Joey Blade was the football star of Shadow Mountain High School. He had a bright future with tons of scholarships awaiting him. However, the night of Joey’s eighteenth birthday, which also ushered in the new millennium, signaled the beginning of his nightmares. After his ex-friend,...

Montgomery Hughes scored a negative on Dr. Sonja Woodward's genetic test conducted at their school. His friend Joseph, however, scored a positive and happens to be the perfect candidate for Woodward Academy. According to the test he is predisposed to bad behavior. After graduating from...

The tragic events of the past can make an indelible imprint on our lives, often returning to haunt us in later years. Through A Study in Terminal, Kara Linaburg takes a searching look at those aspects of life and death. This gripping tale follows the...

Out of the Darkness: A Novel by Jeanne Fortune is a deep, compelling novel about overcoming hardship for the YA audience. This story is more than just a story of a girl from Haiti adjusting to life in America; it's grounded in social issues too,...

The Finest Lies by David J. Naiman follows two siblings who have reached an extreme turning point in their relationship. When a mysterious man appears on her television, fourteen-year-old Nicole is quick to accept his offer to exchange her brother for a new one. She...

You Won’t Know Her Name by Shanti Hershenson tells a chilling story about an unnamed girl’s experiences with middle school bullying. Told in a unique style of poetry, The Girl begins a new middle school as an innocent eleven-year-old. Eager to fit in, she and...

The Buzz Boys, by Edward Izzi, is a touching and powerful coming-of-age novel about secrets, trauma, and friendship. The Buzz Boys centers around a group of friends who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. They could have called themselves the Z Boys because each...

The Adventures of Uncle Billy and Ross by Solon Phillips is a pleasant, uplifting read. This story takes the reader on a series of experiences that young Ross is having in his life and brings in the wisdom and insight of Uncle Billy to help...

The Car Thief is a tale about a twelve-year-old orphan, Kelly Morgan, and his ordeals at the hand of child services and the juvenile justice system. The best he was offered after his father's death was a cold and abusive grandfather, a child home that...

Spirit Talker, a novel by Rebecca Laffar-Smith, relates the story of Sara Brooks, a young Australian girl who for some reason is followed by ghosts. Since her mother’s death, six months earlier, Sara and her dad move across the country for a fresh start. ...