Curling up with a good book in which the heroine saves the day has been a ritual of girlhood since the 1840s. Carpan (public services, Burke Library, Hamilton College) explains how this phenomenon cam
Crushes, flirting, and first love-and all the angst that goes with it-is a major preoccupation of teens. Likewise, it is hard to find a YA novel without at least a touch of romance. As teen romance di
