Croucher's young adult queer medieval adventure romance is sweet, spunky, and full of great banter, with characters finding their way...

I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and their adventures. But the...

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength,...

If you can focus on the good qualities of the prominent (and giant...and talking) creepy-crawlies in this middle-grade novel, you'll find...

Something Wilder is a playful adventure with a vivid Western setting, some steamy scenes, an unwavering best friendship between strong...

As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for resolutions to difficult...

Krueger's writing is lovely, and while the adult characters sometimes feel like caricatures of evil villains, his young characters and...

Do you love memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice--and...

01 Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a...

A book I loved, in case you missed it: I loved the deep friendship; details of outdoorsy expertise and adventuring; and life-and-death...

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, and fears feel real and true.