Makin’ It Home: 10 Rules to Help You Make It Home Safely from a Police Encounter by A. L. Jaxan is a brief clear guide to making it home alive from an encounter with the police. The text and photos are directed toward young men,...

The Archivist by V S Nelson is a remarkable story about death. The Archivist is a human being like everyone else, but with a special ability to save someone’s essence before they are sucked into the Aether, the nothingness that consumes everyone in the end....

Young individuals face different obstacles every day. Most of them experience pressure to live up to societal demands that they perform well in school, complete their schoolwork, participate in extracurricular activities, and preserve friendships. Many teenagers may become anxious or even stressed out when dealing...

Squad Goals by Shequeta Smith, Qazzran Alamry, and Alivon Ortiz begins with four different young women who are arrested for crimes committed under complicated circumstances. After being sentenced to the Wiley Moon Juvenile Detention Center, they are forcibly united through an unorthodox rehabilitation project: competing...

The Saving of Verano is a sci-fi novel by Ken Helfer. It's the 27th century, and humanity has successfully colonized Mars and set up bases on Luna. Selby Ricks, an Earthian, is on his first trip to Mars when he is unexpectedly visited by a...

Mother Knows Best is a short story by Valerie Allen. Bobby has finished high school and is working as a dishwasher in a restaurant to pay for his car insurance while he continues to live at home. His parents Maggie and Jimmy are extremely agitated...

On Being Jen: A Short, What If Story by S. R. Mallery is a quick read aimed at the young adult market. Jen Mitchell appears to have it all. Looks, popularity, the perfect nuclear family, and the sports captain for her boyfriend. Susan, on the...

Novels and films about girl friendships that end up in backstabbing are a dime a dozen, and most of them are dumb and forgettable. Zachary Ryan changes that with his intriguing and smart novel, The Perfect Sister. Tinsley is the main protagonist, a girl who...

Finding Zane by Eliza Tilton is the second book in the Dreamscapes series, but it serves as a standalone novel. Meredith works at her family's toy shop, and she's taken on even more responsibilities now that her dad is sick and her uncle is away...

Why do we still find ourselves in love with those who hurt us? Is it because we still perceive their worth - directly related to how little we value ourselves - or is it a result of unresolved relationship issues? Susan K. Hamilton's Stone Heart...