Don't Look Back by Jeff Magnuson is a young adult thriller with well developed themes and strong characters. Jason Markum is not only bullied but faces suspension. But then Jason and his friend, Lori, stumble on a secret, part of a technology developed for a...

In Sam and James: The Missing Teen by AA Freda, as the granddaughter of wealthy tycoon Henry Greenwald takes her usual route home from school, little does she know she is being watched. On that fateful January afternoon in 1969, 14-year-old Penelope Campos is about...

Slow Drip by Gary Polisano is well named: that title describes the serial killer’s methodology, right from how he selects his victims to how he kills them. It also captures Polisano’s style: a slow drip of information following a block-buster opening chapter that shows the...

A few teenagers get more than they bargained for in Nine Candles of Deepest Black by Matthew S. Cox. It all starts with the appearance of Paige, who recently lost her bigger sister and moved to a small, peaceful town with her parents and her...

Hooked is the first book in the Hard Wired Trilogy by DeAnna Browne. In the future, virtual reality is part of everyday life. People go on dates in VR, have parties in VR and experience the wildest things in relative safety. Some, however, take VR...

Kings and Criminals is a work of thriller fiction written for young adults by author Mungo Magennis. The novel focuses on the visionary young Max, who sees the intense problems of the world he’s about to become an adult in, and wants to devote his...

Shattered by Jody Calkins is a different kind of story, because the main character is dead. Marris is 15 years old and an orphan. She’s been living in a late 21st century academy for unwanted children for a few years, and has three more years...

Social media addiction is taken to a new level in Wired by Caytlyn Brooke. In a distant future, Maggie is initially skeptical when a new device called Vertix H2 is released, yet she goes to the midnight release with her best friend and her brother....

Due to Logan Quinn’s escape from hell, the apocalypse on Earth is imminent. He’s accused of opening a portal that will let all hell-bound creatures enter the world of the living. Two angels in earthly bodies, Joseph and Gertrude, try to get the location of...

Evergreen by Matthew S. Cox is a young adult science fiction novel about a seventeen-year-old girl called Harper Cody who has been plunged into an apocalyptic scenario caused by a nuclear flash. Her life changes irrevocably. She spends two months, together with her parents and...