Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Flygirl is a historical fiction novel that takes place during World War II about Ida Mae Jones (nickname Jonsey), a young African-American woman who wants to fly airplanes more than anything else. But two things are stopping her: her race and her gender. But when she hears about WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots, she is [...]

Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway

“Hi, Mom, it’s me. I’m alive and sober. But there’s still time for things to get exciting.” So says the spunky and often sarcastic Audrey, the teenage heroine of this novel. After her life was turned upside down by her ex-boyfriend writing a mega-hit of a song called “Audrey, Wait!” about her, and more specifically [...]

Night Road by A.M Jenkins

Night Road by A.M. Jenkins is another take on the vampire myth. While being more similar to Peeps than Twilight, this novel is unique in itself. The blood-drinking, super-sensitive to sunlight, self-healing, immortal humans in this book are called hemevores or hemes for short. To them vampire is a highly offensive term. The book focuses [...]

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier is about Dimple Lala, an Indian girl who has lived in New Jesery her whole life, with her slightly goofy but loving parents (they seem goofy in the way they are so earnest about everything). She feels like she doesn’t really fit in anywhere, being too American for her [...]

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is a great urban fantasy novel. Readers of Holly Black’s Modern Faerie Tales will especially enjoy this novel as it has the similar style of a strong female character fighting against dark forces. There is a lot of action and violence that is balanced by the wise-cracking humor and [...]

A Certain Slant of Light

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb, is another novel about a paranormal romance. But the relationship makes more sense and is more mature than many of the relationships in this genre. But perhaps this is because the relationship is between two adults who have been around for many years, in ghost form. The [...]