Young Adult/Teen Archives

SPOTLIGHT: BEYOND THE CEMETERY GATE by Valerie Biel Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 19 March 2025

Chloe & Maggie Mysteries: Book 1 Publication Date: October 31, 2024 When the police rule her dad’s death an accidental overdose, 16-year-old Chloe refuses to believe it and vows to find his killer....

4.5-STAR REVIEW: BEYOND THE CEMETERY GATE by Valerie Biel

Mystery Amy Wilson - 19 March 2025

Chloe & Maggie Mysteries: Book 1 Publication Date: October 31, 2024 When the police rule her dad’s death an accidental overdose, 16-year-old Chloe refuses to believe it and vows to find his killer....

4-STAR REVIEW: THE DROWNERS by David Anderson

Young Adult/Teen Lori Van Buren - 17 March 2025

Publication Date: March 18, 2025 For Aaron, this world is an unfathomable puzzle. Haunted by disturbing dreams, he drifts through empty days, shielding himself behind sarcasm and cynical wit. After being expelled, he...

5-STAR REVIEW: VICKY’S VICTORY by Nadine C. Keels

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 13 January 2025

Malt Shop Milestones: Book 1 Publication Date: December 12, 2024 Young lives. First loves. And a classic American period enlivened by jukeboxes and chocolate malts. Vicky, a bookish sixteen-year-old, wouldn't call herself popular. But around...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HAUNTING BETWEEN US by Paul Michael Winters

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 7 January 2025

Publication Date: January 7, 2025 "A supernatural story of love, friendship, and discovery that’s heartwarming and frightening... engaging, sweet, and realistic all at once." - Kirkus (Recommends Get It!) Heartstopper meets Haunting of Hill House...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SOUR APPLES by Paul Jantzen

Young Adult/Teen JoAnne - 13 December 2024

Publication Date: September 19, 2024 The year was 1975, and that summer would prove epic for Jimmy Hamilton. Imagine, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others...

5-STAR REVIEW: BITS OF STRING TOO SMALL TO SAVE by Ruby Peru

Book Reviews Amy Wilson - 4 December 2024

Publication Date: November 9, 2024 It’s not that ElizabethAnn doesn’t want to live in the postmodern police state of No Oaks, where acrid refuse bins punctuate well-swept plasti-lawns and endless rows of ticky...

5-STAR REVIEW: ONLY THE PRETTY ONES by Niki Keith

Young Adult/Teen Amy Wilson - 9 September 2024

Publication Date: September 10, 2024 The truth is more dangerous than the lies. Everly wants to forget about her ex. She hopes that Finn, the mysterious new guy, can mend her broken heart, but...

4-STAR REVIEW: CALL HER LIBERTY by Chantol Aspinall

Historical Fiction Leah Lawrence - 9 August 2024

Publication Date: August 10, 2024 Two choices; submit or retreat? Sixteen-year-old Ella envisions a life of freedom; one that’s colorful, fun and goes beyond traditions. However, when the pressure of conforming to the Belle...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE ORPHAN by Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Historical Fiction Leah Lawrence - 16 July 2024

Publication Date: May 15, 2024 Washington DC 1844: When his mother is found drowned in the Potomac, 15-year-old Samuel Evans is devastated and falls gravely ill, saved by an experimental drug given to...

3-STAR REVIEW: THE GIRL FROM JERSEY CITY by Zan Austin

Fiction Leah Lawrence - 2 July 2024

Publication Date: July 2, 2024 As the summer of his eighteenth birthday begins, Paul Nesbitt finalizes plans to escape his alcoholic, abusive father, enabling mother, and impoverished Jersey Shore town blanketed by the...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: LOVE SPELLS by Gino Cox

Young Adult/Teen JoAnne - 7 June 2024

Publication Date: May 14, 2020 It all began with an innocent prank. Tilly, Drew, and Dizzy, inseparable friends, had dressed as witches and planned to spend Halloween evening watching horror films while Drew’s...