Defined by Destiny is the first book in The Destiny Duology series by Hermione Lee. Kathleen Bell is heartbroken after her date, Weston Stevenson, leaves her stranded at Magneta High's fall dance. Soon, Kathleen realizes that it was the most popular girl in school, Marjorie...

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...

Drink the Wild Air by Christopher Renna vividly describes a transformative summer through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Finley Weston. Set against the backdrop of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, a place rich in tradition and family expectations, the novel explores themes of self-discovery, love, and the courage...

Tammy L. Brown’s Dear Anne... is a poignant and timely epistolary novel that explores the emotional trauma of the Israeli/Hamas conflict through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl named Rachel. Living in a kibbutz in Israel, Rachel is constantly surrounded by the sounds of gunfire...

Dawn Mortensen and her mother moved to Fair Shore, Connecticut, to close a painful chapter in their past and start a new life. Barely days into their arrival, Dawn has a bad experience involving the city's high school football team members. She initially dismisses...

Drowning Hate by Gregory Saur examines the journey a group of fourth graders from South Burbank County must take to overcome their differences and learn to trust each other. The teenagers are looking forward to having a wonderful summer — hanging out together and playing...

Dreamtime Mysteries Trilogy by Jenni Barnett is three volumes in one that incorporate all the elements that Rex, an anthropology student exploring his Aboriginal heritage and ancestral history, learns for his thesis. He visits a native territory with an ancient scar tree, and, resting beneath...

Discovering Mom is a work of fiction in the coming-of-age, interpersonal drama, and nostalgic writing subgenres. It is best suited to the general young adult and adult reading audiences and contains only mild adult references and language. Penned by author Bryan Foreman, the story takes...

Does Love Always Win? is a young adult LGBTQ romance by Diane Billas. After breaking up with her boyfriend, Bryan, high school senior Sam Daniels (Shorty) begins a new relationship with her longtime crush, Zack. However, try as she might, Shorty just doesn't feel as...

Fifteen-year-old Nicola Johnson moves to an old house in upstate New York with her family. After arrival, Nicola finds a massive desk in her room with a drawer she can't open. At school, her new friend, Carson, tells Nicola that her house is haunted! Local...