Fifteen-year-old Livia Pierce, alias Agent V or Lara Anderson, had spent most of her life working as a spy for an agency called the Age of Spies, which had taken her in at the age of five. She had been on many assignments, all on...

Fifteen-year-old Jessie Oliver, a late-developing empath, was grappling with her unique abilities, and it was all taking a toll on her. Apart from having seizures and her health deteriorating, she could not control her lapses into the in-between world, a realm between the dead and...

Ruby Fink's Chispa is one of the best novels I've read this year, boldly combining coming-of-age angst with mesmerizing romance. Seventeen-year-old Claire Beauchene is an ambitious ballroom dancer determined to win her third consecutive title at the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival. As she prepares for...

Are you a fan of comic books? Immerse yourself in a thrilling tale of AI, virtual reality, and cyber warfare with Ronn Koontz's Cyber Quest: The Digital Guardians. Mackenzie is a thirteen-year-old techie from the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. She has a...

Close Enough to Burn by Daniela R. Morassutti follows Isabella, a teenage go-kart racer chasing her dream of becoming a professional driver in Europe. After losing a beachside race to her longtime rival and emotional entanglement, Marco, Isabella remains determined to succeed. Complications deepen with...

Career Planning For Teens Made Simple by Olive Redwood is a comprehensive guide that aims to enable young people to understand the enormous stages of career exploration. It discusses how and why teens should assess their interests, skills, and values. It also talks about goal...

Crossing the Burning Meadow by Christopher D. Wayland is a deeply moving coming-of-age novel that transports readers to the nostalgic landscape of 1983. As a sequel to Crossing the Meadow, the book continues the compelling journey of Chip, a young protagonist navigating the complex issues...

Catalyst for Glorious Change by Brian Wilkerson is a fantasy novel set in the vibrant world of Tariatla. The story follows five diverse individuals: Basilard, a dedicated mercenary on a dangerous mission; a girl with memory loss seeking her true identity; a runaway heir with...

The foster care system is complicated and, at times, it doesn’t have the best interest at heart of those it’s supposed to protect. In Sheryl Recinos’s Crossover, Cuervo shares her story of life in the foster care system and how quickly a little mistake plunges...

Computer Love: A Digital Anthology by Ricardo Pierre-Louis is an intriguing collection of eight short stories. Each story is character-driven. The focus is usually on the emotional state of the protagonists as they interact with those around them. For example, in the first story, Marley’s...