Beach Camper Caper by Katlee Davis starts with 14-year-old Mandy Mardell trying to survive a bummer of a summer at a California campground. She is already brooding over failing cheerleader tryouts when things get worse. Someone sneaks into her tent, steals her grandmother’s precious childhood...

The universe sometimes bestows extraordinary gifts upon the most unexpected people. In Bestowing H by B. R. Widney, Hollis’s thirteenth year marks a significant transition in her life as she moves from childhood into adolescence. She discovers she has an inherited gift called “Aisling”, a...

Andrea Beck’s Below the Surface is a young adult novel that examines the challenges of fitting into a new community, the burden of judgment, and the effects of tragedy. Set in the seemingly perfect town of Oak Park, the story follows Emily Libert, a sixteen-year-old...

Beyond the Cemetery Gate: The Secret Keeper’s Daughter by Valerie Biel presents a compelling mix of mystery, suspense, and emotion that will engage young adult readers. Sixteen-year-old Chloe’s unwavering determination to uncover the truth about her father’s death drives this riveting narrative. Set in a...

Brandy, Dame of the Caribbean is a work of fiction for young adult and new adult readers by author Dan E. Hendrickson in the historical, adventure, and action genres, and is the second novel in the Saga of the Pirate Princess. Brandy Erasmus Edwards, the...

Butterfly Ink by Lori Keating is a young adult romance that follows Calli Stockton, who, at a crossroads in life, joins her best friend for a summer job at a private island resort in Florida. The decision seems like the perfect opportunity for clarity. However,...

Blackberry Road by Jodi Lea Stewart is set in a small town in Oklahoma in the summer of 1934. This story follows young Biddy Woodson, the second to youngest daughter of a sharecropper’s eleven children. Her summer season gets off to a rocky start after...

Sixteen-year-old Izzy Brown refuses to end up as trailer trash. When opportunity comes knocking for her twin brother, Axl, in the form of a football scholarship at a prestigious high school, Bardo Academy, Izzy ensures she’s included in the deal. Overnight, the Brown family is...

In Benjamin Weiss and the Divine Prophecy by J.A. Robertson, Benjamin Weiss is a “normal” 12-year-old boy attending school, hanging out with friends, going to dances, and going on dates. One attribute of himself that differs from many of his friends is that he is...

Before the Dawn by David Crane concerns the plight of Cindy Condor, who is a 150-year-old vampire. Cindy looks like the thirteen-year-old girl she was when she died over a century before and is now stuck at that age. Being one of the very few...