Love in Focus by Yoko Nogiri [Entire Series Volumes 1-3]

The Love in Focus series by Yoko Nogiri is a delightful shojo romance tale centered on Mako Mochizuki~another plucky, positive heroine from Nogiri~and her first year of high school in a new town (on her own). She moved there at the behest of her oldest friend and because the school has an amazing photography club.

I highly recommend this series for middle school collections. Not only does it handle confessions, friendships, and romantic feelings with tenderness and respect, it has only three volumes. You can easily get the whole series for your library!