“Only the living can make the world better.” A 12 year-old-boy is shot in the park by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real one. The boy is named Jerome and he is black. Now in the after-life, Jerome sees that devastation and hatred his death has caused his community. It […]
Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming
May 11, 2018 by ·
A fascinating collection of stories written by some of the best writers we have in YA today as they tell the tales of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Each queen is compelling and her story is told in a unique and captivating voice, with a rebuttal from King Henry written by National Book Award Winner […]
The Good Luck Sister by Jill Shalvis
May 9, 2018 by ·
After a difficult few years, Tilly Adams is ready for life to start going right. Though she has a case of first-day nerves teaching art at the local community college, she knows it isn’t anything a few snuggles from her rescue puppy won’t cure. Until she sees Dylan Scott again, her one-time BFF and […]
THE HARPER EFFECT by: Taryn Bashford
May 8, 2018 by ·
Title: THE HARPER EFFECT Author: Taryn Bashford Pub. Date: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Sky Pony Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook Pages: 408 Find it: Amazon, B&N, TBD, Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Harper was once a rising star on the tennis court–until her coach dropped her for being “mentally weak.” Without tennis, who is she? Her confidence at an all-time low, she secretly turns to her childhood friend, next-door […]
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
May 8, 2018 by ·
American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she was thirteen: Study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a Rhodes Scholarship when she’s offered an unbelievable position in a rising political star’s presidential campaign. With the promise that she’ll work remotely and return to DC […]
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
May 2, 2018 by ·
“…the last time I saw my brother was five years ago. Lying dead in the snow.” This book starts off with a bang! Right in the middle of a clan battle, the same battle that took Eelyn’s mother and brother five years prior. As she fights, she comes face to face with a warrior that […]
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis
May 1, 2018 by ·
“I’ve got seven days to come clean to my new dad. Seven days to tell the truth …” Tiffany Sly’s life is about to change in a big way. She has just lost her mother to cancer and is about to be pulled away from the only life she has ever known. She is set […]
Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare! Some of My Favorite Shakespeare YA Adaptions
April 23, 2018 by ·
Discover what happened after the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, as mysterious figures in Verona are determined to reignite the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. In fair Verona, enemies still walk the streets. Two news hearts. Same two families. The fight to the altar is about to happen. All. Over. Again. This […]
Now a Major Motion Picture by Cori McCarthy
April 19, 2018 by ·
Fandom and first love collide for Iris on the film set for her grandmother’s famous high-fantasy triology—perfect for readers of Fangirl! Unlike the rest of the world, Iris doesn’t care about the famous high-fantasy Elementia books written by M. E. Thorne. So it’s just a little annoying that M. E. Thorne is her grandmother—and that […]
MY DEAR HAMILTON by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
April 12, 2018 by ·
Wife, Widow, and Warrior in Alexander Hamilton’s Quest for a More Perfect Union From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, moving, […]
