In Moxie: A Novella, Lindsey J. Mercer introduces readers to Lena, a girl who loves to write, and is just figuring out her own life. I also really liked the scenes where Lena spoke about writing. It captured the real essence of what I feel...

In Miguel's Secret Journal: The Four Corners of Earth, Miguel is a gay Latino who lives and goes to school in the Bronx, and this story, written by A.V. Zeppa, is in the form of his journal. In the first book in this series, Miguel...

Marionette by T. B. Markinson is the story of seventeen-year-old Paige Alexander. Paige is found in her home with slit wrists by her girlfriend. Her friend convinces her to undergo therapy. Though Paige does not think it is going to help her, she decides to...

Memoir of Life, Love, Hardship, & Spirituality - A Collection of Traditional and Free Verse Poetry - Special Edition by Kaitlyn Millet is a compilation of poems written for teenagers and young adults. The poems cover sexuality, personal emotions, fear, love, hate, spirituality, and Christianity....

David Tish's book Madame Charmaine (The Sheldon Beasley Series) takes an all-too-familiar story line and adds some interesting twists that make the book enjoyable. Nebraska youths Sheldon Beasley, Jimmy Blaze, Bull Evenshot, and Tabby Moore discover a rusty old padlocked trunk and assume they have...

For Antonio Amaya, his entire life was dedicated to his family's one goal: getting to the United States. Then the dream comes true, and his family is ecstatic! Yet for Antonio, the United States isn't the golden land of milk and honey that the rest...

Poet Angel Aranda is the author of Mono No Aware: A Poem For A Transient Being Called Love. This poem/book illustrates young love that survives both time and distance. "Mono no aware" is a Japanese term meaning sensitivity to things. The term expresses “nothing lasts...

"Moonflower" by EDC Johnson is a story that will transport you to a world of sci-fi and fantasy. The story is how after her father's death Josephine Wood is moved to the city by her mother. She hates her city life. The twist in the...

"Misguided Sensitivity" is the story of Philip Nork. Born in Chicago, he moves to Nevada where his job brings him often on the road. Having time on his hands, he starts writing his memoirs. What comes out is a story that centers around divorce...

Life was good for Jamie Matthews at age five. His family closely held his mom, his dad, his twin sisters Rose and Jasmine, and of course him. That wass until September 9th, when a series of terrorist bombs were set off and Rose happened to...