Hello, Wigwam by L. John Lawrence is a wonderfully told story about Bert Costas, a biracial American teen who gets sent to Vietnam on a writing assignment, amidst war, and experiences much more than he bargained for. Written through the innocent eyes of Bert,...

Everyone Has Their Little Secrets by Michael Louthan is a young adult novel written in the form of diary entries found by her mother after her tragic death. Zoe Lynskey is a typical preteen. She has her friends, a loving family, and a bully. As...

3GB: Good Girl Gone Bad by K.A. Black is a coming of age tale about a teen named Alexandra, called Xandra by her family and friends. She seethes with resentment against her older brother, Brent, the local all-star athlete and the center of attention. Her...

Dogs Don't Talk is a young adult coming of age story written by Nancy May. Benjamin is a junior in high school who's recently moved to Adele, Virginia, with his family. They've moved several times before because of his father's job, but Benjamin's hoping this...

In author Callie James' book, Innocent, seventeen-year-old Missy and eighteen-year-old Will are stuck in the friendship zone. She often sleeps over at his house, hiding out from her abusive mother. She definitely wants more, but she is unsure of his feelings for her, and with...

The Bookseller: A Somnium Chronicles Short Story by M. Blake Adams is a fun short story about two best friends running a used bookstore, Somnium, in southern California. Zachariah and Gabriel spend their days surfing, aspiring to great things, and trying to make a living...

In Sweet Desire, Wicked Fate by Wray Ardan, fifteen-year-old Jaden, her sister Ava, and their mother inherit a family mansion in Louisiana. The three travel there to spend the summer preparing the home for sale. Jaden happens upon an old, dilapidated building on the property...

Courage Comes is a children’s adventure novel by Daniel Thomas McDonald, and forms book one in the Butchery & Books Saga. It follows the quest of a classic trio of young heroes – Mort, Nihlus and Tesa – who trade their childish games of heroism...

Angered by the oil spill in her hometown on Santa Barbara's coast in 1969 and being sent to Catholic school, fifteen-year-old Jolie absconds from her family with her twenty-four-year-old activist boyfriend, Will. Hoping she would now be free from her parents' control, she is instead...

Facing Up is a young adult coming of age story written by Carolyn Gilpin. Carly is one of thousands of young adults attending university, but she feels isolated and oh, so different from everyone else. One side of her face is scarred from a disastrous...