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In deliberate contrast, Opal cuts a striking figure, and I loved witnessing her growth from a young,

characters who help or harm Honey as she fights for independence in a time when many don't think a young

In James Riley's middle-grade fantasy book Story Thieves, young introvert Bethany and impulsive Owen

She has a loving husband and a wonderful young daughter she adores.

01 Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. eclectic mix for me: a potentially heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

taking the better job, getting the bigger house, writing a semi-autobiographical novel, educating their young

The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop

review of this book, see The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. 02 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young Young Anna lives in fifteenth-century Constantinople with her sickly sister, frustrated with endlessly

From a young age Inti realized she had a particular affinity for animals; if she tuned in, she could

sometimes claustrophobic but fiercely loving life lived under one roof with extended family, and a young

On the other hand, other instances--such as a disturbing movie seen too young and the long-term fright

The storytellers represented here range from John Turturro to Tig Notaro; from a young female spy during Dolly gave a million dollars to Covid-19 vaccine research, continued to provide free books monthly to young Pyle Last year I gave Strange Planet to teenagers and young-at-heart family members on my gift list;

conversations in the documentary series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. 03 This Shining Life by Harriet Kline Young

Meanwhile, Guerrero is young and often sounds like it as she flits from topic to topic in her account

When she meets Jamie, a handsome young man on her brother's hockey team, he seems like a much-needed

The book tracks backward as young Andrew Green struggles to realize his immense potential despite a modest

sexual abuse had taken place for decades at the school that had pledged to protect and educate the young Horrifying elements the young teen was subjected to include repeated male abuse of power as well as sexual

In Claire Keegan's slim novel Foster, a young girl in Ireland is taken by her unreliable, frequently Makkai Makkai's boarding school-set mystery offers depth as it exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young

Later in the book Adina visits a revamped Beautyland as an adult, and the large store offering "beauty

Montague; an unorthodox woman with an open mind and brave disposition, Theodora; a young woman who has

But in this slim book (I'm listening to it as an audiobook), Rogen also digs into his beginnings as a young

possibilities and the terrifying and thrilling idea that he could ultimately live an honest life as a gay young

family duty, adventure, and search for meaning—and all with a main protagonist who’s your basic badass young

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

Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978. Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young

But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could

But when young Lucrezia's older sister dies suddenly before her scheduled marriage to the ruler of Ferrara Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

adore, and the setup of how the best friends met (Emmie released a balloon with a message when she was young fantasyscifi, #series, #uniquePOV 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea ​ I like to listen to fantasy books for young

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

But when a skittish young boy with nowhere else to turn asks him for help, Cal finds that he can't refuse

He witnesses a murder and snatches his young great-grandson to flee the police and the bad guys.

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three 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

1894, and seventeen-year-old Ada is a newlywed, following contentedly the path set out for her as a young

But Fowler did an excellent job of delving into the all-consuming obsessions the desperate young Alva

one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of a young

Click here for my full review of Baby X . 03 The Measure by Nikki Erlick In Erlick's debut novel, each adult In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with

Veronica is a curious young Victorian-era lady with progressive ideas, and I adore how matter-of-factly

But she got another go-round at life, and that time she survived being born--only to die young in an

She plucks Monique, a promising young magazine writer, out of relative obscurity for the writing job,

Now retired, Carrie is a spectator at the US Open when she sees her record challenged by a young upstart

Vasya is a young woman now, and she must consent to an arranged marriage or enter the convent--but Vasya

Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted

She's struggling both emotionally and financially as she tries to support her two young children.

Young Toni crosses paths with Sebastian Quick, an older, wiser guy who just might offer her a way out

It's a romance, in that the brooding young man Keegan who leads the clan and who seems sure to become

published earlier this month, takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main protagonist young

But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student

When you’re an adult who thinks your own churning mind is what keeps everything safe, it’s called anxious