Safa Shaqsy’s The Fourth Reason dives into the mind of Amal, a paranoid schizophrenic. At the age of eighteen, Amal had become pregnant while living with her boyfriend Rob. When she revealed she was pregnant, he dumped her. While living with her mother, she gave...

Ten-year-old Paul O’Malley was beside himself with grief and guilt. It had been barely a day since his furious confrontation with his longtime friend Jackie. And now Jackie was dead. Paul only wanted to avenge his five-year-old sister Bethany after finding out what Jackie...

The Garden of Second Chances is a work of fiction in the social issues and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is intended for the older end of the young adult reading audience and contains no graphic material, but does make strong references to racial slurs, profanity,...

All Jason ever wanted was to feel loved and cared for. But since his parents died, he has been at the mercy of Bill and Ariana Bynes. Apart from being overworked, abused, and insulted, he is also denied the right to education. As he admires...

In The Underground Book Readers: The Secret Society by Terry Overton, the year is roughly 2031, and a military organization called the World Force has taken over the United States of America. Deep in the countryside of what used to be Virginia, a group of...

India is under British rule, and Balkishan, a newly appointed teacher, meets Lakshmi, a 14-year-old girl who is to be married to a 40-year-old man. Lakshmi and Balkishan both feel an instant attraction for each other. Lakshmi, desperate to avoid her marriage, runs away with...

The engaging, inspirational coming-of-age novel, Topping the Willow by Lori Closter, is a story about redemption, forgiveness, and healing. Brittany Warner cannot wait to break away from her mother’s control and make her own decisions but for now, she knows fighting her is not worth...

The Queering: The Life and Death of Brooke Skipstone by Brooke Skipstone, is a lesbian romance novel written for young adults. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Taylor MacKenzie is a seventy-year-old grandmother, teacher, and writer who lives in Clear, Alaska. A closet lesbian, she finds...

Set in the year 1995, The Mixtape to the Real Me: The Mixtape Chronicles is a young adult coming-of-age story by Jake Martinez. Justin Ortega and Dominic Mendoza are two teenagers in love studying at Garza High in South Texas. However, the place and time...

Doug has been fired from yet another job. With the economy in bad shape, he had grown to expect this development and the feelings that flowed from it. Once again he will retire to his home, which needs repairs, and shrink into himself until he...