Trapped in the Mayan Tattoo by Ronda Pauley is an engrossing read dealing with the seedy, sordid and cruel world of sex trafficking. Maria is a 14-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from her home and sold into sexual slavery. Two FBI agents rescue her...

I just finished reading Theory of Expanded Love by author Caitlin Hicks and I have to say, I absolutely loved this book. Follow the story of spunky, 12-year-old Annie Shea, one of thirteen children in a very traditional Catholic family in 1963. Pope John has...

Corey is completely in love with Kate, never mind that he isn't even eighteen yet. He has been in love with her for a thousand years, or at least in terms of the quantum physics that allow the jumps they do regularly happen. Kate loves...

The Academy is a Christian fiction coming of age novel written by J.T. Payne and Ryan Mix. Sylas Ernst is not quite sure about the reception he'll receive at the 20th anniversary reception for the graduating class of Cherrywood Christian Academy. His senior year certainly...

The Seventh Miss Hatfield is a young adult time travel romance written by Anna Caltabiano. Eleven-year-old Cynthia is very attached to her grandmother's doll, Charlotte, something that confuses her mother, as she recalls being more grownup at that age. Cynthia’s looking forward to dinner and...

Sad. Happy. Heart-warming and heart-breaking. Those are the words I would use to describe The Fifth Floor by Julie Oleszek. In 1970s Chicago, young Anna thrives in the commotion of her large and rambunctious family. With ten children in the home, there is always something...

The Crossings by Barry Kienzle is a delightful coming of age story that follows young George “Georgie” Martin as he hops on a freight train from his home near Cincinnati, Ohio, determined to experience the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. Georgie, once an innocent...

Thomas Lopinski’s The Art of Raising Hell is the story of young Ryan Johnson (nicknamed Newbie by his friends and throughout the book) and is set in the 1970s. Newbie and his father move to Bunsen Creek, Illinois, after the tragic death of his mom...

The Flying Guy by John Baraniak is a lighthearted coming-of-age story that chronicles the life of a boy who is born with the ability to fly. From the moment of his parents’ first startled realization of David Anderson's fantastical abilities, the greatest preoccupation in the...

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is a coming of age fantasy written by Robin Gregory. Moojie was a foundling discovered on the doorstep of the convent of San Miguel de las Gaviotas, following an earthquake. The sisters cared for him until finally a young...