In Who We Were by Christy Sloat, Sadie Peters is going to summer school at a different school than her own in order to gain some extra credit so she can have shorter days next year. She never intended to gain more friends or start...

Double Take is a young adult story by Laura Kennedy. Brooke Bentley’s car breaks down and she asks for assistance at a dilapidated mansion. The owner, Laura de France, is an elderly woman who was a former actress and friend of Robert Wagner and Elizabeth...

In the untouched border wilderness of Nome, Alaska, Jeannie Kelly is not your everyday 1900s young woman. Jeannie lives to survey the next big gold strike, a passion she shares with her father, while she and her brothers follow his lead on their gold claim....

As I started The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, I didn’t have any idea of what it was really about. What I soon found out is that it is a celebration of the deep love between a man and a woman, beginning in their teens through...

We all deal with pain and loss in our own way. Kelsie cuts. In Breaking Free by S.M. Koz, Kelsie is consumed with guilt and grief over losing her best friend in a car accident for which she feels responsible. She soon relies on her...

Written in the Stars by Jayme Ardente-Silliman starts off with 13-year-old Sophie Watters, who is beyond thrilled to go to The Spinners concert, go backstage, and meet the lead singer, Geoff Mann, her long-time crush. Not only did she meet him, but she also got...

In Ann Herrick’s My Fake Summer Boyfriend, during a summer vacation with her family, Katie has the opportunity to be Alex’s girlfriend…fake girlfriend. Since she has had a huge crush on him, she jumps at the chance in hopes of getting closer to him. Just...

In The Funeral Singer by Linda Budzinski, Melanie Martin has always been that weird girl who sings at her parents’ funeral home. After an unplanned but amazing performance of “Amazing Grace” at a rock star’s funeral, she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight and is...

Dash and Cinder by Bridget Ladd is a steampunk re-imagining of Cinderella that takes away the fairy godmother and adds a robotic chef, sets it firmly in India, and turns Cinderella into an android living under the harsh ownership of Madame and her callous and...

Surya and Diya: An Indian Love Story by Nina Kedar is an exquisite collection of love poems that speaks about two lovers, Surya and Diya, the joys and thrills of their love and relationship. The poems ponder on the various stages of love, starting from...