For young children, the highlight of Valentine’s Day is the tradition of exchanging paper valentines, but as children enter their pre-teens, this activity begins to lose its appeal. Just because paper valentines have become a thing of the past doesn’t mean your tweens can’t still have a little fun on Valentine’s Day.
here are 50 edgy and wacky valentine books for girls about crushes, secret admirers, love notes and misadventures in love.
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Books are listed in order from newest to oldest and are divided into two sections. the first section is for tweens ages 8 to 10 and the second section is for tweens ages 10 to 12 and older.
valentines day books for tweens
1. Nancy Drew and the Track Crew: The Secret of Valentine’s Day by Carolyn Keine Recommended age: 6 to 9 years old
Nancy Drew and the Clue Pack: The Secret of Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, but it’s not all hearts and flowers for Nancy! While she and Ella’s best friends, Bess and George, are making their own stuffed animals at Farmer Fran’s friends barnyard, someone slips a wicked Valentine’s Day present into Bess’s animal pocket. what’s worse than an evil valentine? bess thinks it came from george! Now the two of them are in the worst fight of their lives, and Nancy is caught in the middle! how can he stitch bess and george’s friendship, not to mention the track crew, back together?
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2. wings: dreams of clouds by willa bean by cecilia galante recommended age: 6 to 9 years old
Little Wings: Willa Bean’s Cloud Dreams
Most cupids have smooth, straight hair, rosy cheeks, and silky white wings. not willa bean! she has a crazy mess of hair, a million million freckles and bright purple wings with silver tips. And lately those sparkly purple wings with silver tips have been giving Willa Bean a lot of trouble. they won’t fly! cupid academy will start soon, what if she is the only cloud cupid there? no no no no no. Willa bean just has to make her wings behave!
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3. pee wee scouts: that mushy stuff by judy delton recommended age: 6 to 9 years old
pee wee scouts: those soft things
everyone knows roger white likes patty baker. patty-cake, patty-cake, baker. The Pee Wee Scouts make fun of Roger and Patty during their Scout meeting. Mrs. peters is his troop leader. she tells the pee wee scouts how to earn badges for first aid. she then she helps them to make valentines cards with messages. secret messages. poems all those soft things. busy busy busy. scouts work on valentines and first aid. Molly works on a secret plan. uh oh a certain explorer better be careful!
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4. fancy nancy: nancy clancy, jane o’connor’s secret admirer recommended age: 6 to 10 years old
fancy nancy: nancy clancy, secret admirer
Nancy Clancy and her best friend, Bree, have love on the brain; after all, they are learning about the human heart in science class! But when the girls decide to play matchmaker, nothing goes as planned. So the big question is: will love conquer all?
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5. My Weird School Special: Oh Valentine We’ve Gone Wild! by dan gutman recommended age: 6 to 10 years old
my weird school special: oh valentine we’ve gone crazy!
It’s Valentine’s Day week and A.J. is hosting an exchange student! her name is pierre, and she is from france. But what happens when Pierre challenges A.J. to a duel (or at least a thumb war) for andrea? One thing’s for sure, when love comes to her mentry, it’s the weirdest Valentine’s Day story in the history of the world!
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6. be my valenslime from j. k. arden recommended age: 6 to 10 years old
be my valenslime
greta and harris were best friends. . . until last valentine’s day, when harris pranked greta. Now it’s Valentine’s Day once again, and Greta is determined to beat Harris at her own game! Greta gives Harris a large box of chocolates, which turns out to be full of bugs. And the jokes continue! each practical joke is announced with a “valenslime” card. children will enjoy opening the envelopes and reading the funny jokes on each card. be my valenslime is anything but a typical valentine’s day book!
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7. Sweet Fairies: A Valentine’s Day Surprise by Helen Perelman Age Recommended: 7 to 10
sweet fairies: a valentine surprise
raina wants to make a very special birthday present for berry. she even asked lyra, the unicorn who takes care of the fruit meadow, to grow a special flower for the surprise. But when Raina and Dash visit Lyra, they’re in for a bitter surprise! all the flowers in the meadow are wilting and lyra is sick! her horn is blunt and she can’t stand up. something, or someone, is hurting the sweet unicorn and the meadow, but who? and berry’s birthday?
All the candy fairies will have to work together to solve this mystery, heal the meadow and lyra, and make sure berry has the sweetest birthday ever!
