Jewels of Kidron by Susan Miner is a poignant young adult fantasy dealing with abuse. It follows two young girls searching for a place to belong and feel safe and loved. Katie is in a group home for abused children. She is haunted by the...

Spiritual Warriors: The Rise of Night, The Rise of Light Volume 1 by Nakia L. Brown is a captivating novel that delves into the intriguing concept of spiritual warriors who must fight against powerful forces to save humanity. The story follows Benaiah, a young boy...

In Broken Pieces: Healing the Girl That Remains Trapped Inside, author Qiana Riley-Jones presents a collection of short stories that explore traumatic experiences and offer insights into navigating life’s challenges. Through the narratives of seven intentionally nameless and ageless females, Riley-Jones guides young girls and...

What if you could slip out of your body and become a spiritual essence when things get tough? Surprisingly, that’s what happens to sixteen-year-old Darcy. Her parents are about to tell her they’re splitting up, and she finds herself suddenly weightless, hovering in a tree...

Headstrong II is a work in the coming-of-age, interpersonal drama, and social issues subgenres. It is best suited to the mature end of the young adult reading spectrum owing to some non-explicit scenes of a sexual nature and more developed adult themes than the first...

Operation Mom: My Plan to Get My Mom a Life...and a Man by Reenita Malhotra Hora is a perfectly accomplished coming-of-age story with a nerve-jangling twist. Ila is a teenager who grows up in Mumbai and her overprotective, almost domineering single mother doesn't allow her...

Sam Wolfe had loved Megan Carmichael for years. He'd done so quietly and from afar until one fateful night when a school friend had accidentally bumped into Sam as he'd pushed past. Megan would never forget how her world suddenly changed after Sam's teeth had...

Through the Witches Stone by Scott A. Johnson introduces Hadley, who wasn’t so sure about spending the entire summer with Grandma. Isolated, out in the woods, with no cell service, no television, and no neighbors, it sounded, quite simply, bleak, not to mention boring. It...

Michele Kwasniewski's Falling Star captures you with a highly suspenseful and dramatic story about a teenage pop star's tumultuous journey to redemption after a costly, scandalous mistake. Though only 16, Dani Truehart is already a millionaire and a world-famous pop star. However, she fears losing...

Chronicles of MatiLou and PerryAnn by Martha Passel is about two young women who face tragedies, tough decisions, and many questions about their future, as well as what happened in the past. The book is written in four parts and covers 30 years. PerryAnn’s parents...