"Davy Jones: Heavy Weight Champion of the World" by Carl A. Chase is a fictional account of what happens every day on the streets of almost any town. Drugs and corruption run loose. So goes the story of Davy Jones, a young boy who loses...

This tale is a very good portrayal of a boy who can travel between two worlds to be able to protect one of his relatives. It is written in the first person, is light, and develops with a good pace. He is also witty and...

Mykaela has had sorrow and despair for much of her young life; first, as her younger sister fought and defeated cancer and then, when her mother learns she has a rare form of breast cancer, her world begins to crumble. Her friends adore her -...

"Dark of the Moon" by Tracy Barrett plumbs the depth of Greek Mythology, re-spinning the story of the Minotaur into a tale for today’s teens. Fifteen-year-old Ariadne is Krete’s moon goddess in training. Sixteen-year-old Theseus, a misfit in the small village of Troizena, discovers that...

Gifted young writer Kody Keplinger has created a novel for older teens based upon the theme behind Antigone's Greek classic play, Lysistrata, where the women withhold sexual favors to stop the men of Athens and Sparta from fighting each other. In Shut Out, high school...

This is a witty and entertaining book made up of entries in a diary written by a fourteen-year-old girl named Melissa. It depicts her life after she is given a diary by her twelve-year-old sister, Megan. She started it right before she begins her first...

Dark Parties by Sara Grant is a debut book in the young adult market which features young Neva in a Dystopian society. She and her friends have just turned sixteen and have decided to hold a Dark Party in order to get in touch with...

Annie's life took a turn for the worse when her dad moved the family from the only home she'd known in Connecticut to Beaufort, Alabama. Being her senior year, she left all of her friends, including her boyfriend, behind. How could her dad do this...

I love the book and its unique plot, which is loosely based on Genesis 6:1-4 and the results of that event. I've always been fascinated by that passage. Most preachers steer clear of it not knowing what it means, how to explain it or the...

Helena and her best friend, Katie Bell, have been attending summer camp together since they could walk; but this summer Helena is a counselor, and Katie Bell is still a camper. Helena's views about camp are forever changed as she learns what it's like to...