Caroline’s Lighthouse by Erica Zaborac is about a young girl who suffers a serious injury while competing in a show jumping competition in which her horse, Beau, is killed. For a time, Caroline turns her back on the sport that she enjoyed with her mother....

The Reel Life of Zara Kegg by Brad Barkley is a coming-of-age love story. Father and daughter, Jack and Zara Kegg, relocate to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, following the death of the family matriarch, Tania Kegg. It is off-season, with much of the town boarded...

Directions in Paradox Comix by John F. Elliott presents stories, wisdom to live by, and humor. You can read it as a philosophical manifesto or therapy guide. Some readers will simply enjoy the illustrations, which are very symbolic. The author cleverly builds maxims into templates...

Tabitha Unleashed is the first book in the Unbroken Series by Robert W Adams. The story follows sixteen-year-old Tabitha Griffin as she tries to survive a world that doesn’t understand her. She is a suicide-attempt survivor hiding a real magical ability behind the appearance of...

Begin It Now by Peace Mitchell and Katy Garner brings together 21 women from around the world, each sharing a personal essay about the moment they finally leaped at a dream they had been putting off. The book opens with Mitchell's own introduction, where she...

May, a high schooler who goes by Garlic on the MMORPG Zenix Online, bumps into Finn, a high schooler from another school and a Rogue in the game, and they quickly become acquaintances. Garlic introduces Finn to Bodvar, an older player and Garlic’s friend, who...

Thirteen-year-old Sophie’s parents are getting divorced. Her mother, brother Aiden, and sister Logan have moved across town into a small two-bedroom apartment in a dodgy neighborhood because their father lost all their money in a questionable investment scheme. Without his financial support, their day-to-day existence...

Mina Rubenstein has been through her fair share of challenges. Seen as a freak by her peers at St. Benedict’s Catholic School, there is little to look forward to in her school life. Her only reprieve from the relentless bullying by the popular group is...

Rich Merritt grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where racism and homophobia were equally rife. He was educated at Bob Jones University, the Fortress of Fundamentalism, where, except for meeting his forever best friend Gary, it ended up being a specter that showed up in...

Not all races end at the finish line. Zoey Wheeler introduces us to two highly competitive high school athletes in Why They Run. There is Jason Everett, a track star at New Wellis High School. Some might even attribute the term “sports god” to his...