When seventeen-year-old Kellen St. James graduates from college, he isn’t expecting to do much more than to start a new life. Boy, did he get what he wanted! The Star Child by Stephanie Keyes is the adventure Kellen wasn’t looking for. Leaving his narcissistic, controlling,...

The Battle Maid is a work of fantasy fiction by Claudia Callander. Karma, at fifteen, is invisible, metaphorically speaking. At least, most of the time. When her peers get it in their heads to torment her, the bullying can be intense. At least Karma has...

The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry is a novel by Brenda Welburn. Imagine being named Ann Sesstry. Sound it out and connect it to parents who are historians and constantly dragging the family along to look into their family stories, their ancestry, and you’ll understand....

Perfect for teen readers who enjoy the science fiction worlds of alternate realities, The Given is the first book in the Interland series by Gary Clark. Soon after her eighteenth birthday, Jay’s mind-reading powers quickly develop. What should have been an amazing discovery turns into...

The Sinners’ Solemnities is the second novel in The Defenders of Dembroch by Patrick Harris. It has been thirty years since the king was murdered, and his killer is on the loose. However, that is not the only thing the people of Dembroch have to...

The Sigil Masters: A Coming of Age Epic Fantasy by Rick Duffy is a compelling young adult fantasy with memorable characters. It features a magical world that will literally absorb readers. Par lives in a world where magic thrives and almost everyone uses it. Those...

The Giant's Giant by Mark Cheverton is a young adult dystopian fantasy, set in a world that experienced a great nuclear disaster that nearly killed all life on Earth. The Earth survived and was renamed Phoniex. The creatures of Phoniex evolved over the centuries, and...

The Omicron Six by Endy Wright is a beautiful meld of science fiction and coming of age, and a story that has strong lessons on personal transformation through deep human connections. The story follows two compelling characters, Cooper Callister and Coupe Daschelete, both gifted yet...

The Girls in the Shattered World by Ben Patchett is a futuristic novel, a coming of age in a turbulent time in 2032. It has been five years since Alex’s father argued that Canada was a country of peace and won’t succumb to the broken...

The Con Woman by A. J. A. Gardiner is an amazing novel. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an adventure story this much, except perhaps Donald Westlake’s last novel. This novel is about the adventures of a brother-sister duo, Dawn and Roger, hatching...