I have read a couple of good books this year where the hero is somehow transported to a fantastic realm by mysterious and magical means. It’s an angle I like as a reader. I like the magical and fantastic landscapes, but it’s nice when the...

White Plains by Rebecca Perkin is a good fantasy tale for young adult readers. I like stories where someone from our version of Earth is taken to another world. The connection to our place and time makes the protagonist’s actions and reactions understandable, but the...

Where Dew Drops Shine Bright: A Dramatized Family History (Tall Cotton Rising) by Reginald C. Holmes is a fictionalized memoir of Reginald’s own family and ancestors, ranging back to three or more generations. Where Dew Drops Shine Bright begins with an introduction by Reginald of...

Mal March has just set off on a complicated and unprecedented journey. He has become a were-wolf, a rare and totally not random shape-shifting form, which means that he will have to leave his family and become part of the wolf pack. For Mal, this...

Life for Julie has always been about dance and nothing more than dance, and she is an amazing dancer. But after two attacks on Julie, her parents move the family overnight to a small island in the middle of nowhere, where nothing is what it...

Wings of Darkness: The Immortal Sorrows Series, Book 1 is a paranormal fantasy novel written by Sherri A. Wingler. Izzy was understandably disconcerted at waking up in what appeared to be a hospital room. Her body ached; her ribs itched; and there was a constant...

Wow! I just finished reading Ednah Walters’ gripping book Witches, the sixth book in the Runes series, and all I can say is that I am impressed. What a great young adult read, full of intrigue, excitement, adventure, and yes, romance. This installment of the...

Whispers in Eternity: The Eternity Series, Book 1 is a young adult paranormal romance written by Jacinda Buchmann. Noelle’s a distance runner whose future seems pretty bright. Although she’s still a sophomore in high school, she’s already been offered full-ride scholarships from a number of...

What Happened To David is a romantic young adult adventure by P.M. DeVuono. The plot centers around Mary and David, two youngsters sent to an alternative school in Los Angeles, where it becomes quickly apparent that they have been victims of an unfair school system....

In War and Pizza by Robert Allen, fifteen-year-old Marvin Moore was a kid from the wrong side of the city. He and his four orphan friends had been in and out of so many foster homes until they decided to take matters into their own...