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8. Hi Arnold! arnolds valentine by craig bartlett recommended age: 7 to 10
Hi Arnold! Arnold Valentine
arnold has a valentine dilemma. First, he sends an anonymous valentine to sixth-grader Ruth, telling her to meet him at Chez Pierre. then he gets a valentine’s gift from her french pen pal, cecile, who wants him to meet her at chez paris. what it has to do? With a little help from Gerald, Arnold comes up with the perfect plan to meet the two crushes on him, but will he face a surprise of his own?
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9. franny k. Stein, Mad Scientist: 50 foot attack. cupid by jim benton age recommended: 7 to 10
franny k. Stein, Mad Scientist: 50 foot attack. cupid
Franny’s mom says every mad scientist needs a lab assistant. So for Valentine’s Day, Franny gets exactly that: a lab assistant. except igor is not a pure lab. he’s also part poodle, part chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd, and all thumbs. Franny is furious. she doesn’t even need an assistant. What is she supposed to do with a bum like igor? and things get even worse when a giant fifty-foot arrow-shooting cupid starts causing trouble all over town. Franny knows it’s up to her, and her alone, to save the day. or is it?
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10. Totally Spies: Valentine’s Day Villains by Sarah Willson Recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
Totally Spies: Valentine’s Villains
Just a few days before their big Valentine’s Day dance, Jerry sends the girls on an urgent mission. They must track down criminal mastermind and international hottie Carl Casanova, who has tricked a princess into giving him a password that will allow him access to her country’s national treasure. and the password is in… a box of chocolates? the girls try to intercept the box before it’s too late and hope they can make it to the dance. speaking of which, what will they wear? It’s Jerry to the rescue!
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11. Barkley’s School for Dogs: Puppy Love by Marcia Thornton Jones Recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
Barkley’s School for Dogs: Puppy Love
The local vet is hanging around the barkley school and the dogs aren’t too thrilled. blondie thinks the doctor is there to see fred. it’s more than puppy love for those two humans! but when tazz gets hurt, having a doctor nearby is best for all the dogs in barkley.
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12. Geronimo Stilton: Geronimo Stilton’s Valentine’s Day Disaster Recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
Geronimo Stilton: Valentine’s Day Disaster
It was Valentine’s Day in New Mouse City, and I couldn’t wait to celebrate! I had sent valentines to all my friends and family.
But when I opened my mailbox on the morning of February 14, it was empty! Has everyone forgotten about me? Was I meant to spend Valentine’s Day alone in my mousetrap, sobbing, with only my pet fish to comfort me? It was starting to look like a real valentine mess!
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13. problems with valentine by elaine moore recommended age: 7 to 10
problems with valentine
Best friends Lexi and Ann Marie want to find a Valentine’s Day girlfriend for their teacher, Miss Delaney, but their plan creates a series of hilarious disasters.
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14. Black Lagoon Adventures: Black Lagoon Valentine’s Day by Mike Thaler Recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
Black Lagoon Adventures: Valentine’s Day from the Black Lagoon
love strike in the black lagoon! everyone has to make a card for valentine’s day. and worse yet you have to give it to someone in your class. Also, you can’t draw a green square or a dinosaur. you must draw a pink or red heart or a cupid. gross! you prefer to eat worms! and you know how it is: first you give a valentine and the next thing you know you’re married. you’re just not ready for this!
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15. katie kazoo, switcheroo: love sucks! by nancy e. krulik recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
katie kazoo, switcheroo: love sucks!
It’s February and love is in the air! everyone in fourth grade is getting into the valentine spirit. The kids are making cards and ordering personalized candy hearts at Cinnamon Candy Shop, the new candy store in the mall. But Katie has had enough, she definitely doesn’t like all this mushy and gushing stuff! So Katie makes a decision: there will be no Valentine’s Day for her this year. But then Katie turns into Cinnamon, the owner of the candy store. and the custom hearts she makes are…well…not exactly custom made! By doing this, she practically ruins Valentine’s Day for everyone. Will katie change her mind and save the day?
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16. my secret valentine by patricia hermes recommended age: 7 to 10
my secret valentine
As Valentine’s Day approaches, Katie Potts struggles with her maddening little brother and her dad’s attempts to put the whole family on a fat-free diet, until she figures out how to have a fun holiday anyway. .
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17. cody’s secret admirer by betsy duffey age recommended: 7 to 10
cody’s secret admirer
a valentine’s day from a secret admirer. what could be worse? February is going well for third grader Cody Michaels, until one day, when she comes home from school, she finds a Valentine’s card addressed to him and signed by a secret admirer. Who can it be and what does it mean? A third grader is not ready for a girlfriend, at least not Cody. In Betsy Duffey’s third book with Cody Michaels, Valentine’s Day just keeps getting worse. As if a secret admirer wasn’t bad enough, soon Cody starts getting the idea that her parents are arranging to put him in an arranged marriage!
