In the coming-of-age novel "Pretend Plumber", an LGBTQ+ girl learns to navigate her Los Angeles life with authenticity. In Stephanie Barbé Hammer’s new adult novel "Pretend Plumber", a thirteen-year-old questions how she fits into her... Read More

Mixing a teenage romance with political and environmental commentary, The Year Without a Summer is an inspiring novel. In Arlene Mark’s novel The Year Without a Summer, two teenagers cultivate their empathy and global awareness while... Read More

Joanna Ruth Meyer’s dreamy, enchanting novel "Wind Daughter" follows a beekeeping teenager through her atypical coming of age. Satu was born out of time, and feels out of place, in her cool mountain village. Her father, who was once... Read More

In Betty G. Yee’s historical novel "Gold Mountain", a young Chinese girl poses as her brother, going to work on a US railroad in his place. Ling Fan’s father is in prison for a crime he did not commit, and her aunt is plotting Ling... Read More

A collaboration project between Grammy award-winning musician Alanis Morissette, screenwriter Diablo Cody, producer Glen Ballard, and Eric Smith, "Jagged Little Pill" takes on the promises and shortcomings of contemporary social justice... Read More

In Meg Grehan’s compelling novel in verse "Baby Teeth", a vampire falls for a human and decides how far to take her desires for love and blood. Immy is one of a trio of vampires. Unlike the vampires of legends, they live again and... Read More

A legendary sword, mysterious portals, and an old foe bring magic and mischief to Avalon in Rin Chupeco’s young adult novel, "An Unreliable Magic". Picking up where the previous volume left off, the novel recounts important details in... Read More

When Edgar was small, he and his father built puzzles together. Each piece had its own special place; if one small piece was missing, the puzzle would be forever incomplete. And in Edd Tello’s novel-in-verse "Only Pieces", Edgar’s... Read More