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A Rule of Life by Patricia Brandon

Well-thought-out and original… A deliciously readable mystery. Brandon’s latest brilliantly integrates psychological depth into a clever mystery plot. With the Great War and the Spanish Flu pandemic behind, the world seems like a fine place once again. A new camp…
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The Girl in My Treehouse by Pete Fanning

An unputdownable YA coming-of-age story… The shy, awkward Matt Crosby will be joining high school soon, but it seems his middle school friends are already ahead in the game. After the feisty Lia moves in up the street, the two…
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Book blurb: Not Alone (Vox Oculis #1) by Frederic Martin

Fourteen-year-old Blue wants to have a go at normal life. Or at least wants to be left alone. As a young girl who lost her whole family to a house fire, Blue’s got a difficult road to traverse. But it’s…
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Not Alone (Vox Oculis #1) by Frederic Martin

Extraordinary and unforgettable… Martin blends elements of thriller, science fiction, and teenage drama into a taut YA coming-of-age tale about a young girl struggling to find her bearing in the cozy town of Westbury, Vermont. It’s been four and a…
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As Good As Can Be by William A. Glass

An addictive, humorous tale about individual struggles and family drama… Glass’s deft novel paints a picture of the troubled life of his young protagonist who in the face of learning disability and his father’s harsh discipline develops a give-a-damn attitude…
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Arizona Awakening: A Memoir of Romance, Race, and Redemption by Richard C Lin

Eloquent, adroitly written, and candid personal story of love and identity… In this hard-to-put-down memoir, Lin delivers a revealing account of his experiences as an American born to Chinese immigrant parents. As an immigrant in America from Taiwan, Lin’s father…
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Everything That Came Before Grace by Bill See

An evocatively crafted, heartfelt tale… See explores longing of love, family ties, and a person’s struggles with mental illness in this moving story. Struggling with the trauma of a painful childhood memories and betrayal of the past, Benjamin Bradford, a…
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Paradise High: A Novel by William Henning

Superbly rich and ingenious… A beautifully executed, nostalgia-churning exploration into the themes of friendship and teenager shenanigans, Henning’s deeply engrossing, all-American boyhood tale traces one night in the lives of a motley crew of teenagers. The story takes place over…
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Uncharted by Janet Howle

An Intricately plotted, impressive story… Howle explores themes of loss, love, and trust in her emotionally involving suspense thriller that narrates the story of two broken people brought together by circumstances. Nearly a year after a personal tragedy hit him,…
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Driftless (Waldwick #3) by Kenneth Linde

Excellently crafted, incredible detailed… Linde explores age-old questions about marriage, family, and individual rights in this engrossing third installment in the Waldwick series. Fifteen years into their marriage, and Amy is feeling the disquiet of a marriage gone stale. Being…
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The Elixirist: A Novel by Avraham Azrieli

Utterly compelling… A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike. The lands of ancient Israel supply the backdrop to Azrieli’s fascinating and deeply intriguing latest, which explores a young man’s path to self-discovery and enlightenment. Determined to win the…
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Independence Day by Rachel Teller

Remarkable… a pitch-perfect, poignant story. Teller brings to life the heartbreaking realities of a teenager living with a mental illness in this heartfelt and deeply engrossing YA novel. Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, the stunning yet notoriously moody Candace Wisenhardt…
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Getting By by Jaire Sims

An engrossing and contemplative YA contemporary… Sims makes his debut with this poignant YA which tells the story of 17-year-old Carver Goodman as he struggles to come to terms with his sexuality while grappling with questions of self-doubt and identity…
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The Empress and the Arctic Tern (The Sky, Earth and Water, #1) by Angie Chasser

A provocative adventure… Those with a taste for swiftly paced adventure fantasy will welcome Chasser’s debut entry in The Sky, Earth and Water series. While helping her parents on their farm comes naturally to Illa, she has always believed there’s…
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Those Who Watch From Afar by Zack Hacker

A fascinating coming-of-age fantasy… Bestseller Hacker’s thrilling first installment in the Magic’s Erosion series tells the coming-of-age story of a young elf looking to find her place in the world. It was Petra’s curiosity that forced her to cross the…
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Summer in the City by Kevin Phelps

An impressive, memorable coming-of-age tale… Set in 1966 in Chicago’s North Shore in a diverse, inexpensive neighborhood, Phelps’s nuanced coming-of-age tale uses some real-life situation and characters to tell the story of a teenager boy trying to find his own…
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Waldwick: We hold these truths to be self evident that… by Kenneth Linde

A hard-hitting, poignant tale… Set in Cornwall, England and Virginia and southwestern Wisconsin in America from 1826 to 1871, Linde’s stunning latest weaves actual historical situations and people into a fictionalized narrative to tell the story of one man’s journey…
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Rebel: The Last American Novel by T.L. Davis

An arresting, elegant coming-of-age story… Davis uses rural Colorado as the setting for this compelling, coming-of-age journey of a young man trying to find his place in world. Growing up on a small ranch, Lane Daniels witnesses his father venturing…
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The Prosper Series by Lindsay Schuster

  A deeply moving, eloquently written YA drama… In these deeply engrossing, poignant novels, Schuster not only gets deep inside the questions of faith in the wake of difficulties and the underlying security and burgeoning love of a deep friendship…
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Shadowshine: An Animal Adventure by Johnny Armstrong

  Magical, full of whimsy, and rich in vivid descriptions, this is the animal fiction done right… In this charming debut tale, Armstrong adeptly blends classic storytelling with the usual genre tropes of literary fiction, creating a timeless, brilliant story…