Based in truth, the powerful novel "No Stopping Us Now" is about the fight for gender equality in sports just after the passage of Title IX. In 1974, all Louisa wants to do is to play basketball. But her Portland, Oregon, high school is... Read More

Ruth Fox’s "Under the Heavens" updates the tale of Noah’s ark, transforming it to feature whales in space and a mission gone awry. Working under an assumed name, Kim is the only human aboard the Seiiki, a giant spaceship bringing... Read More

Inspired by actual family travels, Kellie McIntyre’s "The Passport Project" follows the adventures of a five-month international family trip with ebullience. Sisters Delaney and Riley are going into the seventh and eighth grades. They... Read More

Victoria McCombs’s young adult novel "Oathbound" is filled with danger, romance, and a good dose of piracy. Emme is running out of time. Sick with the same disease that killed her father, her only hope lies in retrieving the Elmber Nut... Read More

In Charles A. Bush’s young adult novel "Every Variable of Us", Alexis, a high school basketball star, dreams of receiving a college scholarship and pursuing a professional basketball career. Both are her ticket out of West... Read More

Disabilities and adoption are themes in Jordon Greene’s LGBTQ+ novel "Every Word You Never Said", a sweet romance story that’s informed by social justice concerns. Newly adopted and entering a new high school in North Carolina as a... Read More

Teenage outcasts have to save their small town from a bloodthirsty monster by teaming up with their bully in Brett Riley’s fantasy novel "Freaks". Since grade school, Gabby, Micah, Jamie, and Christian have been bullied by B3, a group... Read More

In the spiritual adventure novel "In the End", twelve friends are faced with heartache once their world collapses. In Ken Saik’s spiritual novel "In the End", twelve teenagers face death together, choosing to stick with one another... Read More