Category: Young Adult

Excerpt – Whisper by Alison Bellringer

    Synopsis At five years old, Britney is used to living in an abusive household when repeatedly seeing her mother being beaten for reasons she can’t even begin to understand at such a tender age. But the day this frightened little girl is forced to run away from home and consequently stripped from the […]

New Release – Whispers of Ink and Starlight by Garrett Curbow

  Synopsis A spellbinding tale of forbidden love and the power of words, where a girl must choose between the life written for her and the future she dares to imagine. In a small Georgia town, Nelle’s life has been carefully scripted by her creator and captor, the reclusive author Wallace Quill. Born from ink […]

Interview – The Welcome Sign by Barbara Jean Weber

    Synopsis When 10-year-old Molly Parnell’s grandmother mysteriously disappears, she and her mother travel to Cape Cod to take ownership of the house they inherited and find out answers about the sudden disappearance. But what they discover could be more dangerous and life-changing than they ever imagined. Molly and her mother find a beautiful […]

Excerpt – The Rebels by Jim Bates

  Synopsis The five Rothsy girls were in big trouble. They had tried to escape the horrible living conditions in the Rothsy Girls Home, and they had been caught. Supreme Commander Reginald Botta was incensed and decided to use them to set an example. He was going to stage a spectacular spectacle and hang the […]

Review – Pintsized Pioneers at Play by Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis

  PINTSIZED PIONEERS AT PLAY: Homemade Frontier Fun and Danger By Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis   Young Adult / Nonfiction / History Publisher: Bariso Press Pages: 218 Publication Date: 4 November 2025   Synopsis Discover the Wild Side of Frontier Childhood! Pintsized Pioneers at Play: Homemade Frontier Fun and Danger explores the forgotten […]

Excerpt – Cloud Hands by Nancy J. Nelson

    Nancy J. Nelson’s Cloud Hands: The Disclosure Files – Book One introduces a narrative shaped by quiet beginnings and rapidly escalating revelations. The book opens with a summer assignment intended to provide calm, but it instead exposes concealed technologies, hidden agendas, and a corporate network whose reach extends far beyond political systems. Vicki […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Zachary by Shirley Miller Kamada

  Synopsis Zachary Whitlock knows sheep. He knows farming and knows what it’s like to have his best friend forced into an internment camp for Japanese Americans. What he does not know much about is goats and traveling by sea on cargo ships, yet he makes a decision to go with a group of volunteers […]

Excerpt – The Explorers by Jim Bates

  Synopsis Jagen and Ank have been sent to Earth from their home planet, Rykos, on a fact-finding mission. Emperor General Xenon is a megalomaniac who wants the two young explorers to tell him if the planet is suitable to invade, conquer, and add to his collection. This is their first mission, and Jagen and […]

Excerpt – The Two Tribes by Jim Bates

  Synopsis After the escape of another group of orphans, Supreme Commander Botta blows up and vows revenge. When an underground tunnel is discovered leading to the Sage Mountains and the Earth’s surface, he knows exactly what to do. He will use it to stage a surprise attack on the tracliodytes and humans. He can’t […]

Review – All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

  Synopsis From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a young adult thriller about a world where happiness becomes contagious and the teens caught in the conspiracy by the powers that be to bring back discontent. An unprecedented condition is on the rise. It behaves like a virus, with the first symptom being […]