We the Wild Things is a young adult, adventure novel written by Brian McBride. Peter has been bouncing from one foster family to another. His caseworker, Eddie, is optimistic for him. He assures Peter that the Donahue family are good people. Eddie is trying hard...

Whereabouts is a coming-of-age story set in the rural south during the 70s. Seventeen-year-old Missy Belue's life turns upside down when her father dies of a massive heart attack, leading to her mother marrying the town mortician. Feeling emancipated in her humdrum life, Missy sees...

When a friend in an online chat room experiences an attack, a teen risks everything to help her in the young adult novel, Waiting On You by Joey Paul. When Angelina Harding was a baby, her father left and never returned. Her mother never got...

Words We Never Say by Heidi Dischler is a moving young adult romance that pulls on your heartstrings. It centers on college-age Emery McQuain, who thinks she has her life pretty much in hand--plans for college, a boyfriend who loves her even if she is...

Winter Light by Martha Engber is a coming-of-age novel that gives us a stark reminder of the narrow line between success and failure, sorrow and joy, contentment and destruction that so many of our teenagers are forced to navigate in those dangerous and yet potentially...

When Dylan wins the carnival tossing game, his prize is hand-selected by the greasy-haired worker in charge of the game. Ignoring Dylan’s protests, the carny assures the winner that the blue ink pen is the grand prize. Feeling ripped off, Dylan isn’t aware of the...

When The Fireworks End is a work of fiction in the coming of age sub-genre, penned for mature young adults and new adult audiences by author Alex Lund. Focusing closely on the culture and experience of growing up in a close-knit Japanese coastal community, we...

Watermark: The Broken Bell Series by Elise Schiller is a heart-breaking story of teenage angst, coming of age, family dysfunction, and poverty in the inner city. Angel Ferente is a little more damaged than your average teenager and yet, she has managed to rise above...

Winter of the Wolf is a work of fiction set in the mystery genre and penned for young adults by author Martha Hunt Handler. Recommended for more mature teens due to some thematic content such as death and suicide, this engaging and well-written novel explores...

When Willow Farrington returns to school after an extended visit to the hospital, she is not only concerned with catching up academically, but she is aware of the many difficulties associated with her prescribed illness. As an anorexic, she expects the stares and the whispers...