Haunt by Nichole Calabrese centers around Gemma Leclair who can see and speak with ghosts. It’s a secret she keeps from everyone, especially the dead themselves. This makes it hard for her to feel and act like a normal teenager. After almost failing school, she...

Heroes of Janaan: The Science of Magic by Sam Tate is a young adult urban fantasy novel set in the world of Janaan, where peace and an industrial revolution have brought about a new era of progress. Wizards and inventors merge magic with machinery, creating...

In He Loves Me Not by Nenia Corcoran, Sasha is a nerdy girl who loves school. She is concerned about her looks, and even her mother insinuates she is not physically appealing. Despite her nerdy tendencies, she has some friends, and Amanda has been her...

Honeysuckle Playground is a young adult drama by Adrian Heflin. Set in the 1980s, the book follows the story of Geraldine, a teenager growing up in the small town of Talmadge in Georgia. Raised by a single mother, Geraldine has a lot of anger in...

Oblivion by Tabitha Sprunger is book three in the Hart Street and Main series, which begins when Skye, an ordinary teenager from Alfaro, faces unexpected changes during her senior year when she meets Olli, a foreign exchange student. A head injury reveals a magical Second...

In one of his final speeches, Barack Obama made a telling comment that echoes one of the illuminating themes of How to Stand Up to Bullying. Bullying is not acceptable in any context. The contentions put forth by M.C. Ryder establish that such an unequivocal...

Fourteen-year-old Amanda Jones lives with her mother, Patty, and her mother's boyfriend, Chad. She doesn't get along with the latter very well. Amanda often daydreams, finding herself in a fascinating Victorian house with many doors. When she finally opens one of them, she discovers a...

Harold the Skeleton is a compelling short horror story for young adults by N N Beydoun. The story begins with fear and turmoil, and with a scared young woman running through the woods as if someone, or something, is chasing her. The woman, named Luna...

Hell is a World Without You by Jason Kirk is a starkly comical look at the life of a teenage evangelical Christian. It is the early 2000s when a 13.9-year-old teenage boy begins to seriously question the church lifestyle he has been brought up in....

Hawk's Cry: The Story of a Cheyenne Hero by Luann Atkin Koester is a captivating historical fiction novel that masterfully weaves together the stories of two young boys, one from the present and the other from the past. Hawk's Cry offers a poignant exploration of...