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18. cam jansen: cam jansen and the mystery of the valentine’s baby by david a. adler recommended age: 7 to 10 years old
cam jansen: cam jansen and the mystery of the valentine’s baby
It’s Valentine’s Day and Cam is at school when she finds out her mom is about to give birth. cam and his best friend, eric, rush to the hospital with his mom. there, in the waiting room, something valuable disappears. click click! Cam begins to unravel the mystery. will cam figure it out before his valentine brother is born?
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19. addie and the king of hearts by gail rock recommended age: 7 to 10
addie and the king of hearts
The kids in Addie’s seventh grade class are starting to trade rings and be consistent, but Addie hates all that mush. when she grows up, she plans to be a real artist in new york city and never get married.
but after christmas break, the seventh grade class has a new teacher, mr. Davenport, who looks like a movie star and studied art in college and even has a special interest in Addie’s paintings. Addie begins to feel a strange feeling in her stomach when he is near the handsome young teacher. is this how love feels? Is this what all the other girls have been laughing at? Suddenly, Addie is starting to care about wearing dresses instead of jeans and having her hair done perfectly.
will addie have her moment with mr. davenport at the valentine’s day dance? Or will his true king of hearts be someone of his kind, someone he never expected?
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20. spongebob squarepants: the best valentine in the world by terry collins recommended age: from 7 to 10 years old
spongebob: world’s greatest valentine
On Valentine’s Day, SpongeBob makes the biggest, sweetest Valentine for his best friend, Patrick. But when a pack of chocolate-eating scallops threatens Valentine’s Day, SpongeBob has to come up with a new plan. Can SpongeBob save the day – and the citizens of Bikini Bottom – before a disappointed Patrick spirals out of control? Find out in this new book based on the SpongeBob SquarePants special episode “Valentine’s Day.”
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21. batman li’l gotham: valentine’s day and lunar new year by dustin nguyen recommended age: 7 to 12 years old
batman li’l gotham: valentine’s day and lunar new year
On Valentine’s Day, Joker’s plans to become Cupid backfire when all the women of Gotham chase him relentlessly. Will Batman be able to save the Joker from the not-so-angry mob, not to mention the wrath of Harley Quinn?
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22. totally crushed
by eliza willard recommended age: 8 to 10
totally crushed
pink for your friends. red for your crush what could be simpler? Annabel is delighted to find a red carnation in her locker on Valentine’s Day. But when it turns out to be from her best friend, Sam, things get messy, fast! Annabel could never like Sam that way. But her best friend phoebe hers does! Annabel’s perfect Valentine’s Day is turning into a perfect disaster. who knew a little red carnation could make life so complicated?
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23. the baby-sitters club: abby’s un-valentine by ann matthews martin recommended age: 8 to 10
The Babysitters Club: Abby’s Heartbreak
valentine’s day is abby’s least favorite holiday. squishy things like valentines, red hearts, and a school dance make her a valentine scrooge. When Ross Brown, a perfectly nice boy in Abby’s English class, asks her to the dance, Abby tries to set him up with her twin sister, Anna.
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24. valentine’s day can be murder by colleen o’shaughnessy mckenna recommended age: 8 to 10 years old
valentines day can be murder
Writing a sweet valentines poem for a cute new girl, Roger accidentally places the poem in Marsha’s Valentine’s box, prompting her to announce to everyone that she has a secret admirer and puts Roger in a difficult position. very uncomfortable.
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25. the valentine that ate my teacher by dean marney recommended age: 8 to 11
the valentine that ate my teacher
before you can say “be mine”, lizzie, scott, sybil and their substitute teacher, mr. bernstein, are sucked into the class valentine box, and whisked away to another world!
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26. The Hamlet Chronicles: Four Stupid Cupids by Gregory Maguire Recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
the hamlet chronicles: four stupid cupids
When four reckless mythical flying babies break loose from the antique urn Fawn’s aunt sent her from Greece, the boys in Fawn’s class squirm in their seats and the girls begin to conspire. With the help of these cupids, the members of the Girls Gossip Club could make this Valentine’s Day a memorable one for their heartbroken teacher, Miss Earth. Little do they know how crazy Valentine’s Day is going to be, now that four cupids with rusty shooting skills are on the case!
