When I reflect on the style of the young adult novel Any Joe by Maura Lin, I envision a delicious dinner being prepared in a slow cooker. Why? Because special foods need time for all the rich flavors to fully blend and be enjoyed. So...

A Tear and a Smile by Nwanganga Shields is the story of Clint, a novice lawyer, who falls in love with Cecelia, a recent English major graduate. This is the story of young adult millennials living in the city, who fall in love and have...

A Sister’s Promise is a work of fiction in the historical drama subgenre. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Evelyn Zivalic. Set during the interwar years between the First and Second World Wars, we follow the...

A Buss from Lafayette by Dorothea Jensen is a historical fiction tale set over the course of a week in the early 19th century, as narrated by a fourteen-year-old girl named Clara Hargraves. She lives in a small town in New Hampshire with her father,...

A Hunter Rises by Sean Clarke is the first book in the Jacob Crestmore trilogy. Jacob has been on his own since he was a child when he managed to escape from an abusive foster home and had to learn how to survive on the...

Airy Nothing by Clarissa Pattern is a coming-of-age drama novel set in the Elizabethan era. Wearing his sister's dress, John flees from his home in the countryside, seeking a better life in the magical city of London. But he soon discovers that London isn't exactly...

Amok is the first volume of the Absolution series by Anna Tan. Fifteen-year-old Putera Mikal is desperate to receive the ability of the Amok Strength, living a life dictated by the ways of the Temple. Son of Sultan Ayahanda Simson of Maha, Mikal is horrified...

A Rule of Life is a coming-of-age novel by Patricia Brandon. Tricia Grimball feels the beckoning call of the unknown and seeks out a life different from her usual predictable one. For the summer, she goes to a camp for girls in the mountains of...

Sheela Word spins a tale of living without modern technology in her book All You Need. Luisa Morales is taking her daughter to Oregon to stay with her father, Dirk Farone, for the summer. While Teresa “Terry” Morales spends time on the farm, Luisa will...

ARKO: The Dark Union is a work of fiction in the science fiction genre. It is aimed at young adult readers and was penned by author U.W. Leo. The book follows Ariel Hyden and his friends when they visit the Yucatan with their parents as...