Books like Beginner's Love by Norma Klein

Forever is a 1975 Judy Blume novel that explores teenage sexuality, family dynamics, and the challenges of adolescence in a New Jersey high school setting.

In medieval England, a spirited fourteen‑year‑old diarist defends her freedom and dreams of art, crusades, and music against her parents’ plans to marry her off or sell her into servitude.

Stephanie navigates junior high life, balancing a hidden family secret, shifting friendships with her best friend Rachel, and a new friendship with a Californian classmate.

Fifteen‑year‑old Frankie narrates the tense months before her mother mysteriously disappears, as she wrestles with family violence, psychological abuse and the unsettling truth about her parents.

After their parents split, a pair of fourteen‑year‑old twins turn their summer into a culinary adventure, running a family restaurant with the help of close friends.

Love is a funny thing. It can happen anywhere, any time. But the first time is very special. For Rachel, it happened on a very special day: her birthday! And all because someone had tickets he could't use... (from Scholastic edition's back cover)

From the back of the book: Before I go any further, I ought to tell you my name is Spence. I'm eighteen, in the prime of health, and ready to start my pre-med at the University of Michigan in the fall. I'm not trying to sound like a lot of hot air here, but I've always gotten along well with women. In fact, I guess you could call me a "catch." So here I am, in the summer before my whole new life begins at college, trying to stay out of trouble, and then I have to go meet this girl, Audrey, working at the travel agency I innocently walked into one afternoon. She's not like all the other girls at school. Audrey is, well she's sophisticated, more worldly She's been divorced and she's older by two years. I mean, twenty going on thirty-five or something. I didn't mean to fall in love with Audrey, but I did. And while I'm trying to understand what's going on, along comes Taffy, the wife of one of my bests friends and a mother to boot, saying how mcuh she really loves me. Frankly, I don't know what to do. But I have a feeling that it's all going to come crashing down and, somehow, I'm going to be in the thick of it...

Twelve‑year‑old Nell must learn to live with her father and little brother after her parents divorce.