Seventeen Shan Serafin The ultimatum: Show me a reason to live or I kill myself in seven days. When seventeen-year-old Sophia dares life to prove to her she should stay alive, her suffering is at its climax, her predicament at its worst, and her adolescence at its crescendo. Sophia is taking summer courses at a… Continue reading Seventeen
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Jake
Jake Arch Montgomery The Second Novel of the Gunpowder Trilogy Jake takes place during one of the single most powerfully shaping times in a person’s life—secondary education. Through the metaphor of the utopian and fictitious St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, author Arch Montgomery shows us how our humanity can only be fully realized through other humans.… Continue reading Jake
Paul & Juliana
Paul & Juliana Richard Hawley In precisely the same spirit as Abelard and Heloise and Romeo and Juliet, Paul and Juliana are a fresh young couple who embody the near-impossible notion of perfect love. In this elegant, timeless, and lyrical love story, they walk the fine line between forbidden romance and tragic disaster that is… Continue reading Paul & Juliana
Chain Thinking
Chain Thinking A Shep Harrington Small Town Mystery Elliot Light Syndey Vail, once a beautiful soap opera star, enters lawyer-cum-detective Shep Harrington’s life in a cloud of dust and vanishes just as quickly, leaving behind two very different but strangely connected things: a chimpanzee and a murder. The chimpanzee is the young Kikora, whom Sydney… Continue reading Chain Thinking
Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle Ken Morris Charmain Burns, Hollywood’s sexiest, most talked-about TV actress, wills top at nothing to rise to the top of Hollywood’s A-movie list. So when the cutting-edge tabloid, The National Revealer, begins to uncover shocking information about her scandalous past, and threatens to expose her violent, narcissistic present, she directs a… Continue reading Man in the Middle
For Whom the Minivan Rolls
For Whom the Minivan Rolls An Aaron Tucker Mystery Jeffrey Cohen Aaron Tucker isn’t a detective. An aspiring screenwriter, freelance reporter, stay-at-home dad, and expert on consumer electronics, Aaron actually defies all traditional characteristics of a detective. He’s 5’4,”” and weighs less than Robert B. Parker’s leather jacket. And he doesn’t have any investigative training.… Continue reading For Whom the Minivan Rolls
Finn
Finn Matthew Olshan Imagine a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with a teenage girl and a very pregnant young Mexican as the main characters. That’s the gist of Matthew Olshan’s brilliant literary debut, Finn: A Novel. The book’s narrator is Chloe Wilder, a quiet girl, part tomboy, part survivor. Rescued from… Continue reading Finn
Malicious Intent
Malicious Intent Mike Walker A Hollywood Fable Charmain Burns, Hollywood’s sexiest, most talked-about TV actress, wills top at nothing to rise to the top of Hollywood’s A-movie list. So when the cutting-edge tabloid, The National Revealer, begins to uncover shocking information about her scandalous past, and threatens to expose her violent, narcissistic present, she directs… Continue reading Malicious Intent
The Reappearance of Sam Webber
The Reappearance of Sam Webber J. Scott Fuqua When eleven-year-old Sam Webber’s father disappears without a trace, he and his mother are forced to relocate to a tough neighborhood, closer to her job. Unfamiliar with his surroundings and intimidated by the students of his new school, Sam recounts the sometimes frightening, sometimes delightful details of… Continue reading The Reappearance of Sam Webber
Wilber Winkle Has a Complaint!
Wilber Winkle Has a Complaint! John Homans Is Wilber Winkle a consumer advocate extraordinaire or just a nut with too much time on his hands? Whatever the verdict, this hilarious collection of complaint letters to American corporations and their responses are a laugh-aloud page-turner. Readers everywhere will recognize the beefs that Wilber strives to get… Continue reading Wilber Winkle Has a Complaint!