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,...

Sunshine at the Academy: Book 1 of the Sunshine Series by MF Blake is an easy-flowing entertaining YA science fiction novel. It's about a teenage girl named Sunny, who is trained at an academy for a peace-keeping mission on humanoid planets in the United Universe....

Rocket Queen by Julianna Morgan is a mesmerizing coming-of-age YA novel that follows sixteen-year-old Wren Evans as she deals with depression and seeks deeper levels of connection with herself. She forgets dates, often feeling moody and lonely. But her depression becomes stronger when she is...

Open Heart is a work of fiction written in the literary style by author Gregory D. Williams. Self-described as a poignant and gripping historical novel about the enduring power of love, the work is intended for mature reading audiences due to some very moderate scenes...

Playing with #Fire by Micky O'Brady is a YA coming of age novel with something different. The unique premise of this story focuses on bullying, teenage life, and the dark side of social media, but uses a fresh vehicle--pro wrestling--to drive the story. Meet Everly,...

A love story blossoms between Lilia Bennett-Parker and Mathew Campbell in Roberta Carr’s The Things We Don’t Say. In the first book, The Bennett Women, we witnessed how they grew up together and how they dealt with their feelings for each other. Now Lilia is...

Jeopardizing her relationship with her true love, a young actress is duped into a marriage to boost her boyfriend's career in the stunning romance novel, Worth Waiting For by D.M. Needom. A one-hit movie star sensation, Jennifer starred in a series that was canceled after...

As a child playing in the cellar of her house, called the underhouse, Kira feels a vibration coming from a pair of huge stone eyelids. There she meets Angras, a strange boy possessing superhuman abilities. He tells her he came through these eyelids. They soon...

Twelve Lifetimes by Claire Merchant is a clever, compelling YA novel about reincarnation and a chance at finding true happiness. Yes, the main character Elizabeth Cambridge has lived eleven times before, and although there are differences in each life (her fourth life as a would-be...

Felicia Farber's Ice Queen is a young adult novel that on the surface appears as many young adult novels do – there's some kind of arch-nemesis and some form of a love story. But, beneath the surface, Farber weaves a dynamic cautionary tale that teenagers...