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In this recent book by Anthony Doerr (author of All the Light We Cannot See), young Anna lives in fifteenth-century

I loved that Novik began putting more of the school's fate in the hands of her young characters--and

is a perfectly imperfect heroine and things aren't entirely what they seem in Roth's first novel for adults situations about perception and reality and identity in this book and am so glad she wrote a novel for adults

Kidd somewhat reluctantly ends up agreeing to transport a young, recently rescued Kiowa captive 400 miles

Demon Copperhead is about a young boy born in a rural area of southern Virginia to a teenaged single

In von Palleske's novel, two young boys share the experience of a tragic accident.

powers (yet maintains her new, successful career as a children's author--with promise of becoming an adult

aunt's, and for a time the book is satisfyingly focused on her survival skills and her bonding with a young

Stars Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows a nurse, Julia, doctor, Kathleen, and a young

The young wizards hold the future of magic in their hands, in a sense, and their halting, experimental

Kendrick does a great job of positioning herself outside Hollywood as she was when she was young in order

oddball, poignant, darkly funny David Sedaris; and I'm reading The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston's adult

The setup of how the best friends met (Emmie released a balloon with a message when she was young, and

Way to a Small, Angry Planet , the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young

jilted wife who's out for revenge; and Sally Rooney's heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about two young

Lexie's sabotage of Jax's friendships at a young, vulnerable age seemed too easy for Jax to move past

about a figure whose existence the Catholic church has officially denied for a thousand years: Joan, a young

imprisoned for life after being tried and convicted while children, but punished as though they were adults and EJI also doggedly manage to change some important laws that stop the imprisonment of minors in adult

the human interest story behind the politics of the many events I remember from the news when I was young

McDaniel's novel Betty--set in the foothills of Appalachia and based upon her own family's stories--a young

White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske In von Palleske's modern gothic novel, two young

But Fowler did an excellent job of delving into the all-consuming obsessions the desperate young Alva patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young

Frankel Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young

Each of the three main protagonists here is a young woman in the midst of her own high-stakes crisis,

Barker's novel features Janet, a misunderstood, mocked, badly treated young woman coming of age in a

It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad.

The tone frequently felt geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist

who becomes pregnant and is ultimately sent to prison in “the land beyond the seas"; Hazel, a savvy young

So when young hotshot Dominic Yun shows up and, as a male, automatically has the ear of their misogynistic

Roberts's desire for self-sufficiency and her powerful instincts, even as a young girl, are captivating

powers (yet maintains her new, successful career as a children's author--with promise of becoming an adult

distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world--and they're the parents of her young

Sager has crafted a compelling Gothic suspense story in which we're along for the ride as Maggie, a young He becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery he keeps reading about in the newspaper: two young ladies

Ellie's sick of what many of her fellow female students put up with from young men who won't hear no

faith beginnings and her evolution into the liberal Episcopalian author and speaker she became as an adult

Her mother confided her darkest secrets to young Brodeur as though she was a friend, and she drew the

Several characters seemed unappealing and potentially too-obvious drivers of complications (the young

Child by John Hart I loved John Hart's brusque, determined Clyde Hunt, the scrappy and unstoppable young

Luna and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young

patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young

Child by John Hart I loved John Hart's brusque, determined Clyde Hunt, the scrappy and unstoppable young

the perpetuated cruelty of her female characters against their daughters, daughters-in-law, and other young

Vance shares his unlikely, circuitous route to an emotionally and financially stable adult life. childhood that often centered around upheaval, danger, and despair to an emotionally and financially stable adult

Princess Diarist was Fisher's last book, published in 2017 and based upon the diaries she kept as a young

He falls hard for young Doris despite their brief conversation.

emphasizes that we are all called to be part of the movement. 04 A Witch in Time ​ From the publisher: "A young

She didn't seem intelligent (or, again, alluring enough for an educated young man like Xavier, who purports

grandparents lived and where she was born, here offers stories spanning forty years, featuring women, men, and young

into things in an unlikely rush. 04 Lethal White by Robert Galbraith At the start of Lethal White, a young

Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures