A sweet, anxious agender teenager comes into their own while facing new challenges in the involving novel "Ugliest". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Ugliest" is the earnest continuation of an agender Oklahoma teenager’s coming-of-age story.... Read More

A high achiever risks all that she’s ever cherished in the hope of realizing a dissipating dream in the exciting thriller "A Lie for a Lie". In Jane Buckingham’s psychological thriller "A Lie for a Lie", a star student forges a... Read More

A boy learns resilience following a life-altering move in the arresting historical novel "The New Frontier". In Wayne L. Wilson’s tense historical novel "The New Frontier", a Black adolescent confronts racism and other dangers when he... Read More

A gender nonconforming teenager learns to eschew the “rules” and follow what’s in their own heart in the affirming novel "Uglier". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Uglier" follows a gender nonconforming junior through their first semester... Read More

Kind people make a beleaguered, artistic teenager’s life happier in the moving novel "Ugly". In Kelly Vincent’s empathetic novel "Ugly", an awkward, misunderstood teenager finds solace and salvation in her art. Nic is a high school... Read More

In Ella McLeod’s coming-of-age fairy tale Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair, a Black girl is split between adolescent anxieties and a battle against evil in her magical dreams. In Xaymaca, as foretold by prophecy, the Black witches... Read More

Two brothers contend with sibling rivalry, parental disapproval, political strife, and burgeoning relationships in Andre L. Bradley’s science fiction novel "Trailer Park Prince". The Kaydans are an alien royal family with telekinetic... Read More

S. L. Roman’s historical novel "One Year, One Night" is centered by a teenager’s World War II diary. In 1960, Annie returns to Millside for a World War II commemoration that a famous actress is expected to attend. While there, she... Read More