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27. grim hill: the forgotten secret of linda demeulemeester recommended age: from 8 to 12 years old
shadow hill: the forgotten secret
In “Grim Hill: The Forgotten Secret,” Book 3 of the award-winning “Grim Hill” series, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so it seems only natural that Cat’s friends, her sister and even his football team coaches have all been captivated by romance. But do not be fooled! even romance has a dark side in a city with a sinister hill in its center.
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28. the amazing days of abby hayes: sealed with a kiss by anne mazer recommended age: 8 to 12
the wonderful days of abby hayes: sealed with a kiss
abby learns a secret about her sister: star athlete eva has a boyfriend! that’s the last thing abby would want for herself. But when it turns out she has a secret admirer at school, Abby has to ask herself some questions. who has been sending you all these cards and pictures? and is she really she is she ready for love?
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29. journals two of a kind: heart to heart by mary-kate & ashley olsen recommended age: 8 to 12
journals of two types: from heart to heart
It’s Mary-Kate’s first Valentine’s Day with a boyfriend and she’s full of the Valentine’s Day spirit. So much so that she decides to put an ad in the school paper and advertise herself as a singing telegram for White Oak and Harrington. she is having a great time sending valentine messages for her friends. . . until she receives a request to give her own boyfriend a Valentine’s gift, from someone else!
ashley is not thinking about valentine’s day. She got a bad grade on a science test and the only way she’s going to get an A on the next one is if she can convince the biggest nerd in the class to tutor her. he says that she will, but only on one condition. Ashley has to turn him into a total stud in time for Valentine’s Day to get the girl of his dreams to date him. the problem? nothing ashley does seems to change it at all! And if she doesn’t change it soon, she’ll be out of luck for her next test!
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30. Mary-Kate & ashley sweet 16: love and kisses by mary-kate & ashley olsen recommended age: 8 to 12
mary-kate & ashley sweet 16: love and kisses
mary-kate and ashley are more present than ever! Here in this latest Sweet 16 is a special Valentine’s Day story for all of your millions of die-hard fans. Will mary-kate be able to find a way to mend the broken hearts caused by her recent valentine item before the big day arrives?
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31. High School Musical: Heart to Heart by Helen Perelman Recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
high school musical: heart to heart
For five years in a row, the East High Wildcats have lost to their West High rivals in the fundraiser for the United Heart Association’s annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser, Heart to Heart. But this year, Sharpay is determined to let East High reign supreme! each club gets to work figuring out what they can do to generate the most cash. The Drama Club will be selling flowers, and Taylor and Gabriella will be hosting a cupcake sale with the Scholastic Decathlon team.
With Gabriella baking non-stop and Troy practicing for the states, can they find a time to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Will sharpay’s dreams of victory come true?
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32. rachel’s valentine crush by angela darling recommended age: from 8 to 12 years old
rachel’s valentine crush
Rachel has had a secret crush on brody, the cute and sweet boy from her church choir, for a while now. But when Brody becomes a famous pop star and drops out of school to go on tour, he becomes all the girls’ crush. Rachel is happy for Brody, but she’s also a little heartbroken that things between them will never be the same.
but when brody releases a new song about his own secret crush, some of the lyrics make rachel think that maybe, just maybe, brody is singing about her. could be? Rachel is about to find out, along with all the other girls at school, when Brody returns home on Valentine’s Day to give a concert and reveal the identity of the person she secretly likes.
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33. Sweet Valley Twins: The Groom’s Game by Francine Pascal Recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
sweet valley twins: boyfriend game
Sweet Valley High School is celebrating Valentine’s Day by hosting a TV show! contestants choose their dream dates by asking fun and personal questions, in front of their classmates and a television audience. Winners get a free trip to an amusement park, and the whole school gets to enjoy the best Valentine’s Day dance ever!
Jessica Wakefield is eager to be a contestant, and she can’t believe it when her twin sister, Elizabeth, is chosen instead. is it time for another twin switch? sophia rizzo and patrick morris decide to cheat so they can end up together. and janet howell is busy dreaming of her perfect guy. But everyone’s plans backfire big time! Will the dating game be a dating disaster?
