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

In Clint Hall’s exhilarating science fiction novel "Echo Nova", time travel leads to the dehumanization of the people of the past. In a dystopian future, eighteen-year-old Dash livestreams his nighttime parkour races in the hopes of... Read More

An action-packed, heartfelt coming-of-age story, Lee Sanders’s novel "Under the Light of Fireflies" is set during an eventful summer. In the summer of 1981, twelve-year-old Noah expects his biggest concerns to be Little League, his... Read More

In "Ricochet", Kellyn Carni’s fresh take on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of Russia’s last ruling family, Anastasia Romanov takes the reins and tells her own story. Anastasia and her brother Alexei always had a... Read More

Neil Taylor’s thriller "Anticipation" unravels a high-tech mystery in an unsettling near-future scenario. Riya is a math and machine-learning savant who lost her technology genius father in a plane accident. When she learns that his... Read More