Nine Liars
Stevie Bell has just started her senior year of high school, but it is not the exciting time she would prefer. Her boyfriend David is...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 16, 20223 min read
Poet Feature: Tricia D. Wagner
Writing, like life itself, is filled with ups and downs, moments of ease and difficulty, and light and dark. In this new poetry-based...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 9, 20222 min read
The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses
There is something about small town America that has a romantic allure to it, especially because of the seemingly protected and friendly...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Rules of Falling
Erica O’Donnell does not live the exciting life one might expect of a high school senior; ever since she started suffering from a disease...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Zonked Out
Transitioning from childhood to adolescence is never easy, and each person weathers the process differently. For fourteen-year-old Anna...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 29, 20222 min read
The Rescue
It is April, 2053 and a massive earthquake has rocked the west coast of the United States. Cassie Entwistle is awaiting the return of her...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 22, 20222 min read
The Tarnished
If you haven't read Book 1: The Blameless yet, check out more about it here! The land of Predonia is divided: on one side, the evil...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Author Feature: Hermione Lee
Fourteen-year-old Alexandria Richardson has had a rough childhood. Raised in an orphanage surrounded by people who treated her badly,...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Author Feature: Jodi Auborn
It is the summer before ninth grade, but fourteen-year-old Kat Normith has bigger things on her mind than high school. She loves living...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Even Heroes
Thirteen-year-old Vincent Dafoe has always been careful: no running, no climbing stairs, and no extensive physical activity lest he...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Waxing Lyrical
The world is a complicated place, and it is amazing how multiple lives can work together to achieve a desirable outcome for all....
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Mary Lanni
Oct 4, 20222 min read
The Take-Over Friend
Friendship can sometimes be difficult to sustain, especially as people grow and change. Frances Tannen knows this all too well; her...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 30, 20222 min read
The Book of Uriel
World War II has begun, and with it Adolf Hitler’s mission to purge the world of its Jewish citizenry. Ten year old Uriel watches in...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 20, 20222 min read
The Aging Machine
The cost of incarceration is skyrocketing, and Dr. Elmore Fishbein has a solution that will not only bring him wealth, but will also...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 26, 20223 min read
At the End of Everything
The trigger warning at the beginning of this book sets the tone for a tale that balances the weight of injustice with the lightness of...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Ghost Flower
Strong women are making themselves known more and more in books for young people, and Ghost Flower is no exception. This is the story of...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 12, 20222 min read
The Perfect Neighborhood
Nothing bad ever happens in the perfect community of Oak Hill—on the surface, that is. Hiding beneath its perfect veneer are an...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 3, 20222 min read
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
It’s been a while since I read the Hunger Games series, but it came back to me very easily upon starting The Ballad of Songbirds and...
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Mary Lanni
May 31, 20222 min read
Series Feature: The Inferno Verse
I love that there has been a resurgence in literature for young people that connects them to mythology, legends, and folklore from our...
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Mary Lanni
May 13, 20223 min read
Sparrow
I happen to love reading stories that, while not always realistic, bring to light universal human lessons in beautiful and memorable...
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