The sense of a stolen childhood lingers throughout this coming-of-age novel about growing up with an alcoholic parent. In Doug Bari’s raw coming-of-age novel And Then I Met Elvis, a teenager’s life is impacted by his hard-drinking... Read More

"The Defender of the Faith" is a compelling historical novel whose characters are caught in the tidal sweep of modernizing India. In Prakash Lothe’s historical novel "The Defender of the Faith", the social and political upheavals of... Read More

"Blessed" is an appealing, thought-provoking novel that interrogates religious obligation and altruism. In Sherry Robinson’s contemporary Christian novel, "Blessed", a charismatic, enigmatic new preacher creates rifts among his... Read More

In "Between Wild and Ruin", the desert landscape and atmosphere set the stage for a young adult romance with strong paranormal themes. Jennifer G. Edelson’s contemporary paranormal romance "Between Wild and Ruin" features a love... Read More

Teri Terry’s "Contagion" is a riveting, paranormal start to a new science fiction trilogy. When sixteen-year-old Shay, who’s hooked on quantum physics, realizes that she was the last person to see missing eleven-year-old Callie, she... Read More

Tara Johnson’s Christian romance "Where Dandelions Bloom" places a strong heroine at the center of the Civil War. In 1861, sixteen-year-old Cassie is desperate to avoid the loveless marriage arranged by her drunken father, so she poses... Read More

"JuJu" is a harrowing and hopeful novel, and Pettigrew’s writing is diamond sharp. A neighborhood in Buffalo endures the 1980s crack epidemic in Tamario Pettigrew’s "JuJu", a compelling young adult novel with adult interest. Teenage... Read More

"Ferocious Fall" is a wholesome and informational middle grade story that brings to life childhood in the 1950s. C. A. Hartnell’s middle grade novel "Ferocious Fall" follows best friends Pete and Carol Ann through seasonal adventures... Read More