The Omicron Six by Endy Wright is a beautiful meld of science fiction and coming of age, and a story that has strong lessons on personal transformation through deep human connections. The story follows two compelling characters, Cooper Callister and Coupe Daschelete, both gifted yet...

The Girls in the Shattered World by Ben Patchett is a futuristic novel, a coming of age in a turbulent time in 2032. It has been five years since Alex’s father argued that Canada was a country of peace and won’t succumb to the broken...

The Con Woman by A. J. A. Gardiner is an amazing novel. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an adventure story this much, except perhaps Donald Westlake’s last novel. This novel is about the adventures of a brother-sister duo, Dawn and Roger, hatching...

Windsong is a work of fiction in the adventure genre and is the sixth installment in the Talon series of books. It is aimed at young adult readers and was penned by Gigi Sedlmayer. The book continues the adventures of Matica and her companion Talon...

Beautiful young people are often the stuff of young adult fiction, and that typical girl meets boy trope doesn’t seem to grow old. Perhaps it all depends on the author’s creativity and imagination in executing the plot. In Time to Wake by K. Thomas, Senlis,...

The DeathReaper is the first installment in Freya Daree's young adult fantasy series. Raised by an emotionally distant father and a hateful mother, teenager Amelie Weathers always found herself feeling isolated and alone. Her isolation from normal society stems from her dangerous and powerful indivium,...

The Dark Down There by Lori R. Lopez is a well-written short story that will send shivers down your spine. In this thrilling storyline, you follow the main character Cynthia on her quest to find out what haunted her as a child. The monster she...

She wakes up at night on a small lawn, not knowing who she is, where she is, or how she got there. Hungry, craving meat, she wanders the streets, enjoying the smells of cooking food. In an alley, she spots a young man and hunger...

Imagine a chessboard that can control a person’s life, even cause death. Lucy has friends over, but when they tire of their games, she pulls out the mysterious chessboard. The rules are laid out clearly and the game must proceed from beginning to end. In...

Battling lawlessness, bizarre weather patterns, and the hardships of everyday living, a young woman struggles to keep body and soul together in the aftermath of a nuclear bombing in the exciting post-apocalyptic young adult novel, The World We Make (Evergreen Series: Book 6) by Matthew...