Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella is the heartbreaking story of a 13-year-old boy as he is forced to face a harsh world that doesn’t seem to understand him, yet he understands the world pretty well. Charlie’s mother is an addict, and somehow he pays the...

In C.S. Kendall's Descendants of the Curse: Jessie's Awakening, as far as Jessie was concerned the sins of the parents should remain with them and shouldn't be passed to the child. But that wasn't how things worked with the water. Turning seventeen had enough pressure,...

Dirges of The Still Waters by James W. Durrah is the story of a young girl who wants nothing more than to learn to write. Vadeedee lives in a remote area in the mountains of Appalachia. Her life is as simple and boring as you...

Growing up can be challenging. During our teenage years, we're more aware of the world around us. In Dreaded Dinner Party by Destiny Henderson, Aucuria 'Curi' Andrews is learning a lot about herself, her neighbors, her parents, and their friends. Curi's parents frequently have parties...

Death and Other Side Effects by Rose Maldonado is a beautiful story told from the perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl with an inoperable brain tumor. Alexis lives in a nursing home and has all but given up on life until she meets Jonah, a one-legged...

Spex were not just a trend, they were a way of life. The world was yours and with a thought, knowledge was at your fingertips. Thanks to Marco's app, you never had to worry about forgetting a name again. Of course, there are some people...

When Kit Kat is adopted by the middle-aged, childless Anna, what Kit Kat wants most, apart from love, is an identity...her own, including her sad past as the abandoned, unwanted Elektra, daughter of a Greek prostitute. But while Anna looks after all Kit Kat’s physical...

Dancing on Seaside by Julius James DeAngelus is a warm, nostalgic story told with love. It takes place in 1977 in Atlantic City with flashbacks to the late 1950s. The storytellers are Hope, the mother of Jamie and Liz – aka the lizard - and...

The Awakening by Andrew Wichland is the first book in the Dragon Knight Chronicles. Ryuu has always been different. He’s surrounded by people who want to see him fail and will do whatever it takes to hinder his graduation. It doesn’t help that a fight...

Defiled is a delightfully creepy work of young adult fantasy and horror, penned by author Michael S. Vassel. Written as the opening book to the Castle Chronicles, we meet the series’s hero Mark Castle when he is just a high school student. Mark has had...