Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah Swinton. In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing

She's lived next to the local Liverpool tennis club for years but hasn't played since she was a young

references racy reads from the 1980s; and a story inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about four young estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't make sure the young avoiding the cruelties and horrors they might suffer at the hands of the almost universally terrible adults

Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young

The young couple find one another and bond to each other in their desperate run to escape the devastated precedes her novel Lila and takes the form of the aging Reverend's recollections and letters to his young Gilead is largely an exploration of the Reverend's complicated relationship with his troubled young namesake

Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young Henry Gaunt, Sydney Ellwood, and their classmates came as young boys to their sometimes claustrophobic But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors. the constancy of life-and-death danger and the deep-seated fear of destroying a friendship that both young Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures

But she's not legally an adult, and she doesn't have many options of who she can rely on to keep them while exploring trust, betrayal, the unexpected bubbling up of grief, and the bone-deep tiredness of a young

The story shifts between 1918, when a young woman at the Dead Letter Office bravely embarks on a dangerous journey to France to serve as a librarian near the front lines of World War I, and 1976, when another young Now retired, Carrie is a spectator at the US Open when she sees her record threatened by a young upstart

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother Katy is at a loss emotionally, and she's tempted to turn to a handsome young guest at her Italian hotel I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.

She spies from a distance the comings and goings of a group of seven people, some young and some older

Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe.

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe.

Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young

Low-key young men and best friends Jack and Wynn have taken many challenging outdoor expeditions together The strong, gruff Hanni has a heart of gold; young Ettie is idealistic and grows to be tough as nails

begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails defying most of the stereotypes of a young Frankel Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two young

Cora is a strong young ballet dancer when she meets her future husband, and it is excruciating to repeatedly

In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

James Willoughby is a na ï ve young medical student whose family fortunes have taken a negative turn, 05 Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastian de Castell Kellen begins as a principled, headstrong young Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with

Roberts details what it was like as a sensitive young girl whose unusual life was shaped by her parents Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young storyteller, Moorer examines her youth and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

reading Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott from my favorite publishing company for young titled The Worst of All Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In her novel for young readers from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing, Elliott offers an

Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory by sending an idealistic, headstrong young

Meanwhile Jade, a young girl who has been sold to a courtesan, befriends JungHo, a young orphan boy in

She recalls how as a young woman she felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition at times funny with a tragic undertone, as in the recounting of the song Lucinda sold when she was young

author of The Master , The Magician , and other novels. 03 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Cushla is a young

Lady Duxbury, their new friendships, and their reads are rejuvenating and inspiring forces for the young

contract-worker brother who feels socially awkward and is doubting his chess prowess after having built his young

She was a promising young playwright, but life got in the way, cost of living pressures led her to find

the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two young

It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Foster, Claire Keegan's slim Irish novel about a young girl sent 01 Foster by Claire Keegan In Claire Keegan's slim novel Foster, a young girl in Ireland is taken by

Joe's neighbor Lila is a tough young woman who's endured hardship and is slow to trust.

commanding general--who also happens to be Violet's mother--pushes her to vie with the rest of Navarre's young character Rachel is an Irish university student working in a Cork bookstore, dating a boring but reliable young

Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the second book in a duology about a tough, big-hearted young The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's book about a strong young woman in rural Nigeria who shows Adunni is a young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off young My friend Kirstan recommended this book, and I love it so far. 03 Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and final book in Young's duology about the wonderfully strong, ruthless, clever young

giving a certain someone this 2025 title, described as " a whimsical, adventure-filled mystery about a young But the place is filled with young ladies solving mysteries, protecting the city, and fighting bad guys

Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. Eli is a good young fellow who is growing more savvy, is increasingly able to see shades of gray, and Despite the desperate behaviors of the adults in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers

When she emigrates to New York City, she is befriended by two strong young sisters, Anne and Alma, and

Walsh's The Love of My Life, Emma is a marine biologist who's devoted to her husband Leo and their young Walsh tells the story in two parts, alternating between chapters exploring Emma's young life (the true

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is

Young Lucrezia is lucky enough to exist outside of palazzo scrutiny, free to follow her own imagination Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

The long-ago brutal death of a young woman in the town was introduced early but faded in weight in what

In 1840 in London, young Arthur lives near the sewage-filled River Thames, desperate to escape poverty

The day young Celia's oldest brother Argent left the house in their war-torn homeland, determined to

May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend."

Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library.

Time Is a Mother , and other books. 03 The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker Jane is a young

more Bossy reviews of book set in Maine. 02 There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak In 1840 London, young

memoir about growing up while her father was incarcerated and the complicated childhood that shaped her adult Land by Anthony Doerr In this upcoming book by Anthony Doerr (author of All the Light We Cannot See), young

with it in an unorthodox, secret, wonderful fashion that serves to advance her cause for two specific young

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War.

Williamson In an alternate 1923 London, a young woman inadvertently disturbs the peace between humans