The Pretender by Katie Ward Synopsis: Award Winning Read: 2019 B.R.A.G Medallion Honoree Life for Princess Isabella is far from a dream, trapped by tradition, protocol and the stifling burden […]
Category: coming of age
Black Child to Black Woman by Cheryl Denise Bannerman
Black Child to Black Woman: An African-American Woman Coming-of-Age Story by Cheryl Denise Bannerman Synopsis: When twenty-four-year-old Tara Walker goes home for her brother’s funeral, she discovers the secret journal […]
I Am Rahab: A Novel by JC Miller – Book Review
I Am Rahab: A Novel by JC Miller Synopsis: What happens when a young girl is abruptly taken away from everyone and everything she knows? When the comforts of a […]
The Nine: A Novel by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
The Nine: A Novel by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg Synopsis: Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a […]
Manhattan Girls by J. D. Fitzgerald – Book Review
Manhattan Girls by J. D. Fitzgerald Synopsis: WELCOME TO HAMILTON ACADEMY, THE FINEST OF THE FINEST OF PREP SCHOOLS FROM ALL AROUND, WHERE OPULENCE DWELLS AND SECRETS ABOUND. Fifteen-year-old Gwen […]
The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount – Book Review
The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount CLC’s review: The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount is a beautiful, sensitive and emotional story that takes readers into the life of one girl’s […]
Empty Seats by Wanda Adams Fischer – Book Review
Empty Seats by Wanda Adams Fischer Synopsis: What Little Leaguer doesn’t dream of taking to the mound and striking out one of his heroes? This novel follows three such dreamers […]
Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella – Book Review
Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella Synopsis: ‘My mom leans back, smiles, and strokes my cheek. “That’s all right, Charlie. Never you mind. You just got soft living with your grandparents, […]
Live Vicariously Through Me – Brenda K. Stone – Book Review
Live Vicariously Through Me Girls of Glam Rock Series Book 3 By Brenda K. Stone Synopsis: Before there was sexy rock chick Em’rald there was homeless waif Emily Jane Darlington. […]
The Awakening of Anna-Leigh by M. Millswan
The Awakening of Anna-Leigh by M. Millswan Beautiful, intelligent and talented, yet entirely naïve to the ways of the world, young Anna-Leigh’s curiosity begs finishing. Newly arrived at New England’s […]
Concrete Wings: One Man’s Fifty Year Journey to Personal Freedom by Beverly Gandara
Concrete Wings: One Man’s Fifty Year Journey to Personal Freedom by Beverly Gandara Synopsis: A naïve teen sent out of Cuba to retrieve smuggled family jewels on the eve of […]
