False Haven by Rebecca Rook is a young adult thriller that follows Vivienne Barston, a seventeen-year-old grappling with her mother’s death and her father’s emotional withdrawal. After a terrifying experience in juvenile detention, Viv agrees to a court-mandated service project in the rural Oregon woods,...

Academy Bound by J.C. Mastro is the story of sixteen-year-old Zach Aurelian as he enters a futuristic flight school academy. He dreams of being a spaceship commander just like his famous mother who went missing eight years earlier in a space battle. As Zach begins...

In Before We Move On, Sally Reiser Simon demonstrates what might happen if we leave our loved ones before we say goodbye. Thirteen-year-old Kiki loves art, drama, and a boy named Jesse. Other than drama camp and stolen moments, they don't really interact, but Jesse's...

Design of Darkness by R.D. Pires is an epic fantasy that tells the story of twins Arsenio and Mariana, who are left orphaned after King Fogosombre’s violent reign destroys their village. Determined to find help for their people, they embark on a dangerous journey across...

Everything was moving so fast for Joey, a teenage wrestling champion, and the evil detective Harnwell seemed to have sealed his fate. Harnwell had previously arrested Joey on possession of hard drugs, which Joey genuinely had no idea about. Joey’s grandparents had bailed him out...

Cramping Chronicles: The Third Ache by Joey Paul is a young adult urban fantasy novel and the third installment in the Cramping Chronicles series. The story follows Jessie, a young empath struggling to control her abilities while dealing with school pressures, a bully, and new...

The Heart of Cintamani by Katharine E. Wibell is an epic young adult fantasy and the latest installment in The Djed Chronicles. Sixteen-year-old Katie, the prophesied Djed, is thrust into a perilous quest to stop an enemy armed with a universe-ending weapon. With friends turning...

Nightflower of Comanche Mound by Katlyn Bates is a coming-of-age story with a distinctly different flavor. Charley Kensey is sixteen and, with her father no longer part of the family, is vainly searching for familial connection and her place in the world. She invites herself...

Enli's Impossible Quest by P.L. Kenna is the first book in The Careworn Soul series, an epic YA fantasy centered on sixteen-year-old Enli, a determined but undersized village guard in the farming community of Athol. Raised collectively by the villagers after being found as a...

Lake of Clouds by A.B. Ruiz is a young adult fantasy novel centered on Galia, a determined orphan who dreams of reaching the fabled City above the Lake of Clouds. Despite being dismissed by adults and tormented by a local bully, Galia believes she has...