1. Book Reviews
  2. Young Adult Fiction
Return to Most Recent

Book Review

Lost in the Ark

by John M. Murray

In the coming-of-age novel "Lost in the Ark", a teenager with an independent streak achieves self-worth by staying true to her personal beliefs. In Valerie Agnew’s young adult novel "Lost in the Ark", a traumatized teenager seeks... Read More

Book Review

The Agency

by Randi Hacker

"The Agency" is an imaginative espionage novel in which a group of undercover agents work with the British government to defuse an international situation. In Monica McGurk’s spy novel "The Agency", a group of outlier nanny trainees... Read More

Book Review

Mountain Runaways

by Vivian Turnbull

In Pam Withers’s exciting adventure novel "Mountain Runaways", three siblings have their worlds turned upside down. Jon, Korka, and Aron’s parents run a wilderness training school, so they know how to survive in the wild. Still, they... Read More

Book Review

Medusa

by Nancy Powell

Jessie Burton’s "Medusa" is a dazzling, engrossing retelling of a classic that’s delivered with a profound feminist twist. Eighteen-year-old Medusa has been exiled to an isolated, rocky island by Athena, who cursed her and turned her... Read More

Book Review

Float

by Jeana Jorgensen

In Kate Marchant’s wry and charming young adult novel "Float", an Alaskan teenager learns how to swim, flirt, and be herself. Waverly flies to Florida to spend the summer with her Aunt Rachel, hoping to escape the looming expectations... Read More

Book Review

Boys of the Beast

by Suzanne Kamata

Three very different cousins go on a life-changing road trip in Monica Zepeda’s young adult novel "Boys of the Beast". Oscar’s father died in a school shooting; his activist mother is often absent. Matt is home schooled, and aspires... Read More

Load More