Tag: coming of age

The Dragon Ring: Dragons Over the Fiery Falls by Gary J Darby

The Dragon Ring: Dragons Over the Fiery Falls by Gary J Darby

Wind Storm is tired. Tired of it all. Tired of being the ‘hero’. Tired of everyone looking at him and expecting miracles. Tired of the pain. And most of all, tired of those blasted rings. How he wishes someone would take them … Sometimes he even wonders if maybe he should give them to the Dark Masters and be done with it. Choosing the heroic […]

October 1, 2022 / 0 Comments
Sign of the Knife by  R.C. Leach

Sign of the Knife by R.C. Leach

Mira is a fighter. She’s also an assassin for the elite Order, prepared to do whatever it takes to stop the tyrant king and his brutal son from taking everything the people have. But when she’s chosen to kill the crown prince, she accidentally kills the wrong person. As she struggles to fix what she’s done- before it costs her life- Mira begins to question […]

October 1, 2022 / 0 Comments
Duplex by Orson Scott Card

Duplex by Orson Scott Card

Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at school. Bizzy claims her mother is a witch with the power to curse people with clumsiness or, in Bizzy’s case, astonishing beauty. When a bee gets […]

September 7, 2021 / 0 Comments
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend, Delaney, is second nature. He’s been spending his summer mowing lawns while she works at Dairy Queen. But when Delaney manages to secure both of them full rides to an […]

August 10, 2021 / 0 Comments
First: Get Caught: A Stalker’s Guide to Love by Crystal Liechty

First: Get Caught: A Stalker’s Guide to Love by Crystal Liechty

Abigail Bean’s leather-bound journal is quickly filling up with all things Ben Song, but she has no intention of doing anything about her feelings. She knows there’s no chance the most sought-after boy in her grade would be into her, but the doodles and daydreams serve as a mindless distraction from her parent’s recent divorce. Though Pruitt Preparatory Academy is a small boarding school, valedictorian […]

July 15, 2020 / 0 Comments
Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

After losing her mom, Willa is grieving and having a hard time living with her dad and his new family on an island off the coast of Washington State. Her dad tries to cheer her up by taking her whale watching, something Willa’s mom used to do. While all the passengers are on one side of the boat, Willa encounters a humpback whale on the […]

March 7, 2020 / 0 Comments
Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card

Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card

“Are you really a thief?” That’s the question that has haunted fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he’s not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower—a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If […]

September 10, 2019 / 0 Comments
Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton

Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton

Ezra Slevin is an anxious, neurotic insomniac who spends his nights questioning his place in the universe and his days obsessing over Imogen, a nerdy girl with gigantic eyebrows and a heart of gold. For weeks, Ezra has been working up the courage to invite Imogen to prom. The only problem is Imogen’s protective best friend, Wynonna Jones. Wynonna has blue hair, jams to ’80s […]

June 5, 2019 / 0 Comments
Trouble with Prince Charming by Kimberly King

Trouble with Prince Charming by Kimberly King

Popularity is a risky game, especially in matters of the heart. Can she afford to keep playing? Sixteen-year-old Nikki Baker finally has everything she’s always wanted: confidence, popularity, and the hottest guy at Forest Hills High. Thanks to her fairy godmother’s help, happily ever after is hers for the taking. But being at the top of the food chain is a dangerous place to be. […]

February 23, 2019 / 0 Comments
Mira’s Griffin by Christie Valentine Powell

Mira’s Griffin by Christie Valentine Powell

“For as long as my people remember, griffins steal away those who stray into their mountains. Since your people have come, the griffins have gone farther, into our villages. We cannot allow it to continue.” Fifteen-year-old Mira was one of the first to hear the native’s warning, but she would rather climb mountains than hide in the confining village. Her gift of translating for her […]

February 18, 2019 / 0 Comments