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...

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,...

Demon's Song (Requiem of Stone) by Julie Boglisch is a young adult fantasy that follows Alex, a young boy trying to survive in an unkind world. A slave himself, Alex gets caught up in a web of intrigue and has to do what he can...

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...

A fairytale retelling meets The Parent Trap! The Spindle Trap by Beka Gremikova is a young adult adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Theryn’s parents are getting divorced, but she has devised a plan to keep them together. The faery curse is upon her on her sixteenth...

The Quiet Girl by Nichole Heydenburg is a young adult thriller about the decisions one makes and the consequences thereof. When the shy and introverted Violet makes friends with Jess and Kayla at her new school, she thinks her days of getting bullied by Mallory...

Don't Look Inside by Nichole Heydenburg is a story about a young woman’s traumatic experience of sexual abuse and the psychological damage it causes the women who have suffered through it. Elena is looking forward to her junior year at college and hopes that her...

What Hump? by Morley Swingle is a story about a young girl named Teddy who, along with her twin brother, finds adventure at an 1856 military post. Teddy and Thad haven’t seen their father in about a year and are eager to reunite with him....

Free Sings the Sea by Stacey Bartlett is a raw and unforgettable story of domestic violence, abuse, escape, courage, healing, and recovery. Shanna is an eighteen-year-old who lives with her mother, sister, and mean stepdad in the North Carolina mountains. She often finds solace in...