The Seven Knots by Darius Smith is about a high school boy named Solomon Vance who lives in New Orleans. He starts seeing visions of a man he doesn’t recognize. That man turns out to be Hiram, his great-great-grandfather, who takes him to a hidden...

The Thin Door by Rho Weber Mack is a coming-of-age story as Ramie discovers herself. Ramie is a 15-year-old high school sophomore living in poverty and just hoping to survive. She has an absent mother and a younger brother who is involved in street...

The Authentic Young Lover follows a clear path, guiding young adults through the inner work needed to form healthy relationships. Chris Hakim frames modern dating problems as four main obstacles: violence, pettiness, vanity, and agenda. Each chapter explains how these patterns show up in everyday...

The Cardinal Crime by Simon Drayton will appeal to young adult fans of mysteries, crime fiction, and detective novels. Eighteen-year-old John Smith is a detective for Noble Detective Agency, or NDA. John and his older colleague, Rebecca Young, start an investigation in the small town...

The Other Disney by Bernard Leo Remakus opens with a stay-at-home wife and mother, Eleanor D’Isigny (pronounced the same as Disney), receiving a phone call about her son joining a baseball team. Readers also meet Andy, her son, and Val, her husband, a former minor...

Freddy Lond's The Man from the Fridge follows Marek, a seventeen-year-old growing up in a small Pennsylvania town with a father who is more trouble than support. After his dad, Sven, gets kicked out of his apartment, they move in with Marek’s grandparents, creating constant...

The Elephant in the Ivy by Alexander Greengaard is set in a private university, where Alison Ashe is recruited into Chaturanga, a secret competition run by faculty in which academic departments act as rival teams in a controlled spy game. Students serve as operatives, steal...

Shani T. Night's book The Whispers of Destiny: Guided by the Spirit Within is an inspiring tale of discovery and transformation. Emma, a twelve-year-old girl, receives a visit from a spirit that awakens something powerful in her. She travels back in time to face her...

The Australian Shepherd Scheme by Simon Drayton is a short young adult mystery set in Little Rock. The story begins when Penny arrives at the Novel Detective Agency. Her Australian Shepherd puppy, Pumpkin, was missing, and she needed help finding him. John Smith, an 18-year-old...

The Mystery of the Lightning God by K. Mafikeng follows teenage detective Elena Crawford as she investigates the disappearance of soccer star Mark Evans. With no ransom, no clues, and rising tension in the community, Elena steps in after receiving a request from a retired...