Angela Darling: 6 books

What happens when your best friend turns into your first crush? Lindsay Potter and Nick Lopez have been best friends since birth. Nick’s been away all summer, and Lindsay can’t wait to see him again. But on the first day of school, she barely recognizes him. Not only did he grow about a...

A trip to grandma’s gets a lot more interesting when a cute crush is involved! Isabella isn’t exactly thrilled to be spending spring break with her twin brother and their sunscreen-obsessed, worrywart grandma in Florida. That is, until Grandma Miriam actually turns out to be a lot more...

’Tis the season for tidings of romance—Crush style! Noelle’s birthday is on Christmas. And her crush, Noel, was born on Christmas Eve. If that’s not romantic fate, what is? In addition to being incredibly cute, Noel is just about the nicest boy Noelle has ever met. But it seems like...

When a crush goes both ways, it’s the sweetest thing! Rachel has had a secret crush on Brody—the cute, sweet guy from her church choir—for a while now. But when Brody becomes a famous pop star and leaves school to go on tour, he becomes the object of every girl’s crush. Rachel is happy...

You can’t help but crush on this start to a tween series full of drama and romance! Twelve-year-old Lauren Silver is ready to hit the beach for her annual family vacation. Aside from the sun and sand, she’s especially thrilled to be reunited with her gorgeous summer crush, Charlie Anderson....

When a summer-camp crush goes both ways, what comes next? Madeline isn’t thrilled that her mother has signed her up for sleepover camp for the whole summer. So Maddie arrives at camp cross, cranky, and ready for one long, hot summer. But then she spies Gabriel, beautiful Gabriel, with a British...