Having lost her hearing at the age of thirteen from a bout with meningitis, seventeen-year-old Maya moves through the world with the ability to speak clearly but with a preference for using American Sign Language as a declaration that she… Read More ›
Books with No Objectionable Content
Verify
Chicago around the year 2073 is not the Chicago we know today. Crime-infested, run-down areas have been cleared of blight and are models of prosperity and community involvement. The one internet provider and the one news source sanctioned by the… Read More ›
Beverly, Right Here
On a hot summer’s day in her small Florida town, fourteen-year-old Beverly Tapinski sadly buries her dog Buddy with the help of her best friend Raymie. She then decides to leave town and hitches a ride with her cousin to… Read More ›
The Beholder
Here is a fairy tale set in an imaginary location and time period that creatively (and loosely) references known countries and areas, medieval and modern customs, weaponry, technology and some vocabulary, and that spans the development of feminism through the… Read More ›
Technically, You Started It
In today’s catfishing world, you would expect a YA novel written entirely in text messages between two people who, though classmates, really know nothing about each other, to be a cautionary tale. Complicating this texting relationship is the fact that… Read More ›
Crown of Feathers
(This has a lot of spoilers so readers beware!) This is a story of two sisters: Val is strong, controlling and unemotional; Veronyka is kindhearted, wants to help others, and has a connection with animals. They are children of Phoenix… Read More ›
Girl Gone Viral
Opal, Shane and Moyo are classmates at the very prestigious Palo Alto Academy of Science and Technology (PAAST) and partners in entering the Make-A-Splash virtual reality contest, aspiring to win a million-dollar-prize, a channel of their own on WAVE (the… Read More ›
Through the White Wood
This 400-page fantasy book is a cross between the X-Men movies and a Russian fairy tale. Katya is a young woman with an unusual power, the ability to protect herself by generating a covering of ice and projecting that as… Read More ›
Pretty in Punxsutawaney
The book cover’s byline that says “wake up. go to school. fall in love. repeat” cleverly introduces the plot of this story. Andie is a new girl in town, having moved to Punxsutawaney the summer before her senior year of high… Read More ›
Enchantee
On the eve of the French Revolution in 1789, seventeen-year-old Camille Durbonne finds herself living in a garret with her fifteen-year-old sister Sophie and older brother Alain, so desperately poor that she turns to the magic taught her by her… Read More ›
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