Lucky Stars by Hazel Eggleton is a coming of age novel that tells the story of a young girl trying to come to terms with her turbulent life and trying to make sense of what she should and what she wants to do. While Sam...

Leeway by I.O. Jones is a novel that captures the tensions and the stress that accompany life in a high school in a city like New York, a book with a strong appeal for young adult readers, especially female adolescents. We encounter a young protagonist,...

Lunchmeat: A Novel by Ben D'Alessio is an interesting story with unusual characters. Victor Ferraro lives in the 90’s, but he feels like a “tourist in his own hometown.” The story begins on his seventh birthday in Short Hills in 1997. The reader is introduced...

In Lost and Found (Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls, #1) by Sharon Ledwith, Fairy Falls Animal Shelter no longer has the financial resources to take in and provide for its animals. A fifteen-year-old calico cat named Whiskey overhears the news and decides that the animals...

Lynne & Hope by Joey Paul is a gorgeous story that explores family relationships, family drama, and how tragedy can affect the health of a family. We are introduced to two sisters, Lynne and Hope. Lynne and her younger sister have lived peacefully until the...

In a first love and coming of age story that brilliantly explores the climates of teenage hearts, Love Me Anyway by J.P. Grider spans a decade, a story about what two young hearts will overcome to fulfill the attraction they feel for each other. Told...

When Skyler opens her school locker to find an ominous challenge, she knows she is in for a long year. Kina and her pals were on the warpath by hijacking Skyler Bram’s locker contents and spreading it at undisclosed locations around the school campus. Skyler...

Lakeside by Leo Ladia is the story of two teenagers from opposite sides of the high school hierarchy, but there is something about them that draws them to each other. The story is set in Australia where Rylie Hillcrest and Matthew Banks are both at...

Life Sliding is a young adult coming of age novel written by S.L. Mauldin. Though he had indeed handcrafted the persona that made him the kid everyone wanted to emulate, even Gavin Bailey found the yearbook title, “The Most Looked Up To,” somewhat tedious and...

Lola Night is a young adult coming of age novel written by Mariana Collette. Everything came to a crashing halt right after Lola’s twelfth birthday. Lola’s grandmother was sent to prison for manslaughter after she had an accident which killed a young local husband and...