Visiters)

I WAS ADORED ONCE, TOO

Jan Mark

FOR BEING GOOD

Cynthia Rylant

THE WATER WOMAN AND HER LOVER

Ralph Prince (A Guyanese legend)

THE FAVORITE

Jacqueline Wilson

TELLING STORIES

Maeve Binchy

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