Intelligent, provocative, and dense… A must-read. Drake skillfully captures the mood and voice of contemporary youth and their interpersonal connections and concerns in his engrossing debut. Twenty-two-year-old Adam Lankershim has never felt lucky in his life, especially with episodes of… Read More ›
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Merryman by Vanessa Sperling
Masterfully drawn and tastefully elegant… Vividly detailed characters and subtle social observations mark Sperling’s unassuming but poignant debut. 1890. Sixteen-year-old Jess Picaro has been living a wild existence. When a chance arises for him to take a train heading to… Read More ›
Sandman: A Golf Tale by David W. Berner
A novel filled with nostalgia and heart… Spectacular. A young boy grapples with the questions of what he wants from life in Berner’s touching latest novella. The boy loves golf, but there is something about his love for the game… Read More ›
Corbin’s Catacombs by James Pack
Rapturously full of scares… Pack’s latest is a poetic feast of nightmares and insomnia, a gorgeous demonstration of horror and things better left unsaid, a collection that summons the darkness within. This is a brilliantly twisted collection of short poems… Read More ›
Light Fighters (Star Children Saga Book 2) by Palmer Pickering
Tense, moving and expertly executed… Un-put-downable. Pickering’s second installment in the highly acclaimed Star Children Saga is a fantastic mix of apocalyptic fiction, magical fantasy, and mythology that pits Cassidy and Torr against sinister enemies seeking their magical powers. Trying… Read More ›
FLICKERING HEART by Tricia LaRochelle
A moving testimony to the enduring power of love… Love, trust, betrayal, and second chances are the themes of this wholly engaging NA romance by the debut author LaRochelle. It’s been six years since eighteen-year-old Sara Browne has lost her… Read More ›
The Reign of the Occult by Lauren Louise Hazel
A sumptuous tale of YA fantasy… Employing a charismatic cast, expert worldbuilding, and intriguing storyline, the debut author Hazel artfully delivers an exhilarating story of familial ties, shifting loyalties, and forbidden magic. The mortals are caught between the war between… Read More ›
The Sacred Band: Union by James MacTavish
Deeply absorbing and extravagantly imagined… Love, divided loyalties, and historical intrigue mark MacTavish’s fantastic latest in The Sacred Band Saga. A new empire is dawning in the United States of America. But the descendants of the Sacred Band of Thebes… Read More ›
Eka and the Elephants (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories for Young Movers) by Once Upon a Dance (Author), Leah Irby (Author), Cristian Gheorghita (Illustrator)
Brilliantly subtle and spot-on… A charmer. Once Upon a Dance and Leah Irby’s delightful latest in the Dance-It-Out series celebrates the arts and creativity, while inciting the love of gardening. Eka and her family are excited to start a new… Read More ›
The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy, Book 8: The Shadows of War by Claire Youmans
A sprawling, heady, engrossing tale… Azuki grapples with mysterious happenings, secrets, and the tumultuous meanings of what it means to stand for one’s family, friends, and nation in the eighth installment of Youmans’s addictive, layered historical fantasy series. Japan, 1877…. Read More ›