Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

SUSPENSE/THRILLER: Shaun Treadway is a 17-year-old boy who is used to being in trouble. Shaun adores his mother, and has tried many times to protect her from her abusive husband. When her husband’s latest beating lands her in the hospital, Shaun has had enough and sets fire to their home while the husband is drunk and passed out.

What We Hide
M.L.
Stoughton

Veronica Campbell has pushed her father’s final limits. As a result of her troubled ways since her mother’s death, she’s sent to the boarding school, Evergreen, to fix her behavior. At Evergreen, Ronnie finds consolation in the charming Will Tucker; however, this only lands her in more trouble as she ends up fighting with a powerful mean girl clique at the school.

Dragon Surf
D.G. Driver with Jenni Bautista Richard

URBAN FANTASY: Eric Long lives the life of a Chinese American teenage boy, struggling to accept his heritage and clinging to the All-American life. He focuses on his goals to become a champion surfer like his father before him, and is reluctant to show any interest in his mother’s knack for Chinese artistry.

Everyone knows the monster girl, Allison Lee. With protestors camped out on her front lawn each day and a tight security detail, Allison’s life has been nowhere near normal since she was exposed as a shape-shifting monster. She would like to forget the skaag part of her being.

Against the Pack
Khristina Chess

Melender is facing a difficult decision: leave home, her mother, and her boyfriend of several years to attend Harvard and become a doctor, or stay home and possibly fail to live up to her potential? When an emotionally charged walk with her mother on a rural road becomes a fight against a pack of dogs, Melender is faced with a new, more immediate choice.

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