Overview - Broader Reading | Romance - Library Guides at Mentone Girls' Grammar School

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Explore the young adult romance fiction collection
The romance fiction collection is located in the Kerferd Library Reading Lounge. Look for the books that have the pink and white heart icon on the spine.
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A genre that includes romantic love and relationships that can sometimes end in "happy ever after" and sometimes end in tears. An important principle in many romance novels is "the obstacle" that stands in the way of the main characters and their relationship. Romance sub-genres include: contemporary, gothic, historical, and even suspense.
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A genre that focuses on relationships and often ends in a 'happily ever after'.

Romance fiction | Keywords

Click on the terms to access a simple definition from Lexico, the online Oxford Dictionary.

Adoration, Affection, Ardour, Attraction, Desire, Epistolary, Genre, Love, Literature, Novella, Passion, Romance.

Romance fiction | Suggested reads

Your Kerferd Library has lots of romance novels you can borrow and read. Here are suggestions to get you started. See also the Romance Bookshelf on this guide for more suggestions and recommendations.

Words in deep blue by Cath Crowley
ISBN: 9781742612386
Publication Date: 2016
Winner 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for young adult fiction. Plus, book of the year honours by the Childrens' Book Council of Australiain 2017.
This is a love story. It's the story of a second-hand bookshop called Howling Books where people leave letters to strangers, or those they love, or want to love, between the pages of books in the Letter Library. Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie are best friends. Or they were. Before Rachel moved away to the sea. Now, she's back, grieving for her brother Cal who drowned in the sea that he loved. Rachel loves Henry. Henry loves Amy. Amy loves Amy but is happy for Henry to love her too. This is a book about books. About the power of literature to cradle our past, present and future selves. It's about how we leave ourselves behind when we die. How we leave our histories in the things we love, like books.
The other side of the sky by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
ISBN: 9781760637675
Publication Date: 2020
Prince North’s home is in the sky, in a gleaming city held aloft by intricate engines, powered by technology. Nimh is the living goddess of her people on the Surface, responsible for providing answers, direction—hope. North’s and Nimh’s lives are entwined—though their hearts can never be. Linked by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and fate, they must choose between saving their people or succumbing to the bond that is forbidden between them.

Romance fiction | Curriculum alignment

This Mentone Girls' Grammar School Libguide supports the following Australian and / or Victorian curriculum outcomes.

Literacy [Australian General Capability.1]
The knowledge and skills needed to access, understand, analyse and evaluate information, make meaning, express thoughts and emotions, present ideas and opinions, interact with others and participate in activities.
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The Australian General Capability is the national vocabulary identifying important general capabilities that schools should help students develop, in addition to content of particular learning areas. (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, n.d.)
Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing [Australian General Capability.11]
Using strategies for reading and viewing texts, including using applied topic knowledge, vocabulary and visual knowledge. Listening for information and to carry out tasks and participate in discussions. Using strategies for comprehending spoken, written, visual and multimodal texts, including retrieving literal information and making inferences.
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The Australian General Capability is the national vocabulary identifying important general capabilities that schools should help students develop, in addition to content of particular learning areas. (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, n.d.)