A coming of age story about a tenth grader named Tommy Baher, aka Johnathan’s younger brother, aka Johnathan’s less intelligent and less impressive brother. Tommy has made it his ultimate goal to get out from under his brother’s shadow by any means necessary. And then...

The Bane Bath Salts by Cheryl Holloway is a heart-breaking yet eye-opening story of a teenager who slowly slips into the grip of a lethal type of chemical dubbed 'Bath Salts.' Driven by a hunger for fun and thrills, Hannah finds herself slowly sinking into...

Mirror Me is a coming-of-age psychological thriller written by Tara St. Pierre. Hannah doesn’t like to look in mirrors, and she especially avoids looking into the judgmental gaze of her reflection’s eyes. Her life has been closely monitored and scrutinized by her all-too-perfectly coiffed and...

Summer Seventeen and You by Sara Daniell is a tender young adult novel about growing up, and learning who your true family is. Samantha “Sam” Scott is a young, wealthy teenager whose boyfriend, Logan Hart, is the star baseball player. But when a newcomer, Elliot...

Waiting for Mama by Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride is a gritty memoir set against the backdrop of the Holocaust. A Christian Holocaust survivor returns home to Poland and, to her great surprise, home is no longer what it used to be. It is now a Communist...

Catch Me is a young adult and new adult coming of age/social issues story written by Shade Owens. Kaitlyn hadn’t really focused on her sexual identity until that moment when Samantha walked into Mr. Tanore’s English class. She had had a boyfriend until she had...

The Still Sad Music by Shawn Merritt is a sometimes melancholic, but always interesting journey through the coming of age of a troubled young man. Jeffrey is an awkward adolescent, just coming to terms with his feelings and emotions, when both his parents are killed...

Hope: Book 4 is a young adult coming of age novel written by Jennifer Gibson. Jessie’s life was poised on the brink of big changes. She had been accepted at Sheridan College, whose illustration program was both challenging and world-renowned, but Jessie was used to...

This book is one of the best things I have read in a while in coming-of-age literature. It isn’t just great, it is sweet like honey, absorbing, and it is a tale with very real and unusual characters. In The Unusual Suspects by Dominic Carrillo,...

Code Blue: An Oath to the Badge and Gun by Jamell Crouthers is the story of a policeman who is dedicated to his job, but when he realizes that there are dishonorable cops, he wonders if he should take action against them or remain quiet....