Not Acting My Age

In 1927, fifty-eight delicately-built and life-sized dolls were sent from Japan to the United States as "friendship ambassadors...

Robert has a lot on his shoulders. His Mom struggles to make ends meet and provide food on the table for her boys. Robert has this to wo...

David is a shy fourteen year old who fantasizes about girls, but has trouble relating to them. He lives with his father, a psychologist w...

When Amy's parents decide to join the mission to Centauri (which will take hundreds of years and require them to be cryogenically froz...

London has amnesia and manages to forget everything that's happened during the day when she goes to sleep every night. To cope with thi...

(If you haven't read Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes yet, you might want to do that before reading this sequel or its review! You have b...

As a social experiment, after being home schooled for many years, Evie convinces her mother to let her attend public school for her final y...

Like the ungrammatical title of this novel, Retta has some rough edges, but she's got a dream and the talent to support it. She plans t...

Out in Washokey, Wyoming, everyone knows everyone else's business and life is as dull as it is usually portrayed in any stereotypical YA...

Mia has a number of issues: she's addicted to the rush she gets from shoplifting, her friends are beginning to give up on getting her t...

Penelope is bored with her ten year-old life and dying for an adventure, something more interesting than spending her days at home (more or ...

In this version of the future, girls get tattooed with an "XVI" on their wrist when they turn sixteen. This is used to signify th...

A new Sarah Dessen novel is a magical moment to be savored.... As much as I love Dessen's writing -- a beautiful combination of self-ref...

Lydia and Julie are a pair of fifth graders with the desire to become popular before they reach Junior High. To do so, they want to researc...

Ava has been dating Chloe for some time. Chloe is funny and sophisticated. Ava is awkward and shy, and feels insecure when she compares he...

How can I NOT read a book with this title? Clarity (or "Clare," as she prefers to be called) has the psychic ability to see the pa...

Hakiam is a boy from the projects. Wendy is a volunteer at a GED tutoring center. She's on her way to college (a traditionally white ...

Poppy has always dreamed about becoming a veterinarian, so when she gets the opportunity to spend the summer with her Uncle Sanjay and help ...

Mo and her Dad (along with her totally feral little sister Dottie) live on Fox Street. It's a cozy place with lots of wild critters, bu...

Grace and Lily are two penniless orphans attempting to survive in Victorian London. Grace is the youngest, but Lily suffers from a mental d...