In Angie Dickinson’s fantasy novel "Truth Cursed", a girl on a mission of vengeance uncovers deep secrets about her country. Due to a curse inflicted by her aunts when she was a child, Cressida is unable to lie. Her curse poses a new... Read More

In T. L. Simpson’s absorbing novel "Cope Field", a student’s fast track to the big leagues changes when a community service project and a new friend give him the courage to ask hard questions. Craw, an ace pitcher whose teammates... Read More

In Haylee Manda Reynolds’s poignant coming-of-age novel "Flirting with Glowsticks", a bisexual teenager struggles to find love in a period of transience. Chloe wants to belong in the places her parents move her to, including... Read More

The global slave trade backgrounds Solange Burrell’s fantastical coming-of-age novel "Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace", about what it truly means to act in favor of the greater good. In eighteenth-century West Africa, sixteen-year-old... Read More

In Kelly Ann Jacobson’s retelling of Pinocchio, "Lies of a Toymaker", a girl embraces heroism and self-discovery. Paige is the daughter of a traveling toymaker who’s always on the move. Her loyalty to her mother keeps her secluded... Read More

Set in a postapocalyptic world, Ingvild Bjerkeland’s chilling novel "Beasts" is about children who hope to reunite with their father. Thirteen-year-old Abdi is the guardian of his five-year-old sister, Alva, since a beast killed their... Read More

A poetic, rhythmic campfire tale that moves at a quick, tense pace, "Warriors of the Red Wolf" is an engrossing community origin story. In Nicholas Varner’s fabulistic novel "Warriors of the Red Wolf", warriors seek safety from a... Read More

A determined teenager comes of age in her ancestral environment in the relatable novel Kat’s Greek Summer. In Mima Tipper’s sympathetic novel Kat’s Greek Summer, a teenage girl reconciles herself to her complex identity. At the... Read More