In Finding Evie by Catina Noble, Evie was always the main focus of her father’s anger and abuse. Evie and her sisters only had two meals per day. There were nights when Evie had to go to bed without dinner as punishment. Evie would sell...

Impact Zone: Be Strong. Be Fearless. Be Brave by B.D. Roy is an emotional and unforgettable tale of a teenage boy struggling through life after his family was suddenly ripped apart by betrayal. We meet Jack and his two brothers trying to cope with their...

When you die and become an angel, you don't expect there to be so much paperwork. David Garcia fell to his death at age seventeen. He spent his first ten years filing papers for dead people, boring in the extreme, until the archdemon of angels...

Everything Here Belongs To You by Saborna Roychowdhury is a coming-of-age story of a girl forced to grow up too fast and pay the price later in life. Parul was just 6 years old when her father Ahmed left her with the Sens family in...

Self-harm, suicide, violence, and racism are some of the most prevalent issues in our society, so it is admirable that C.M. North took the time to include these in his book. Two sets of people in their early teens from two separate decades are the...

Life Tree is a young adult drama by Martha Amabile. While preparing himself for the next day's funeral, Peter McKinney starts thinking about his childhood. His memories transport him back to the year 1964, just days before Christmas, when he was a mischievous eleven-year-old living...

Dusty Road Home is a work of fiction in the LGBTQ romance subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Isabella. The book follows Melanie Crenshaw, a successful author who has fled the limelight following a particularly public breakup...

With abortion once again a hot political/religious and social topic in the US since the reversal of the Roe-Wade ruling, it’s little wonder that writers are speaking out. Teresa Benitez, the author of the memoir Unburdening, is one of these. Her story graphically detailing three...

Quinn's junior year is not off to a good start. In Carpool to Christmas: A Sweet Teen Carpool Romance, Nicole J Schubert dives right into the dramatic comedy that young adult readers are sure to love. With her helicopter sister off to college, Quinn is...

Court of Snakes: This Desert Cage by Tycho Dwelis is a young adult book that confronts issues of different social classes in a fantasy world. Terran was the son of the royal leader, but his family was overthrown, leaving Terran as a fugitive on the...