Stargazer: A Rock Satire II by Ricardo Jasso Moedano is a rollicking, satirical coming-of-age story that will grab music fans. Meet Adrian Flodden in his third term at K.F.D. University, poised to make an impression on the traditional party organized by the university to welcome...

Punk Charming (A Mixtape of Spiked Hair, An Elusive Heir and Spiteful Snares) by Laura Quinn is a cultural fiction novel that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy romance in foreign countries. Kate Spenser is an eighteen-year-old...

Last Exit to Montauk by Phillip Vega is a mixture of coming-of-age and romance with a strong setting and memorable characters; it is the story that will remind readers of their first love and it is wonderfully told. With a newly bought car from his...

The Girl Who Saved Ghosts: The Unbelievables, Book 2 is a time-travel paranormal fantasy novel for young and new adults written by K.C. Tansley. Kat was way too familiar with ghosts popping up when she least expected them and asking for her help. She had...

The Princess and the Parakeet by Marc Clark follows Princess Brooke who was cursed by a Sorcerer to stay confined inside the palace. She finds freedom in the most unexpected place, in a mysterious talking Parakeet only she can understand. When the Parakeet reveals that...

Truth, Dare, Double Dare, Promise or Repeat (On Finding the Meaning of "Like" in 1982) by Monica Lee is a young adult coming of age story that would appeal most to a mature audience of young adult females who do not mind adolescent sexual situations...

Calliope Jones and The Last World Diver by Haylie Machado Hanson is a young adult general fantasy novel that would appeal most to an audience made up primarily of young adult females who enjoy female heroes and magical worlds. Calliope Jones is the sixteen-year-old middle...

Incense and Peppermints by Cathrina Constantine is set in the '60s and follows the journey of a young girl as she starts her confusing and painful journey into adulthood. Mary Monroe is just 16 years old; she is innocent and vulnerable, yet at the same...

Dead End Street is a coming of age thriller for young and new adult readers, written by R.L. Herron. It is a continuation of the saga which began with his novel, Reichold Street, which followed the lives and fortunes of a group of friends who...

A heartbreaking, wonderfully crafted coming-of-age story that equally features great historical elements, Promises by Eileen Donovan is a book that will thrill both young adult readers and adults. Meet Lizzie, a thirteen-year-old girl and her nine-year-old brother, Colin, compelled to travel to Canada in 1940...