These audiobooks about revenge illuminate the lengths people will go to correct the injustices they’ve endured. The narrators give raw, emotional performances that draw teen listeners in.
Anela’s Club is an engaging young adult novel by D.K. Yamashiro. It follows the emotional journey of an academically gifted teenage girl named Anela as she struggles to find her footing after the sudden death of a loved one. With her life turned upside down, Anela must navigate the turbulent…
Katie Cotugno has been a powerful force in the romantic young adult fiction world, with many of her books featuring feminist themes and strong characters. YA books with political and realistic themes, like Cotugno’s You Say It First and 99 Days, feature relatable characters and enjoyable plots that have achieved…
Sorry, this promotion is over. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel, Blood And Ash Series (Blue Box Press) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Dear readers, Brace yourselves... Like, seriously, strap on your seat belts and place your tray…
Fans of Marie Lu will revel in this new, but wholly familiar direction for the bestselling author delivering a YA spy thriller. Stars and Smoke is equal parts riveting and romantic as it follows an international superstar and a no-nonsense spy who team up for the mission of a lifetime.…
Yet Nick keeps dreaming about the war in France. He dreams of Nazis coming for his school and the nearby Roma camp. And he keeps dreaming of a girl named Chaton. These strange, vivid hallucinations are affecting his day-to-day life — his grades, his football performance, his relationship. It doesn’t…
EVERYONE HAS A DARK SIDE No matter how good we may try to be, the truth of the matter is that we are imperfect beings with imperfect thoughts and actions. As the horror genre so unflinchingly insists, darkness surrounds us, is within us, and is one of the fundamental building…
Post-pandemic, many parents have found their children struggling to acclimate to their back-to-school environment — and for good reason. For two years, most children were in at-home school environments with screens, parents and teachers co-teaching and infrequent social interaction. Going back to a classroom may be refreshing for some children,…
Bracken Ever since I read Caroline B. Cooney’s Both Sides of Time as a preteen, I’ve been hooked on time travel stories. Over the years, I’ve devoured any time travel book that I can, especially ones involving romances that exist out of space and time. And there have been a…
When it comes to reading, there is nothing better than a great plot twist. It’s always a thrill to be glued to the page, unable to look away in case you miss the next surprise. An unexpected turn of events can be what takes a book from good to great,…
From modern stories like Percy Jackson and the Olympians to ancient tales of King Arthur, we’re all familiar with the idea of the “Chosen One.” The story of an unsuspecting protagonist who’s destined to save the world is a popular and compelling tale that knows how to tug on our…