Everything just stopped working. Cell phones, computers, cars, and anything that needed a computer chip to operate just shut down and died. That wasn't the scary part; it was the total absence of information. Nobody knew what had happened to all the people but some...

Wylie was nothing in the eyes of the world. She had been abandoned at birth and raised by a syn named Amondy. She belonged in the lowest caste, a place where things are rarely good. Still, that did not stop Wylie from hoping for a...

Sally Royer-Derr presents The Tracks, a young adult mystery about a young woman who spends her free time down on the train tracks in the woods behind her house. Emily uses her time on the tracks to enjoy the momentary escape from the reality of...

The Royal Matchmaking Competition: Princess Qloey by Zoiy G. Galloay introduces Princess Qloey as she contemplates choosing a husband according to the process specified by the treaty. The elven prince, Zazan, is compellingly attractive, while Abdulla is exotically charming, then again, Octavio is fun-loving and...

In Phoenix Revived by Judy McCluney, classified as young adult reading, we meet a group of teens and parents living in South Phoenix where they must fight prejudice as regards immigration, and the environment as regards oil refineries. These are the big issues that add...

Music Is All Around Me by Heather Jack, illustrated by Eileen Vuorinen, is a lovely children’s book. It is an ode to music, to learning with the five senses, and to being oneself and enjoying all the small pleasures we can. It is also about...

Set in the year 1995, The Mixtape to the Real Me: The Mixtape Chronicles is a young adult coming-of-age story by Jake Martinez. Justin Ortega and Dominic Mendoza are two teenagers in love studying at Garza High in South Texas. However, the place and time...

Treading the course of true love is never straightforward, is it? There always seem to be more hindrances than there are clear paths. And for the main character in this rom-com novel, true love is not only a formidable challenge but also downright close to...

The Chronicles of the Virago by Michael and Misty Bialys is about Makenna, the protector. She is thirteen years old and must protect her twin siblings Emi and Noah from evil forces. The twins are destined to save the world by spreading a message of...

In the poignant, moving story, Willow's Secrets by Sally Avery Bermanzohn, a girl searches for her roots and discovers the ways of her people. After the tragic death of her mother, Willow is adopted by a white man and his daughter who raised her on...