Young Adult Rhine finally escaped from the sinister Housemaster Vaughan, and brought her former servant and friend, Gabriel with her. They are on the run and trying to get to Manhattan to find Rhine’s brother, Rowan, and to make a new lives for themselves away from the haunting illusion of the mansion. They will never have to face the basement again, but is what is out there now even worse? Fever, the second book in the Chemical Garden series picks up exactly where the previous book, Wither, left off. Rhine and Gabriel are washing up on the shore, trying to … Continue reading →

Young Adult Imagine knowing that when you reach the age of 20, an unstoppable virus will take your life. It will also take the life of your twin brother when he reaches 25. Scientist unwittingly released this curse on the population through genetic engineering that left one generation virtually immortal, and the rest dying before they really get a chance to live. For Rhine Ellery, this fact is all too real. At the age of 16, with only four years to go, she finds herself in a world in panic, where orphans freeze to death on her porch and girls … Continue reading →

Young Adults Seventeen-year-old Mattie Gokey yearns to leave her poor life in the Northern Woods for a chance to attend Barnard College in New York City on a full scholarship. Her pa is none too pleased. But even scholarships don’t pay for room and board, books and a train ticket. Then there is the promise she made to her dying mother to take care of the family. Should she live out her dream to be a writer, even though she may wind up alone, or marry the cutest boy in town and settle down to becoming a farmer’s wife? Amidst … Continue reading →

The teenage years can be a time of discovering yourself. For Josh and Emma, this normal exploration goes one step more when they find their future selves online, several years into the future. The year is 1996, and Emma has just gotten a new computer, a guilt gift from her estranged father. When best friend Josh comes over with a AOL CD-ROM (remember AOL–America Online), their lives change. Somehow a portal opens up to Facebook, leaving the teens confusing and curious. Why are all of these people talking about what they had for dinner? It isn’t long before Josh and … Continue reading →

“The Questory of Root Karbunkulus” is a new young adult fantasy novel that features quirky characters, an unusual quest, and a beguiling main character, a young lady named Root. Raised in a strange house by two aunts who show her no love or affection, Root is startled when a telephone begins to ring in her house—a telephone she can’t find. She looks in cupboards, closets, every nook and cranny, and finally follows the sound to a secret trap door in the living room. Opening it and going down the stairs, she locates the telephone and discovers that she’s been chosen … Continue reading →

In “Farworld,” the new young adult fantasy novel, we meet Marcus Kanenas, a thirteen-year-old boy who was abandoned as an infant by parents who have never returned. His body is deformed and he spends his time in a wheelchair, although he can scoot around without it, when necessary, for short distances. He lives in a home for boys, and figures he’s pretty much stuck there forever, despite the fact that the other residents pick on him mercilessly. When a strange man comes to the school and tells Marcus that he’s there to pick up him up and take him to … Continue reading →

In “Molly Mommy?” we see what ended up happening to Molly Chambers, the spirited strawberry blonde from Tamra Norton’s bestselling book, “Molly Mormon?” Molly has always resented being called a Molly Mormon, but she realizes that it’s not such a bad thing to be, after all. As we start our story, Molly and her new husband Gordon are living in a tiny apartment and finishing up school. They’re both working, and there are days when they barely see each other at all. But they’re very much in love, and the time they do have together is sweet and special. However, … Continue reading →

Dani Smith is a sixteen-year-old high school student who is tired of living in her perfect sister’s shadow. Everyone knows who Trista is—Trista the beautiful, Trista the pageant queen, Trista the cheerleader. Dani has never felt included in Trista’s high glamour world, she herself being a little mousey (or so she says). Determined to start out her junior year as her own person and not just as Trista’s little sister, Dani takes the journalism class, looking for a way to bring her own talents to the forefront. She’s surprised when Jarrett, an old childhood friend, ends up in her class. … Continue reading →