Plagued Lands by Nikki Brooke is a compelling young adult sci-fi tale set in a dystopian future where cities enclosed in glass bubbles offer protection from rampant diseases. Sixteen-year-old Martina, a resilient Colombian teen caring for her younger brother, begins to question their bubble's safety...

What would you do if you had superhuman powers that others didn't know about? For fourteen-year-old Gem, it's just another incredible part of her identity that she has to hide. Precious Gem by K. N. Martin introduces us to a courageous and resilient teen girl,...

It’s 1976 and Harmony McVeigh has a love for music. She has a musical name, but she was actually named after her father’s boat. Harmony’s rise to fame begins with Chopin and the fervor of a music teacher inspired by the nineteenth-century great piano composer....

Prairie Dog Cowboy by Vivian Zabel is a heartwarming coming-of-age tale. Set during the dawn of the early 20th century in Oklahoma, the story follows an aspiring cowboy named Buddy Roberts. Buddy is a young boy whose mother severely mistreats him while coddling her other...

Price of Vengeance is a work of fiction in the action, adventure, and science fiction subgenres, and is the first novel in the Dreamscape Warriors series. It is intended for the young adult audience and contains some moderate combat and sci-fi violence. Penned by author...

Paper Forests by Tegan Anderson is a fascinating story that follows the journey of children caught in a place that exists between life and death. Parents in a therapy group talk about their ailing children and the counselor advises that the children are in Paper...

Princess Rouran and the Dragon Chariot of Ten Thousand Sages by Shawe Ruckus is Book 1 of the Princess Rouran Adventures. Moli is searching for answers about dragons. Though she has never seen one, they have always been in her imagination. Dragons are the only...

Patch It Up by Jim Bilderback is a story about Adam Davis, a teenager whose life is drastically changed by events that occur at the end of his graduation year. Adam and his best friend Nick share a love of pool and enjoy playing eight-ball...

A discarded princess fearing for her life; a wicked stepmother; dwarfs and a poison apple; a prince and true love. Sound familiar? A happily-ever-after story about Princess Snow White? But, what if the princess discovered that it really wasn’t happily ever after? What if the...

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...