FROM BRICK and DARKNESS By J. L. Sullivan – YA Urban Fantasy, Mythology, Coming of Age
A new Teen Favorite, this Urban Fantasy delves down passages of mythology and more when Bax Allen unwittingly unleashes a demon into the world.
A new Teen Favorite, this Urban Fantasy delves down passages of mythology and more when Bax Allen unwittingly unleashes a demon into the world.
Dallas Woodburn hits it out of the park for her Y/A Magical Realism debut novel, The Best Week That Never Happened. Highly recommended!
A hopeful young couple faces many challenges to their forbidden love as their mysterious and dangerous empathic abilities blossom. Highly recommended!
In The Moonstone Girls, award-winning author Brooke Skipstone unravels a story about seventeen-year-old Tracy Franks. Tracy has a secret that in 1968 could have deadly consequences. You see, Tracy is gay. In her hometown of San Antonio, Tracy is forced to hide behind the "girl next door" facade, never allowing her true identity to emerge. Her only confidante is her brother, Spencer. He understands her turmoil exactly because Spencer is also gay. Neither teenager feels free to talk about their true feelings with their family, especially their father, Art. Art constantly scolds his son for his feminine behavior, his desire to become a pianist instead of joining the military. Though he also shows his displeasure with Tracy, she, unlike her brother, fights back, but only in the privacy of their home. Tracy keeps her secret from everyone–until the night she is kissed by her friend Ava at a party. Ava and Tracy decide their relationship is worth exploring, but the two must do so in secrecy, and Tracy decides to pass as a boy whenever she and Ava go out in public. However, their charade is soon discovered, and Tracy's life becomes a great deal more complicated. Before long, Tracy will make decisions that will be life-changing and impact her entire family. The uplifting theme of perseverance in this coming-of-age novel is a treasure. Tracy's astounding bravery comes from wisdom beyond her seventeen years. She wields immense courage against every challenge, even though she sometimes doubts her [...]
Hale offers a new magical world for lovers of middle-grade fantasy! Noble shines in her new book series full of wonderful and terrifying beings. You won't want to miss it!
Nancy Thorne delivers a plausible and gripping coming of age story set against the Vietnam crisis with 70s music keeping the beat. Highly recommended.
Congratulations to the YA Short Listers for the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the CIBAs.
The perfect Y/A Historical Sci-fi you won't want to miss. Highly recommended!