A victim of cyber-bullying chooses death over coping, leaving his friends and family reeling from the aftermath of his choices in the YA novel, The Ripples (What Lies Beyond) by Danielle Aitken. Popular athlete Mark Fredrick excels at everything he does. Pushing harder to meet...

Thinking Outside the Boombox is a work of non-fiction in the self-help and guidance sub-genre, and was penned by author Justin ‘The Juse’ Ellis. The work is written for mature young adults and upwards due to its philosophical content and the use of some explicit...

While his mom was driving Evan and his sister, Marya, to school, Marya caught him looking at hardcore porn and told their mom about it. Instead of feeling guilty or ashamed, he made everything worse with comments that called for immediate action. Without telling either...

The Colours I See is a work of magical realism, LGBTQ+ and interpersonal drama fiction penned by author Ila Golden. Written as a volume to contribute to the Neva Aton Collection, this work features a standalone tale that connects to many others but can be...

The Healing Room is a work of fiction around social and emotional issues written by author Michaela James. Penned for young adult and adult audiences, the work does contain sensitive themes such as the termination of a pregnancy and some milder curse words. The conceptual...

The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island is a work of fiction with suspense and literary themes and was penned by author Scott Semegran. Inspired by the work of William Golding on the classic Lord of the Flies, this novel takes us on a journey with...

The Stand-In: My Life as an Understudy is one of Elizabeth Stevens’ latest young adult novels. Chloe Cowan has always been in her sister Ella’s shadow. Chloe has always been her understudy, literally. And Chloe is completely fine with it. She just wants to...

In The Out Crowd by Michael A. Kirby, at Gates High School, the pupils are separated into two groups; the In Crowd of just 69 pupils and the Out Crowd. Hallie Flynn, senior cheerleading captain, becomes the victim of gossip when information about her relationship...

The Good Life by Thomas Corrigan is a gritty, no-nonsense, coming-of-age story. When fifteen-year-old Walker Morrison turns up on a church’s steps with a bullet in his chest and covered in various injuries, he wants to tell his story to the young priest and thus...

The Thief’s Heart is a work of historical fiction set in the late nineteenth century, penned by author Kathleen Shoop. Forming the fourth novel of The Letter Series, this installment takes place in Des Moines in the year 1892. The Arthur family has had some...