Annihilation: Almost: Time to Start Again by Raj paints a world that seems fairly familiar to most of us. Since the advent of computers and the world wide web, control of the globe and most of its infrastructure has fallen increasingly into the province of...

Savage Run by E.J. Squires (Book One in the series) introduces a new strong female protagonist to the YA dystopian genre. Seventeen-year-old Heidi Cruise lives in a restrictive hierarchical society consisting of laborers, advisers and masters. As you might guess, she belongs to the lowest...

Goalden Sky is a short novel by Tracey Morait which is the sequel to the young adult tale, Goalden Girl. Set in the UK in contemporary times, the novel’s young protagonist is Gemma Sutherland, a keen female footballer who has already fought for and won...

A Force of Will by D.J. Wallace introduces us to the land of Nebula, where the young prince Will is preparing to engage in a rite of passage into manhood in which he must travel to a distant island to kill a monstrous, shape-shifting beast....

A Whisper of Smoke is a historical coming of age story written by Angela Hoke. It's set in the 1960s in a suburb right outside of Louisville, Kentucky. While Susanna and her family live in a more suburban setting, her best friend Calvin and his...

Justice Buried is a young adult fantasy novel by Hilary Thompson, and the first part of the Starbright series. Justice is the name given to a prophesied maiden who will come from the stars to save the three remaining cities upon a post-apocalyptic Earth. In...

“The few friends I had, if you could call them friends, turned away from me when I started seeing things. Visions. Clairvoyant was the term my therapist used. Freak was the term kids at school gave me.” Visions: The Mystical Encounter Series, Book 1 by...

I Live in a Doghouse by Beverly Stowe McClure is about a young boy called Nick who is struggling to adjust to his new family dynamic. His mother has remarried and, on top of a snotty step sister called Grace, Nick has also gained a...

Don't Touch the Glass is a psychological suspense novel written by G.N. Boorse. Audrey lives with his mom in Pineville Valley, West Virginia. The area has had a history of flooding during bad storms, and Audrey's mother is worried about having enough water in case...

Part fantasy, part adventure, part mystery, Hideaway by Gregory Pshide is, quite simply, one of the finest, best written, most engaging and utterly beguiling tales for young readers to come along in many years. Five orphaned children, each with a special ability he or she...