Not Acting My Age

Two girls of color from different worlds room together at a residential psychiatric facility and seek clarity and connection.  With the poss...

For Amie, her father has always been the muse for her art.  It is his love for music and his love for her playing that has helped her succee...

There are certain rules about the jungle that every Malaysian child knows:  always ask permission before you enter, never take anything with...

Leeva's mother only cares about fame.  Her father only cares about money.  Neither of them cares anything about her.  When Leeva finds o...

Lou and her sister Casey have a hard time adjusting to the changes brought on when their mother decides to get remarried and moves them out ...

During the Covid Pandemic, I wondered what YA literature set during the period would look like.  This novel, while taking great artistic lic...

Up until two years ago, Mai and her family has spent every summer with Zach and his family.  That was the year that Zach's family moved ...

When Cassie and Elias were young children, they witnessed a horrific train accident together. Cassie lost her faith in God that day, unable ...

Shade and Jadis have always been there for each other.  United in their distaste for the popular kids and things like Homecoming and Prom, t...

Hazel (or as she likes to call herself, “Hazmat”) and her father are creatures of the road, making a living as long haul truckers.  While on...

Grace's wild imagination and her conviction that she is skilled at magic hasn't exactly endeared the young orphan to any adoption pr...

After her grandmother passes away, Tiffany knows she has been cursed.  How else could you explain the string of embarrassing incidents that ...

Graham's mother is waiting for a heart transplant.  Over the past years, they've traveled from one hospital to another and finally e...

In the aftermath of their mother's death from COVID, Nicky and her twin sister Josie have ceased communicating with each other.  To help...

Finn's family are all about the theatre.  They even live in a Golden Age mansion owned by the region's major theatre Beauregard.  Bu...

Baylee has never been in a relationship.  And given her size, she figures she'd be lucky if anyone ever noticed her.  She remains oblivi...

Millie is an excellent debater and, on the Lincoln-Douglas debate circuit, she's practically unbeatable.  Despite having to wrestle with...

Sana loves cooking and dreams of becoming a famous sushi chef like her father.  She'd love to spend the summer getting pointers from Dad...

At the age of twelve, Millie gets her first experience of babysitting for their neighbor's four month-old baby, Lolo.  The evening goes ...

Tumble Tree is such a remote small town that there is no cell service.  All it has going for it is the mine where half of the town is employ...