War World: A Novel by Rod C. Spence is a fantastic blend of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure, a novel with a strong appeal for fans of young adult fantasy. The reader is thrust into the world of the author right off the bat, with...

Windwalker: Forbidden Flight (The Aeternum Chronicles Book 0) by H.G. Chambers is a well-written and easy-to-read YA fantasy with a strong and independent 16-year-old heroine, Kiva, who wants to be a windwalker – a member of a sect whose members fly on the backs of...

Waterwight by Laurel McHargue is the first book in the Waterwight Series. The Event left Celeste and several other children orphaned. Celeste has spent the last few years in a children's home where no one will tell her what really happened. After her dreams become...

What Ghost? (Welcome to Hellesville) by Jennifer Redmile is a stunning young adult paranormal novel about a boy named Billy, and his ghost twin sister, Becky, who died at birth. Billy's parents are sending him to boarding school, and he's worried that people will think...

Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash finds Wes Rockville confronted with the last thing he expected: witches. After Wes has failed to transport one prisoner, he's given one last chance to prove himself and save his career. His father sends him to the Witches...

Wanted by Jo Ho is the first in the Chase Ryder series. Chase Ryder is fourteen and living on the streets when one night as she scrounges for food, she discovers a dog in the same situation. After he brings her food and saves her...

Wizzy Wig (Thanatos Rising Book 2) by Tiffany Pitts is a science fiction novel that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy reality bending stories. Jake Denny is an average looking gamer who lives in the basement apartment...

I have read a couple of good books this year where the hero is somehow transported to a fantastic realm by mysterious and magical means. It’s an angle I like as a reader. I like the magical and fantastic landscapes, but it’s nice when the...

White Plains by Rebecca Perkin is a good fantasy tale for young adult readers. I like stories where someone from our version of Earth is taken to another world. The connection to our place and time makes the protagonist’s actions and reactions understandable, but the...

Don Gutteridge has done it again! In a wonderful follow up to Summer's Idyll, the book that first introduced his readers to protagonist "Billy" or "Junior," this second work, Winter's Descent, continues this lovely story and will certainly keep readers enthralled from beginning to end....