"Eli the Good" is a grown man’s recollection of what it was like to be the ten-year-old son of an emotionally distant mother and a father suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Woven into this family are Eli’s equally... Read More

Meet Stacey, a young woman who can perform magic. But with magic powers come some arcane problems: dreadful stuff, like malevolent premonitions. Stacey and her boyfriend Jacob, another user of magic, are able to see the future…through... Read More

As if being new in town-or, more accurately, in the woods-isnt enough, Keelie Heartwood learns that shes been dumped by her sexy elven boyfriend at her own welcome party. Half-human, missing her mom, and still new to life with her... Read More

Determined to improve his social life and attract the girl of his dreams, Ari Abramson launches “Operation Make Me Cooler” by starting a punk rock band with himself as lead guitarist-even though hes only been playing since camp. His... Read More

Jamie, called Punkzilla because of his affection for punk rock, is weeks away from his fifteenth birthday when he embarks on another journey-the first was his clandestine escape from Buckner Military Academy to Portland, Oregon. This... Read More

With top-notch writing and a suspenseful story S.K. Whalen’s Rooke’s Island is well suited for both children and adults. Protagonist Margery Mutters is independent intelligent and interesting—women with this holy trinity of... Read More

Since the phenomenal success of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series there has been an explosion in the popularity of young adult fiction. Successful writers in the genre plant seeds in their... Read More

Tenth-grader Teresa knows exactly how it feels to be in love: “Your stomach is in knots. Your palms sweat. Your hearing goes. Your brain turns to mush. You walk around under a cloud of misery all the time. It’s the absolute best!”... Read More