Star Binder by Robert Appleton is an outstanding work of young adult science fiction. Jim Trillion is a thirteen-year-old drifter on the planet Mars. Jim and his friend, Sergei, spend their days skimming credits. Digitally pick-pocketing others provides travel money and the freedom to roam....

Seasons Within: Nature Has Its Own Will by Lele Iturrioz is an epic fantasy for young readers. But what did I just say? No, it’s a fantasy for young readers or young adult readers, but it will also be a thrill read for fantasy fans...

It all started as a joke. The four boys from Savannah had just placed an online ad that announced them as experts in the art of spying. But then the first call comes, and they aren’t surprised from where: a terrorist organization kidnaps and blackmails...

Soothed by Magic: Hidden Coven Series, Book 2 is an urban fantasy novel written by Kim McDougall. Bobbi was in love again, deeply and passionately, with someone her friends found to be a most unlikely love object in a surprisingly fast and unexpected turn-about from...

I love a good story featuring brave kids. C.S. Lewis was a master of such tales and he is usually the standard I use when I read magical adventures about children. If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis or if you just want something...

Snow Bunny: Chronicles of a Wererabbit, Book Two is a fantasy for young adults and preteens written by M.Y. Zeman and illustrated by Jason Moser. Snow still remembers when her dad rescued her from a lab when she was a very small and frightened baby...

Surviving the Improbable Quest: Heroes of Distant Planets, Book 1 is a young adult contemporary fantasy written by Anderson Atlas. When Allan qualified for the Nationals and broke his best freestyle record, he felt on top of the world -- that is, until he saw...

In this thrilling mystery, the reader becomes a student at Lakeview Academy with Halle as she goes to class and is part of the rowing team. After a fateful day on the ferry, coming back after break, Halle’s boyfriend is a witness to a murder....

I enjoyed the concept of Slumber (Slumber Duology Book 1) by Christy Sloat. Rory is sent away to an insane asylum for killing her boyfriend. Although she doesn't have any memory of this event, she believes it happened because she doesn't think she would...

Sacrificed (The Last Oracle Book 1) by Emily Wibberley is the story of Clio, who used to believe that her mother's powers as a mystical oracle were nothing but make-believe. Until she unexpectedly becomes the oracle herself, and learns that the things she believed to...