Quinn is ready to start her perfect summer. She's secured a spot at Fullerton Castle in the archives department. Fullerton Castle is also a tourist destination, with a gift shop and medieval reenactors. Quinn's best friend Frankie will be working in the gift shop so...

The Last Text You Sent by Elise Fender is a dramatic young adult romance that tells the story of one teenager's struggles to cope with the loss of her brother. Whit was the Nashville football star who held Avery's family together. When he unexpectedly passes...

You Won’t Know Her Name by Shanti Hershenson tells a chilling story about an unnamed girl’s experiences with middle school bullying. Told in a unique style of poetry, The Girl begins a new middle school as an innocent eleven-year-old. Eager to fit in, she and...

Talent by B. Lynn Goodwin is a young adult novel that revolves around Sandee Mason. Sandee was a student at San Ramos High and belonged to the drama club. Unfortunately, she was almost invisible because no one saw her, not her parents or schoolmates. Everyone...

In June of 1879, Brett Tompkins traveled by train from Baltimore to Snow Shoe via Arlee to visit his father, who worked for Stewart Creek Logging Company. Brett stops in Arlee overnight and stays at a hotel owned by Hank Johnson and his wife, Nancy....

When Aidan gets curious enough about his dad, he begins looking for answers. Why his mother feels she cannot tell him about the man Aidan never met is beyond him. She is ready with excuses that it’s too soon and Aidan is too young. Grace...

Annalise Grey completely captures the highs and lows, dreams, and insecurities of the average 14-year-old teen through her protagonist, Carleigh, in I, Girl X. Carleigh’s hopes for a happy future are slowly sabotaged by her younger brother’s erratic and unstable mental and physical behavior. As...

The Diary of Anne Monroe is written by Heidi Andrews and tells the story of a 13-year-old girl, Margaret Sorenson, set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1952. Margaret is adopted and feels that she is not entirely accepted by her adopted mother and father who went...

Salmon Croquettes by Glodean Champion is the coming-of-age story of a young girl called Zayla who feels like she doesn’t belong anywhere. Zayla is confused and believes she is not normal. While her father loves her just as she is, her mother is borderline obsessed...

In Rising Star by Michele Kwasniewski, a fifteen-year-old upcoming star tries to carve out her dreams separate from her mother’s persistent demands. To escape her overbearing, materialistic mother, Dani Truehart accepts her coach’s proposal to be her guardian. Martin, a former member of a famous...