Aura readings are at the center of this thoughtful young adult character study. In J. Taylor Baker’s contemplative young adult novel, "The Cardorian Complex", a shy high school student is introduced to esoteric philosophies. As his... Read More

Imagine becoming an adult under the imposing shadow of the Soviet Union. That’s what Sonya faces when she’s pulled down from her quiet life in Siberia to rejoin her mother, a Jewish dissident, in the USSR’s waning days. In Katia... Read More

In "The Path Keeper"—the first book in N. J. Simmonds’s fantasy trilogy The Indigo Chronicles—angels rule the world, love spans across lifetimes, and unexpected choices change your destiny. When Ella starts at university, all she... Read More

Joan He’s "Descendant of the Crane" is a riveting, complex story set in a Chinese-inspired fantasy world full of magic, intrigue, and mystery. Hesina’s first task as the new queen of Yan is to discover who poisoned her father. She... Read More

Parker Mills has a secret that she knows is both a gift and a burden: she is a psychic empath who senses the emotions of those around her. One of the few children born to parents who used a mysterious fertility treatment that has since... Read More

In Devri Walls’s gritty young adult fantasy Venators: Promises Forged, three teens settle into a magical world and face life-or-death circumstances. Rune, her brother Ryker, and her friend Grey have entered the fae world of Eon through... Read More

MariNaomi continues her immersive saga of teenagers and possible alien abductions in Gravity’s Pull. The Life on Earth trilogy thus far has been a model of slowly rising action, centered on a group of teens consumed by relationship... Read More