Young Adult/Teen Archives

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...

5-STAR REVIEW: TOGETHER IN A BROKEN WORLD by Paul Michael Winters

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 21 May 2024

Publication Date: May 21, 2024 Two boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it's the secrets they keep that might kill them. Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE DARKNESS RISES by Stacy Stokes

Magical Realism Amy Wilson - 9 April 2024

Publication Date: April 9, 2024 A gripping speculative thriller perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and Ginny Myers Sain, about one girl with the power to see death before it happens—and the terrible...

GUEST BLOG: Book Recommendation: AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS by B.B. Alston By S. Labrecque

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 29 March 2024

Book Recommendation: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston BycS. Labrecque “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” meets “Legendborn” in this Middle Grade Paranormal Contemporary Fantasy. “Amari and the Night Brothers” is the first book of...

5-STAR REVIEW: AN UNLIKELY PROPOSITION by Rosalyn Eves

Young Adult/Teen Amy Wilson - 6 March 2024

Unexpected Seasons: Book 2 Publication Date: March 5, 2024 A standalone companion to An Improbable Season, this Regency romance ⁠— perfect for fans of Bridgerton — is about following your heart, pursuing your dreams, and falling head over...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RACE GIRL by James Herbert Harrison

Sports Amy Wilson - 1 February 2024

The Moretti Racing Family Saga: Book 1 Publication Date: December 2, 2023 Third-generation racer Alex Moretti drives for his father, Andy, a motorsport legend and now expanding team owner. Moretti Motorsport had seemed to...

5-STAR REVIEW: TOUCH by Eileen P. Duggan

Book Reviews Sandy Saucier - 3 January 2024

Publication Date: September 1, 2022 When 15-year-old Ginny Scanlon touches the photo of a mysterious woman, she suddenly finds herself able to play piano and she sets out to find out how and...

NEW RELEASE: THE RACE GIRL by James Herbert Harrison

Sports Dayna Linton - 20 December 2023

The Moretti Racing Family Saga: Book 1 Publication Date: December 2, 2023 Third-generation racer Alex Moretti drives for his father, Andy, a motorsport legend and now expanding team owner. Moretti Motorsport had seemed to...

5-STAR REVIEW: GIRL ON TRIAL by Kathleen Fine

Young Adult/Teen Amy Wilson - 15 November 2023

Publication Date: October 24, 2023 Does doing one bad thing make you a bad person? Sixteen-year-old Emily Keller, known by the media as Keller the Killer, is accused of causing the deaths of a...

4-STAR REVIEW: Brighde Reborn by Leslie Sommers and Janice Sommers

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 9 October 2023

The Amulet Series: Book 1 Publication Date: February 23, 2023 Bridget's Senior Year Checklist includes: 1. Hook the new guy, Trip 2. Hang with newly discovered cousin, Cay aka the most popular boy at OCHS 3. Find...