Gus Busbi by Jim Sono is a heartwarming, hopeful novel about growing up in the inner-cíty ghettos, seen through the eyes of a young black man torn between the friendship and familial love of young gang members and his mother’s desire for him to break...

Grinding Gears by C. R. Fulton tells the story of Logan Reed, a fourteen-year-old who cannot think of a life without racing. His rare talent has earned him success and a sponsor in his town, but the world he has always known begins to fall...

Girl Under Glass by Ginny Rorby is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl living with her alcoholic mother and assuming adult responsibilities of caring for their home and managing the bills. From the get-go, the author depicts Kelsey as an outsider when she steals a...

Getting What I Deserve by Rich Samuels is a must-read work about bullying and its effects on the victims. Thirteen-year-old Charlie and Mark were just casual acquaintances. They had known each other for a long time but had never become friends. When they started middle...

The life of a teenager is a stressful one indeed, but even more so for Cassie. Ghost Horse at Oak Lane Stable by Kerri Lukasavitz follows young equestrian Cassie as she tries to save her horse, NightHawk, after he is injured and can’t compete. Seeing...

Grass is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Mark McQuown. Born to two screenwriters from Hollywood, Antonio and Salma, twelve-year-old Cachi always felt hindered by his autism disorder, which prevented him from venturing out of his house. Perched on a rocking chair on his...

Good Pals by Michael C. Barrett is a young adult novel that alternates between the perspectives of two teenaged outcasts, Nick and Rachel. Nick is working on a long-term plan to ask his crush to the Spring Fling, but he still has months to go....

Greenhorn is a children’s book written by Anna Olswanger and with illustrations by Miriam Nerlove. Daniel, a survivor of the Holocaust, is taken in by Rabbi Ehrlich of Brooklyn. He arrives on the premises, clutching a little box in his hands as his sole possession....

Gallant: The Call of the Trail, exquisitely written by Claire Eckard and magnificently illustrated by Phylicia Mann, tells the story (“two horses, two people, one journey”) of Gracie’s lifelong love and devotion for her stallion Gallant as the story is read to Tommy, age 7,...

Glimmers of Hope by Kristy Lee is a young adult romance novel that will appeal to teenagers. In the year 2000, Janie abandoned a baby at the train station. That baby was adopted and named Elizabeth Wright. Tragedy struck, and Elizabeth (Birdie) was tossed from...