Not Acting My Age

Steffi suffers from anxiety-induced mutism.  In front of strangers or presented with stressful situations, she is unable to speak.  The hard...

Arsalan has been raised and homeschooled by his great grandfather Nana.  Since his mother died in a car accident a few years ago, it's j...

In this sequel to the pacifist allegory  Pax , years have passed and both boy and fox have grown.  The war which raged through the first boo...

Having come of age, Prince Tal is now on his traditional coming out tour of the kingdom.  Few of his subjects know him because he has been h...

Kate and Anderson have been friends for ages.  One of the best parts of having a gay friend is their ability to crush on the same guys as yo...

Clarice is just a little ship mouse.  Since her mother was washed out to sea, she's looked after her intelligent (but largely impractica...

The family trip to Hawaii (ostensibly for her mother's professional conference) has been something that Ada and her sisters have been lo...

Ciela has inherited her great grandmother's talent for intuiting what pastry someone at her family's pasteleria would most enjoy.  ...

After the death of his beloved sister, Jude and his family deal with their grief.  His parents are both deeply lost in depression, but for t...

Catalina was supposed to be a seer -- a person blessed by Luna with the ability to perceive the future -- but she's failed miserably at ...

Ro and Benji are complete opposites.  Ro is organized and methodical -- the type of person who excels at science.  She has a mission.  Befor...

 "...throughout history, anonymous has been a woman." In this alt-history, Abigail Adams's threat to her husband to pay attent...

Living with an older sister who has been freshly diagnosed with severe depression is challenging for Olivia.  And while she knows that Ruth ...

A dystopian YA for readers of The Economist .  The story in brief: take the Biafran conflict (a civil war that took place in Nigeria in the ...

Eli and her older sister have their differences but they have allied over having to deal with their erratic and alcoholic mother.  However, ...

Described as a "companion," LeZotte's Set Me Free  is actually more of a sequel to her groundbreaking Show Me A Sign .  Pickin...

For a family dealing with grief, a move across country could be a new beginning or running away, or maybe a little of both.  Nine months ago...

Everyone at the monastery is afraid of Answelica the goat.  She's mean and angry and bites.  So, the monks are surprised one day when th...

Considering the problems she has to deal with, Jane's real name (Fortuna) seems like a sad joke:  a dead father, a mother who hoards to ...

Oscar has no illusions of going to college.  The only classwork he really enjoys is cooking class and that's because it is what he does ...