In The Life After by Deidra Lookingbill, Penelope Porter, or Nell, gets ready to spend her sixteenth birthday at a boring family reunion, as her great-aunt, also named Penelope, has her birthday on the same day. But Nell is in a car accident. She finds...

In A Letter of Hope by Philip Delizio, Kim is a good girl who feels called by God to do more. Not knowing where to start, she gets advice from her father, who refers her to Pastor Michael. The pastor is a compassionate individual. The...

Everything That Was by K.R. Hansen delves deep into the layers of grief, memory, and the longing for connection in the wake of unimaginable loss. Prudence "Pru" Spellmeyer is navigating her senior year in high school after the tragic death of her older brother, Davis....

In Unmoored, Jake Grenier presents a poignant young adult coming-of-age story about Theo Moore, a boy struggling with loneliness, family tension, and the pressure to conform in his small oceanside town. With a strained relationship with his twin brother and mounting expectations from his parents,...

Our Bodies Electric by Zackary Vernon is a coming-of-age story that follows a young teenager's journey of self-discovery during his adolescent years. Josh is a sixth-grader raised in a very conservative household with his two sisters on Pawley's Island, South Carolina, in the mid-1990s. Whether...

The Discovery of Magic by L. J. Evias is a thrilling young adult fantasy in which Alice, three of her friends, and her best friend’s little brother travel through a random portal that appears in their local caves. Alice ends up in North Parsa, a...

Stealing Time by Tilia Jacobs and Norman Birnbach narrates the fascinating tale of Tori, a teen growing up amidst the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic era, grappling with her parents’ divorce. Set in New York in 2020, Tori is getting ready to relocate to Boston with her...

Heather Laurence and Stacy Warren, two high school students, meet at a speech contest and become best friends. Heather lives in her own world, avoiding her schoolmates. She is a talented writer and creates amazing stories. Her family ignores her uniqueness. Heather's elder sister, Hannah,...

The Threefold Cord by James Alan Anderson is the harrowing tale of three young boys brought up in the rural hinterlands of Manitoba, Canada by an abusive father who was caught up in a religious cult and a mother who was frequently emotionally absent. Twin...

Nina Winter and the Age of Darkness by T.S. Maynard is a dark and exciting story about a young girl, Nina, whose life in the Dark Ages revolves around her struggle to cope with the loss of her father while growing up in a small...