"Raspberry Beret" by Lisa A. McCombs is a story about a teenage girl who communicates her feelings in a journal. Every entry starts off as “Dear Abby” because she wrote a report on the advice columnist who shared her name. Abby was a teen who...

After the untimely death of her father due to a car accident, Isabella’s mother moves the family to live with her grandparents in Florida Keys. Other than the loss that takes a toll on the family, especially her mother, Isabella faces similar dilemmas that teens...

"Invisible" by Marni Bates is the sequel to "Awkward." It somewhat takes off where the first book began. Jane Smith feels invisible at Smith High School, especially after her best friend Kenzie has become an overnight sensation on Utube. She considers herself somewhat a geeky...

"Book of Samuel" by James Robinson is a family drama that unfolds at Georgia. The family of Samuel Johnson is stranded at Savannah airport. The eight hours in the airport is a kind of revelation of his family's behavior. He sees a different side of...

I have to admit that I shed a few happy tears when reading "Hating Heidi Foster" by Jeffrey Blount. Not that being moved at a story about life, death and an intense friendship between two high school girls is something to hide. I was involved...

"Seven Tears" is the story of Birch, a young woman, who was abused by her grandfather when she was six years old. Her mother had also been abused as a child, and her attempts to get help had resulted in her being considered a drama...

College student Annalisa Turner is having trouble deciding what life direction she wants to take. Sure she is pretty and has an outstanding bubbly personality. But Annalisa just can’t decide what to major in school and decides perhaps owning a gym might be more to...

Marci is scared. Her father is home, and yet another time he is drunk, mean, and beating her mom. So Marci decides it is time to climb out of the window to keep from getting in the firing line of her dad. She runs to...

"Reckless Perfection" is the story of four very different girls who are all facing the struggles of being teenagers. Juliana the good girl is trying to get over her ex-boyfriend whilst maintaining her high grades so that her parents will be proud. Mercedez is struggling...

Spencer Shane’s life is pretty bad, his dad is dead, his mum is addicted to drugs, and he is bullied by the boy whose mum was killed in the drink-driving incident his dad caused. All he wants to do is be invisible to his class...