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34. Sweet Valley Twins: The Groom’s Mess by Francine Pascal Recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
sweet valley twins: groom’s mess
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It’s Valentine’s Day and Sweet Valley is enjoying the dance of the decade, courtesy of Young Love, the most popular dating game show on television. but even though the music is great and the decorations are great, the couples at the dance are totally weird.
jessica wakefield and her identical twin, elizabeth, switched identities for the dating game. Now Jessica is stuck on a date with her sister’s kind of boyfriend, Todd Wilkins, who doesn’t even suspect that she’s with the wrong girl! janet howell is stuck with super geek donald zwerling, thanks to young love. maria slater is really excited to be with patrick morris, but he only has eyes for sophia rizzo. everyone is with the wrong partner! Can they find true romance before this night to remember becomes a night to forget?
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35. valentine to a flying mouse by laura hawkins Recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
valentine to a flying mouse
February 14th is coming up, and mrs. Crandall’s fourth grade class is filling up with homemade flashcards. But one day, the students arrive and discover that someone has stolen all the valentines.
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36. bratz love is in the air!: bratz valentines day stories by monique stephens recommended age: 8 to 12
bratz love is in the air! bratz valentine stories
love is in the air! is it love for jade, sasha, cloe or yasmin? Share girls’ most memorable Valentine’s Days in four hilarious, and oh-so-sweet, stories of friendship and love! includes craft activities and also washable tattoos.
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37. madison finn: heart to heart by gail rock age recommended: 8 to 12
madison finn: heart to heart
what gives? Far Hills Junior High’s Winter Jubilee sounds like fun, until the kids in the choir start treating Madison cold. worse yet, mom and dad’s relationship is frozen. Can you volunteer at a local nursing home to help Madison turn all this ice…into something nice? It’ll take more than a little mistletoe to get everyone back in the holiday spirit!
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38. super dc heroes: my frozen valentine by bob fein recommended age: 8 to 12
DC Super Heroes: My Frozen Valentine
It’s Valentine’s Day in Gotham, but not everyone is celebrating. Victor Fries (aka Mr. Freeze) has never gotten over the death of his wife, Nora, and he’s not about to let anyone enjoy this painful vacation. Only Batman can stop the ruthless criminal before Victor freezes the city!
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39. Teen Titans Go!: My Crummy Valentine by j. torres recommended age: 8 to 12 years old
C’mon Teen Titans!: My Damn Valentine
In this special Valentine’s Day story, Robin and Starfire go on a date! can they ignore all the distractions, including some nosy teammates?
valentines day books for older tweens
40. The Lemonade War Series: Jacqueline Davies’ Candy Smash Age Recommended: 9 to 12
the series lemonade war: the candy coup
Jessie and Evan Treski waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class action trial, and even unmasked a bell thief. they are now at opposite ends on the right to keep secrets. Evan believes that some things (like his poetry) are private. Jessie thinks the scandal is good news. When anonymously submitted candy hearts turn up in class 4-0, self-proclaimed reporter Jessie decides to get the scoop on the class’s crushes.
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41. how to drive your family crazy on valentine’s day by dean marney recommended age: 9 to 12 years old
how to drive your family crazy on valentine’s day
lizzy hates valentine’s day. she’s certainly not one to get involved in all that soft, sappy stuff. puh-lease! especially since she has other things on her mind. First of all, there’s this new girl in school who almost everyone thinks she’s “perfect,” including Lizzie’s friend Scott. (He looks like he has a crush on her!) Lizzie doesn’t care…much. she has other issues to deal with, like the fact that she’s seeing things that no one else can. And the big valentine box in her classroom is sucking people into a strange dimension! Without a doubt, this will be the strangest Valentine’s Day for Lizzie and company. an ultimate adventure. and without sap.
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42. smartboys club: monkey with love. disgusting! by rebecca shelley recommended age: 9 to 12 years old
know-it-all club: monkey with love. yuck!
In book 7 of the smartboys club, the monkey and the bean face off at the science fair. one of your projects will win, the other will not. It’s a battle of wits between two of the smartest kids in school. And to top it off, the monkey receives a mysterious valentine and has to hunt down the sender of it.
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43. ignorantmus (aldo zelnick’s comic novel series) by karla oceanak recommended age: 9 to 12 years old
ignoramus (aldo zelnick’s series of comic novels)
If there’s a more inopportune date for a grade-schooler’s birthday than February 14, Aldo Zelnick wants to know what it is. With his 11th birthday and Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Aldo plans an all-male party with no roses, lace or hearts, thank you very much. But what if the girls, who seem to have a crush on Aldo’s friend Danny, crash the party? In this story, told in part by Aldo’s friend, who happens to be a girl, Bee, Aldo learns early that love means always having to say you’re sorry.
