Half-Truths by Carol Baldwin introduces Katie, a fifteen-year-old girl in 1950s Tabor City, North Carolina, whose aspirations for college and a career in journalism clash with the ingrained racial prejudices of her community and family. Witnessing racial injustice at her father's store and the terrifying...

Harp and the Lyre: Exposed by H.C. Roberts is a unique first book in a dystopian trilogy. Exposed begins in a country just before its takeover. Viona was raised by a father who left his traditional upbringing to marry her “foreign” mother. She befriends Ezra,...

Hilo Dome by Jack Bartley follows Nathan, a mute telepathic teen in the post-war dome city of Hilo, who learns that the dome’s systems are failing. He evades capture but is swept away in the river and ends up outside the dome. Rescued by a...

Set in a futuristic society, Her Gilded Voice by K.C. Aegis is the story of a young girl whose life is on the verge of unexpected change. Lacey Clarke, the young protagonist, lives in a world where each citizen has a fully integrated neurological implant...

Haunt by Nichole Calabrese centers around Gemma Leclair who can see and speak with ghosts. It’s a secret she keeps from everyone, especially the dead themselves. This makes it hard for her to feel and act like a normal teenager. After almost failing school, she...

Heroes of Janaan: The Science of Magic by Sam Tate is a young adult urban fantasy novel set in the world of Janaan, where peace and an industrial revolution have brought about a new era of progress. Wizards and inventors merge magic with machinery, creating...

In He Loves Me Not by Nenia Corcoran, Sasha is a nerdy girl who loves school. She is concerned about her looks, and even her mother insinuates she is not physically appealing. Despite her nerdy tendencies, she has some friends, and Amanda has been her...

Honeysuckle Playground is a young adult drama by Adrian Heflin. Set in the 1980s, the book follows the story of Geraldine, a teenager growing up in the small town of Talmadge in Georgia. Raised by a single mother, Geraldine has a lot of anger in...

Oblivion by Tabitha Sprunger is book three in the Hart Street and Main series, which begins when Skye, an ordinary teenager from Alfaro, faces unexpected changes during her senior year when she meets Olli, a foreign exchange student. A head injury reveals a magical Second...

In one of his final speeches, Barack Obama made a telling comment that echoes one of the illuminating themes of How to Stand Up to Bullying. Bullying is not acceptable in any context. The contentions put forth by M.C. Ryder establish that such an unequivocal...