Breakaway: 1977 by R.M. Kozan is a historical coming-of-age work of literary fiction that revolves around a group of three young outcasts who belong nowhere but with each other in a small-town Canadian landscape. Lionel “Neil” O'Neil, Roger Kay, and Samantha Renfield are bound together...

Retta Brooks is a fifteen-year-old starting actual school for the first time in her life. Her mother, being a paranoid worrier, homeschooled her until Retta finally convinced her mother to let her attend high school like a regular kid. The more she tries to fit...

Mark M. Bello's Betrayal High delves into the topic of bullying and the consequences at its core. Kevin Burns has been bullied all his life, and moving into the affluent neighborhood of Bloomfield did not help. Kevin's family did not fit in, and neither did...

BFF: A Story About Bullycide by Lindsey G. P. Bell is the story of a young teenage girl named Abby Feldman. With her mother gone, Abby and her father unilaterally decide to leave the San Francisco Bay Area in favor of a massive house in...

What would you do if the person you admired the most was a criminal? Selo: The Mentor by Douglas Setter is the story of a boy who was going through the same dilemma. Les was not the best when it came to protecting himself. He...

How can you reach your goals, overcome obstacles, and make a difference in the world? What qualities does it take to become a successful diva and turn your passion to help others into a reality? Discover how a group of young women used pivotal moments...

You Look Something: An Indigenous Coming-Of-Age Novel by Jessica Mehta is the story of a young woman who tries to rise above everything and prove her worth. Julia was looking forward to moving to Portland for higher education. She was eager to start a new...

Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella is the heartbreaking story of a 13-year-old boy as he is forced to face a harsh world that doesn’t seem to understand him, yet he understands the world pretty well. Charlie’s mother is an addict, and somehow he pays the...

Alexandra is a free young woman of color who lives a luxurious lifestyle and is anticipating her debutante ball and coming into her inheritance. One of a few families of mixed color, she enjoys many of the pleasures of upper-class life. She also faces hardships...

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...