A child worries about what games she will play that day. A woman worries about tomorrow and the days that follow. These words summarize the two ends of thriteen-year-old Charlotte Baxter’s journey. She has been transferred from her... Read More

Sarah May has outgrown her dress and needs a new one. In her heart she longs for a red one, but her practical parents decide on a serviceable blue one; big enough to grow into and dark enough to hide dirt. While stoically accepting the... Read More

Many young people wonder if they are adopted, or perhaps half of a set of twins separated at birth. Hrdlitschka capitalizes on this dual fascination in her new novel for teens. Disconnected is about twin brothers, Tanner and Alex, who... Read More

If you are looking for a book to give you the shivers on a warm night, try "The Haunting of Drang Island". Slade’s first book in the Northern Frights series, Draugr was a finalist for the Small Press Book Award for young adult fiction... Read More

Animal lovers predisposed to humanize their pets may enjoy the revival of this 1938 bit of froth. G.B. Stern’s "The Ugly Dachshund", a canine version of Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling, is set in pre-war Provence. Tono, a young,... Read More

A young girl, Clare, looks back three years to the time when Ethan came into her life pushing best friend, Liz, aside. This is more than the story of one’s first love and its effect on friendship. Ethan is handsome and musically... Read More