In Dear Dairy by Steve Goldsmith, the story follows Justin Case, a twelve-year-old boy who writes about his life in a diary while dealing with school, family struggles, and the challenges of being dyslexic and mildly autistic. His entries, full of misspellings and made-up words,...

In Rae Knightly’s Doomstar, after surviving imprisonment aboard the battleship Grimstar during the Remnant assault on Enillon, Trinket emerges from the wreckage of war with far more than the memory of the Doomstar crash. A dying prisoner has entrusted her with living beads linked to...

Sonja Dewing’s Daughter of the Black Flag reimagines the classic adventure novel Treasure Island with a focus on female characters and a dash of the fantastical. Isolated from her peers and trapped by her lack of options as a woman, Chen goes for a radical...

Dancing in the Daylight by Ben Hafer is a perfectly delightful YA coming-of-age story. Noah Harper wants to stay in the shadows, away from the spotlight. He loves 80s pop culture and prefers to spend his time giving his imagination free rein. Riley is his...

Following the murder of Kestra, a member of the Nabukko camp, Eff is put behind bars on suspicion of the murder and two other prior murders. Her fate remains uncertain until Merula summons her and makes a shocking announcement. She offers Eff a science officer...

Jessa Whitley, a high school student, could never have imagined, not even in her wildest dreams, that she was a Demigod. There seemed to be enough chaos in her life without any supernatural influence. In fact, having been through a tumultuous junior year, all she...

Dolly by B. B. Calais is a poignant story that follows Dolores, a high school student who tends to keep to herself and lives in silence. The narrative explores her tumultuous inner world and her struggle to find stability amidst trauma, societal expectations, and personal...

Destiny of the Lizardstone Scepter is the fourth book in Mark M. Even's Dragonstone Story series. After helping develop the 'oxy-ginators' and 'aqua-ginators' at the Lunar 1 base on the Moon, thirteen-year-old Mandy Mendez, a powerful witch, astronaut, and leader of the M-Force magical family...

Dare to Dream by Amanda LaPera is the first book in the Desert of Dreams series. In it, Kiara ends up in the ironically named desert environment of Lake Los Angeles after her parents’ divorce. Her mother calls it affordable housing, but to Kiara, it’s...

Dancing with No Shoes by Scott Lindgren is a powerful coming-of-age story centered on David Hardy, a teenager with cerebral palsy who refuses to let his disability define his future. Set during one transformative summer in Boston, the novel masterfully interweaves elements of romance, mystery,...