If the reader is not careful, A Stolen Kiss by Kelsey Keating just may steal their hearts. This book was an unexpected gem. It begins like a light-hearted fairy-tale, but actuall…
More than a love story, more than someone's personal account of World War II, and more than a historical novel, By the Stars is a beautifully written novel that reads almost like a memoir which invoke…
A heartily freeing memoir by Emily Wing Smith, All Better Now, chronicles her struggles of growing up not only extra left-handed in a world full of right-handed people, but feeling unassailably w…
Bearskin isn't a prominent fairytale but is by no means less compelling than the more well-known fairytales. Jamie Robyn Wood's translation of the story has many engaging variations that make it her o…
In a masterful retelling of The Arabian Nights, Renee Ahdieh opens an exciting world to her readers. Although the book is rooted in fantasy, the setting is obviously Persian, and it has all the b…
If you're under the assumption that this is another typical Cinderella story, throw those expectations aside. While the Cinderella story is recognizable in Out of the Ashes, and it certainly begins si…
Red Queen is everything a young adult novel should be: exciting, intense, action-packed, and unique, while at the same time offering life lessons and relationship dilemmas. Victoria Aveyard has m…
With vibrant lyric prose, Carrie Ann Noble weaves a sweet story of love, family, and acceptance. Her characters are honorable, true, and good. They also struggle with real problems, and they do all th…
Drawing on her background as a nurse, author S.A. Harazin, incorporates her medical knowledge into Painless, a contemporary fiction novel geared towards young adults.
Male protagonist David is…
Inciting curiosity in just the first chapter, The Lure of Fools (The Age of the Infinite #1) by Jason King, provokes readers' excitement by opening with a dark scene and a murderous characte…
There are plenty of super hero books out there these days, but this book is for that high schooler that is comfortable with a world painted in shades of gray, without bright-line black and white chara…
Presenting an interesting notion of genetically engineered DNA and human cloning, rookie author S.M. Anderson's debut novel, Copied, is a thrilling sci-fi adventure perfect for teenagers.
Told thro…
