Category: Young Adult

Review – Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé @faridahlikestea #YA #NewRelease

    Synopsis   An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism, from an exceptional new YA voice. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing […]

#NewRelease & Guest Post – I Can See Clearly by James A. Cusumano #YA #superhero

    Synopsis   Sixteen-year-old star basketball player, Luc Ponti wins an important tiebreaker game for the Palo Alto Vikings with a three-point basket during the last few seconds of play. He is simultaneously critically injured with a flagrant foul by a player from the opposing team. Luc dies for several minutes but is revived […]

Excerpt – Cruel Summer by Bernard Jan #newrelease @BernardJanWorld #99cents #YA #dystopian

    Synopsis   All he wants to do is skate. But they have other plans for him. Michael Daniels is seventeen and dreams to enter professional skateboarding contests. But beneath New Manhattan, a city under the oppressive shadow of climate change, exists another world altogether—secret laboratories which threaten society as he knows it. Those […]