In Saving Sophie by Debbie Schrack, Gabe always wants to be the best of the best and wonders what his purpose in life is. Six months ago, his brother Josh was responsible for an accident in which four people lost their lives, and Gabe cannot...

Spindrift Love is a young adult coming-of-age novel by Jocelyn Holst Bolster. Fifteen-year-old Jesse grew up in an ultra-orthodox home with a minister for a father in rural Kansas. Devoid of distractions like rock music or television, Jesse spends her days admiring nature and its...

Relationships can be complicated, but sometimes people make them complicated. When Betty rescues an abandoned puppy off the busy streets of London, she hopes her partner will understand, but he’s gone through some difficult relationships and the thought of a little puppy coming between them...

Malachi was black and had albinism. Double tragedy! Fortunately, he had a good life, a loving family, and kind neighbors. Everything came to a halt when Bennett Dickson and his dad moved into the community. The white racist would taunt Malachi’s family at every opportunity...

Soulspark by Eliza Tilton is an innocent young adult romance novel about a seventeen-year-old who finally experiences a bit of happiness in her otherwise troubled life. It's only been six months since her mother died, and Jessica isn't coping very well. She feels like an...

Isabel Scheck’s Shades of Blue is a heartbreakingly beautiful story about young love. Skylar and Ciel take the same school bus and share a science class. They have hardly spoken to each other, aside from the one occasion when Skylar asked him about their science...

Summer of '82 is a coming-of-age young adult novel written by T. Allen Madding. Set in the early 80s, the book follows the lives of three young friends growing up in the small rural town of Haggard in Whitaker County, South Georgia. Ricky Mann, Jimmy...

Saving Lonesome Carsten is a slice-of-life drama novel by Emily Stalder Johnson. After recently moving with her family to her new home, junior high schooler Kacey Harlow finds a kindred spirit when she meets Carsten Hayes, a shy kid who instantly opens up to Kacey....

Spirit Talker, a novel by Rebecca Laffar-Smith, relates the story of Sara Brooks, a young Australian girl who for some reason is followed by ghosts. Since her mother’s death, six months earlier, Sara and her dad move across the country for a fresh start. ...

Sugar Birds, a novel by Cheryl Grey Bostrom, accomplishes so much that you can’t help but fall in love with it. Aggie Hayes enjoys the outdoors and loves climbing trees and sketching the bird nests that she finds. Her father introduced her to sketching and...