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44. saddle club: stable hearts by bonnie bryant recommended age: 9 to 12 years old
saddle club: stable hearts
stevie, carole and lisa have a blast making plans for the pine hollow valentine’s day barn dance. Unfortunately, Stevie’s boyfriend wants her to go to the dance at her school that same night. now stevie has to figure out how to be in two places at once. Meanwhile, the Saddle Club girls have to keep a new rider in Pine Hollow, the annoying old Mr. lady stowaway Reg’s hair what would mrs. reg do without them!
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45. Roses are Terror, Violets are Boos!: A Vampire Valentine’s Story by Michelle Poploff Age Recommended: 9 to 12 years old
Roses are Terror, Violets are Boos!: A Vampire Valentine’s Story
wanda doomsday only has one friend, and as valentine approaches, she fears she only has one. Wanda comes up with the perfect plan to make more friends: she’s going to invite her baker uncle to school to teach the class how to make cookies for Valentine’s Day. But when Uncle Vex slips on Wanda’s skateboard and has to stay home, it takes some quick thinking to make his plan a success.
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46. The Wedding Planner’s Daughter: The Cupid Chronicles by Coleen Murtagh Paratore Recommended age: 9 to 13 years old
The Wedding Planner’s Daughter: The Cupid Chronicles
When the library in bramble, cape cod announces that it is in danger of closing, the city’s residents have to raise big money, fast. Thirteen-year-old Willa must put aside her crush on Joey Kennelly to save the library, but the question is, how?
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47. 25 roses by stephanie faris recommended age: 9 to 13
25 roses
Mia is used to feeling ignored: her perfect older sister gets all the attention at home, and the popular clique at school is basically an expert at ignoring her. So when it comes time for the student council’s annual chocolate rose sale, Mia is prepared to feel even worse. because although anyone can buy and send roses to her crush and friends, the same (popular) people always end up with roses and everyone else is left out.
except a twist of fate puts mia in charge of selling the roses this year, and that means things are going to change. With a little creativity, Mia makes sure that kids who usually walk away empty-handed suddenly find themselves the object of someone’s affection. But her plan begins to unravel when she realizes being a secret matchmaker isn’t easy, and neither is being the center of attention.
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48. sweets & secret crushes by lisa greenwald recommended age: 10 to 14
sweet treats & secret crushes
When a blizzard threatens to ruin Valentine’s Day, three seventh grade friends bake and distribute fortune cookies to their lonely neighbors and confront the secrets they’ve been hiding.
Kate, self-confident, doesn’t notice much more than the latest gossip, and shy Georgia can’t say out loud what’s always on her mind. They’re joined by the observant and careful Olivia, whose epic and determined crush on PBJ (real name: Phillip Becker-Jacobs) is starting to frustrate them. Using fortune cookies that mysteriously always seem to speak directly to the person who opens them, the three girls try to work together to bring some love to their building while reminding each other why they’re such good friends to begin with.
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49. crush by ellen conford recommended age: 10 to 14
crush
a series of ten romantic episodes in the life of b.j. and other students at Cutter’s Forge High as they plan their Valentine’s Day love stomp.
“Tickets for the sweetheart stomp are still available in the student government office, room 114, during lunch hours or half an hour after school.”
bj however, green, not for the first time, thought of the silly name that was sweetheart stomp for a valentine’s day dance. Not that she didn’t want to go, but it sounded like an event where you stomped your girlfriend unconscious.
but the society bigwigs at cutter’s forge high were into alliteration this year. They had called the Halloween dance the Halloween hoedown. the thanksgiving dance was the turkey trot. for Christmas they had had the Christmas jump. And now, for Valentine’s Day, the dance committee had arrived with the loving stomp.
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50. A Princess Diaries Book: Valentine’s Princess by Meg Cabot Recommended age: 12 years and up
a princess diaries book: princess valentine
I mean, it usually means those things. But when you’re my princess, nothing happens the way it’s supposed to. On the one hand, Grandmère seems determined to prove that boy (or Michael, as he is commonly known) is not the right one for the Crown Princess of Genovia. And Mia isn’t having much luck proving otherwise, as Michael has a history of being adamantly against any kind of exploitative marketing (Valentine’s Day, as it’s commonly known).
boris can openly declare his love for lilly, and even kenny comes out with a measly display of whitman. So why can’t Michael give in to Cupid and tell Mia that he loves her, preferably with something wrapped in red or pink and accompanied by roses, in time to prove that he is Mia’s true prince?
hope you enjoyed this collection of valentines day books for girls. Have you read any of these selections? if so, which ones and did you like them?
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