This debut by Australian author, Felicity McClean, is a tantalizing page-turner. This exciting novel is a mystery and coming-of-age story ...

In Marlena by Julie Buntin, Cat becomes captivated by her magnetic, yet tragically vulnerable next door neighbor, Marlena. After her D...

For a coming-of-age story that transcends genre, read Emily Fridlund's History of Wolves . One of the central questions in this tale is...

Set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this is crime story mixed with revelations that come from the narrator's flashbacks . Even though its fic...

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Jacob Portman is a well-to-do teen who is traumatized when he witnesses ...

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Out Stealing Horses is a novel that immediately grabs hold of readers's attention. I was hooke...

Jason Taylor is a “middle-ranking” boy who watches his position in the school yard fall perilously into “leper” status, before bobbing b...

Undine by Penni Russon. Undine  has many features one would expect to find in a coming-of-age story: a confused heroine who battles with au...

Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart. Race horses play an instrumental role in this carefully crafted debut novel. By cultivating winning ...