In The Road Beside by Fred Gracely, Willow Barnes wakes up in a grim Warwick apartment to an “URGENT!!!” message from the father who vanished after her mother's death. It is her first birthday since her mother died, and she wants nothing to do with...

The Urban Legend of the Gold Key by D.K. Zier follows Cate Smith Cruz, who just wants to belong. Cate is a music-obsessed teenager who has moved around her whole life. Living next to one of California's largest cemeteries, Cate has always been drawn to...

The Farmer's Wife and the MenoClucks by Barbara Elizabeth takes the touchy subject of menopause and explains it through her hens as they grow older and can no longer meet the demands of a rooster who rules the yard. He doesn't account for the fact...

The Boy Who Lost His Voice by Ellen van Schoten combines striking black-and-white illustrations and lovely storytelling to create an unforgettable book. In it, a twelve-year-old boy named Willem loses his voice, which sends him on a journey throughout his hometown of Delft in the...

In Shami Stovall’s The Last Rift Dragon, seventeen-year-old Richter Whitlock is training to become a Knight of the Silver Fog, one of the dragon riders who protect Bridgehaven, a city spread across 112 islands. Only three dragons remain in the known world, leaving the order...

The Reel Life of Zara Kegg by Brad Barkley is a coming-of-age love story. Father and daughter, Jack and Zara Kegg, relocate to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, following the death of the family matriarch, Tania Kegg. It is off-season, with much of the town boarded...

Tabitha Unleashed is the first book in the Unbroken Series by Robert W Adams. The story follows sixteen-year-old Tabitha Griffin as she tries to survive a world that doesn’t understand her. She is a suicide-attempt survivor hiding a real magical ability behind the appearance of...

Mina Rubenstein has been through her fair share of challenges. Seen as a freak by her peers at St. Benedict’s Catholic School, there is little to look forward to in her school life. Her only reprieve from the relentless bullying by the popular group is...

The Siege of Mauldonion follows Kevin Dobbs, a seventeen year old travelling bard whose visit to the Mauldonion Province becomes part of a war for the kingdom’s survival. After Velmordian soldiers cross the border, Kevin joins Phill, the province’s Master Ranger, in warning King Gene...

In Adrian Cox’s The Day of Knights, Graham Kelly is a Perth data-entry worker who loves medieval history but has no one to share it with. His colleagues dismiss his interests, his evenings are solitary, and his mother, Patricia, treats every call as a demand...