Begin It Now by Peace Mitchell and Katy Garner brings together 21 women from around the world, each sharing a personal essay about the moment they finally leaped at a dream they had been putting off. The book opens with Mitchell's own introduction, where she...

May, a high schooler who goes by Garlic on the MMORPG Zenix Online, bumps into Finn, a high schooler from another school and a Rogue in the game, and they quickly become acquaintances. Garlic introduces Finn to Bodvar, an older player and Garlic’s friend, who...

Thirteen-year-old Sophie’s parents are getting divorced. Her mother, brother Aiden, and sister Logan have moved across town into a small two-bedroom apartment in a dodgy neighborhood because their father lost all their money in a questionable investment scheme. Without his financial support, their day-to-day existence...

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...

Rich Merritt grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where racism and homophobia were equally rife. He was educated at Bob Jones University, the Fortress of Fundamentalism, where, except for meeting his forever best friend Gary, it ended up being a specter that showed up in...

Not all races end at the finish line. Zoey Wheeler introduces us to two highly competitive high school athletes in Why They Run. There is Jason Everett, a track star at New Wellis High School. Some might even attribute the term “sports god” to his...

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...

Many readers may feel uncertain about the future but lack the tools to move forward. Suneet Bhatt shines a light on the path in Making Sense of Purpose: How to Gain Clarity, Build Momentum, and Find Your Kiran (a ray of light). Readers will be...

Voices to Victories by Tara Peterson is a bruising, deeply personal memoir that traces one woman's path from a fractured Catholic upbringing through addiction, manipulation, and years spent inside the club scene, before achieving hard-won faith and recovery. The three words in the subtitle map...

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...