Essence of Life by Jackson McLean tells the story of Jack Green, a boy growing up in a new settlement where life is hard, and expectations are heavy. Jack’s father is in charge of the town, and people look up to him, but he’s tough...

In Jennifer Conklin's Misdirect, Shane Whitmore expects his final year of high school to revolve around soccer training until a violent mistake places him in the path of a man searching for a missing girl named Wren. The attacker believes Shane knows where she is...

On her first day at South Iris High, twelve-year-old Nina Allbright was an awkward auburn-haired girl with braces and two left feet. However, she has her two left feet to thank for an encounter that was about to shape the rest of her high school...

Goon by Glenn Erick Miller is the story of a foster boy’s penance in an experimental detention center. Troubled and super-sized, Goon is in serious trouble. The theft of a car and joyriding led to his brother being injured, and we see Goon sent to...

Strength Hidden by Sara McQuarrie tells the story of twelve-year-old Andromeda Smith (Andy) as she tries to understand her life in foster care after her parents abandon her. Andy has moved through many homes and never felt truly cared for, leaving her wary of others....

Achak of the Sequoia Tribe by Alex Coppin tells the story of a boy coming of age in an indigenous Native American tribe, right before outside forces began to alter their world. Achak is at the age where he has to prove he’s a man....

Sonja Dewing’s Daughter of the Black Flag reimagines the classic adventure novel Treasure Island with a focus on female characters and a dash of the fantastical. Isolated from her peers and trapped by her lack of options as a woman, Chen goes for a radical...

There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson is a hauntingly beautiful LGBTQ novel about courage and accepting oneself despite what others say. When Asher and Ryn meet in group therapy, they both feel a shift within themselves. Ryn can’t see her, but he can...

The Seven Knots by Darius Smith is about a high school boy named Solomon Vance who lives in New Orleans. He starts seeing visions of a man he doesn’t recognize. That man turns out to be Hiram, his great-great-grandfather, who takes him to a hidden...

Sofia Nova brings us endearing fantasy fiction in Maradonia and the Guardians of the Portal. On their way home from a trip to see their family, siblings Maya and Joey Swanson are caught in a storm at sea. When the ocean wins the battle against...