Noah Baker is a 13-year-old with a special cochlear implant that gives him the ability to read minds. Teaming up with his best friend, Lena—a feisty girl with an artificial leg—they take on secret missions for the government. In Helen Dunlap Newton’s Careful What You...

Come Quietly by Hermione Lee is a fantasy drama that follows the story of two sisters, Irina and Mallory, who become lost in the woods and find themselves trapped in a mysterious manor. Inside, they discover other children facing the same predicament, each with their...

Collegiate by AP Cleriot is a chilling YA horror story set in the eerie halls of Buchner Collegiate, a high school shrouded in mystery and malevolence. Students are vanishing, their fates unknown, as dark forces lurk in every corner. Sophomore Jason Thomas is largely unaffected...

Charting the Course is a YA mystery and adventure novel by Leslea Wahl. Liz Kennedy is tired of shuttling between her parents' homes in Minnesota and Illinois after their divorce. When her father takes her on a cruise for his high school reunion, Liz is...

Chymist by Sarah Newland, the second book in The Coelacanth Project series, follows Natalie Morrigan and her friends who are on the run from the totalitarian Nautilus organization. Taking refuge in a lighthouse called Ancora III, they seek safety with their dogs, Enzo and Angie....

Chronicles of MatiLou and PerryAnn by Martha Passel is about two young women who face tragedies, tough decisions, and many questions about their future, as well as what happened in the past. The book is written in four parts and covers 30 years. PerryAnn’s parents...

A couple of young teens in 1960s-era California find a new outlet for their reckless sense of adventure in Culver City, a novel for young adults by Brant Vickers. Cassady and Kyle are buddies who get along well and tire of the drug-laden experiences their...

Clearmoor Mysteries: A Morrigan's Hotel Spin-Off Series brings us back to the dark and gloomy setting first introduced in Morrigan's Hotel. If you have not read the latter, I suggest starting with it. It is not strictly necessary as you will still understand this book,...

An unfinished dog house for his pup Suzzie is all Bruce wants in an otherwise simple life in Ken Saik's novella, Change Of Luck: Not My Fault. The setting of Saik's story is reminiscent of an older time when children ran around neighborhoods unencumbered and...

Cutthroat Cheerleader by Zachary Ryan is a young adult mystery novel about a small-town murder. Madison Taylor never claimed to be a nice girl; she's quite proud of the crude and cutthroat attitude that scored her the position as captain of the cheerleading squad. Unfortunately,...