Emma is a sixteen-year-old Amish girl who thinks she knows what she wants in a future husband. Unfortunately, she’s not quite sure which eligible young man will make the best husband for her – Jacob or Daniel. Emma’s eventual predicament… Read more
Tag: teens
Review of Stone and Spark by Sibella Giorello
Raleigh Harmon is a fifteen-year-old high schooler who doesn’t have friends – except for her best friend, Drew Levinson. The two girls bonded a few years back because they share the same brainy intelligence and similar family issues. When Drew… Read more
Review of Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
We first meet Charlotte “Charlie” Davis as an uncommunicative and angry seventeen-year-old during a stay at a mental health facility after she has a self-destructive breakdown. When her medical insurance runs out, Charlie is discharged into the care of her… Read more
Character Interview with August – Emotional Paramedics Main Character
Welcome, August! We’re so glad you’re here to chat with readers. Your story is an interesting one, to say the least! You’ve certainly been through a lot for someone still so young. So much happens to you in just a… Read more
Review of Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
Norah is seventeen and lives her entire life inside her house. She’s homeschooled by her mother and she hasn’t seen her friends in four years. Norah doesn’t leave the house because she suffers from OCD, agoraphobia and severe anxiety. When… Read more
Emotional Paramedics by Susan Barton FREE Promotion
Just a super quick post to let readers know that my new coming-of-age novel, Emotional Paramedics, is FREE this weekend! ABOUT EMOTIONAL PARAMEDICS: August Gallagher is a sweet and intelligent Brooklyn girl just trying to find her place in the… Read more
Review of The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner
Kyle Donohue is a sixteen-year-old high school student who, on the morning of September 11, 2001, is racing across the Brooklyn Bridge to get home when he spots what he thinks is a large bird. When he realizes the bird… Read more
Review of The Girls by Emma Cline
I was so excited to read this book, yet I wondered about all the hype. Would I be fooled again? I waited for it to become available at my local library, but was too anxious to wait any longer and… Read more
Review of A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
I was excited to read this book. I love old-fashioned nostalgic coming-of-age stories and judging from the reviews, I was in for a treat. However, I found myself disappointed with A Girl of the Limberlost. Gene Stratton-Porter’s writing style, in my… Read more