Entering her first year in high school, a gifted teen determines to be a typical teenage student in the brilliant coming of age novel, Needing Normal (Freshman Year) by Emme Grange. Jett Harper's intelligence is above average. Accustomed to excelling in school, she is expecting...

Em did not expect her life to change just because of one small, after-school detention. It was supposed to be just another day; her mum would be mad that she got in trouble, sure, but she was always mad these days, especially since she was...

Molly and her best friend Nicole have been inseparable since the day that they met back in kindergarten. Now entering fifth grade, the two girls are accepted into a new school in a better neighborhood because of how gifted and smart they are. Molly soon...

Blade of Truth: The De-Coding of Jo is the second book in the Ascending Angel Academy Series by Lali A. Love. The story and struggles of Jo continue as she makes a place for her found family in her heart and ensures that everyone is...

Saints and Martyrs, a debut novel by Aaron Roe, is essentially a coming-of-age story…with an interesting twist. The coming-of-age that the protagonist, Damian Kurt undergoes is enlightenment about the Catholic Church’s religious control which his well-intentioned mother has been exerting over him and his younger...

In Daphne’s Questionable Bet by Sara Jo Cluff, it’s just 16-year-old Daphne and her mom ever since her dad passed away. After moving back to California, her mom’s old high school rivalry is somehow reignited through Daphne and the rival’s daughter, Sierra Winters. The girls...

Chloe, Sarah, and Charlotte are three best friends who have a lot in common when it comes to misfortune. Chloe’s father died a few months earlier and she’s still having trouble coping with the loss. Sarah and her mother had to move from their house...

Camper Girl is a coming-of-age adventure novel written by Glenn Erick Miller. Shannon Burke's eighteenth birthday celebrations go up in smoke when she receives news of her beloved Aunt Rebecca's demise due to cancer. She is further taken aback to find her aunt left her...

Runaway Haley: An Imagined Family Saga is a work of fiction in the historical drama genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author William A. Thomas Jr. Inspired by the historical census reports recording the journey of the Haley...

The Essence of Nathan Biddle: A Novel by J. William Lewis is an engrossing coming-of-age story with an interesting protagonist. It has been a year since Nathan Biddle died, and life hasn’t been easy for young Kit Biddle, his cousin, who thinks the death was...