A girl comes into her own following a tragedy in Susan Wingate’s poignant novel. In Susan Wingate’s novel "How the Deer Moon Hungers", the hidden horrors of juvenile detention facilities are exposed. Mackenzie knows that her parents... Read More

In Sue Loh’s extraordinary, fun, technology-centered novel, teenagers confront an intense hacking scheme. A computer hacking mystery reveals dark secrets in Sue Loh’s young adult novel, "Raven". Fireball and her computer genius... Read More

Blowback ’94 is a satisfying time travel adventure made more tantalizing because of the friendships, love, and loss that it features. In Brian Meehl’s dynamic time travel novel Blowback ’94, a family legend is wrapped up. Twins... Read More

Questions of body image, sexuality, family, and racial identity are raised in Jessica Mehta’s novel "You Look Something". When Julia moves from a small community college to a university in Portland, she immerses herself in every... Read More

Self-identity, status, and gender are at the core of Girls Lost, Jessica Schiefauer’s bold and compelling story in which three teenage girls who are social outcasts transcend boundaries by temporarily transforming into boys. Kim, the... Read More

In Kyle Richardson’s steampunk adventure "Beast Heart", two children are pushed to their extremes when catlike monsters stalk their city. In the city of Iron Bay, nine-year-old Gabby’s hand turns to smoke. Her mother hires an... Read More

In Jean Mills’s insightful "Larkin on the Shore", a sixteen-year-old struggles to overcome an assault and the gossip and cyberbullying that follow it. While her father visits her sick mother in Vancouver, Larkin is sent to stay with... Read More

Two women grapple with their intertwined destinies in a world beset by storms in Kesia Lupo’s fantasy adventure, "We Are Blood and Thunder". The city of Duke’s Forest sealed itself off six years ago after a never-ending storm... Read More