Marly in Pieces is a work of fiction in the crime, mystery, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Cathrina Constantine. In an intriguing murder mystery novel intended for the mature end of the young adult reading spectrum, we find ourselves with the...

The Haunted Purse is a young adult paranormal mystery novel written by Kimberly Baer. As they waited at the counter for Toni to make her purchase at the thrift store, Libby spied a flash of blue denim sticking out of a cardboard box on a...

Signs in the Dark is a YA novel written by Susan Miura. Haylie is a 17-year-old Deaf girl who attends Beethoven High School. After Haylie goes missing, Nathan - a fellow student who had been looking forward to their first date - becomes number one...

Scotty's Junction by Andrew Arthur is an impressive YA coming-of-age novel. Centering on an artistic genius named Scotty Madaki, we are introduced to this teenager and his father in a New York park. Scotty's father, who he calls Pops, places a high value on education,...

The year 1968 was a difficult one for Timothy James Crowley. It began with his father separating from his mother and moving far away. Unable to deal with their mother's declining mental health and cruel behavior, TJ’s brother Ronnie joins the army and is sent...

A Young Person’s Field Guide to Finding Lost Shipwrecks: The Search for the Santisima by Laurie Anne Zaleski is an informative and fascinating account of all that goes into searching for a lost shipwreck. The author, a marine geologist, takes the reader along on the...

Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Witch Moon by D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon is the second book in the series. Charlie and his friends find themselves once again in the middle of trouble as growing darkness threatens innocent lives. The Monster Hunters receive...

Retta Brooks is a fifteen-year-old starting actual school for the first time in her life. Her mother, being a paranoid worrier, homeschooled her until Retta finally convinced her mother to let her attend high school like a regular kid. The more she tries to fit...

To obtain a fortune, a young boy assumes the identity of an older gentleman in the suspenseful middle-grade novel Someone in the Walls by Teymour Shahabi. Andrew Day never knew his parents, and he was lucky to receive a scholarship to Saint Clemens school. But...

In The Paris Affair by Susanne Dunlap, we are introduced to young protagonist Theresa Schurman, a nineteen-year-old sleuth and violinist from Austria. Theresa had recently foiled a plan to assassinate Emperor Joseph II of Austria and thought she would have a break. Unfortunately, the Emperor...