Young Realistic Fiction

NOW A HULU LIMITED SERIES! The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York...

#1 New York Times bestselling author E. Lockhart returns to the world of her TikTok sensation We Were Liars with all her signature beachy gothic atmosphere, family intrigue, and high-stakes romance. “Compulsively readable to the very last page.” —Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times...

Seven friends throw a 1920s–themed party, where it's all pretend—until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery. "A can't miss for mystery fans." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The...

A Comprehensive Guide To Writing Compelling Dialogue Scenes! This Updated 2023 Edition is an Essential Guide and Powerful Reference Tool to Crafting Realistic Conversations in Fiction. Dialogue is one the most important aspects of fiction writing and a writer needs to know how to compel readers to keep turning the page through riveting character exchanges. This handbook is specifically for fiction writers that want to learn simple techniques on how to create exciting and powerful dialogue scenes that propel the storyline, create instant tension, and reveal characterization. Writers will ...

NOW A NETFLIX MOVIE STARRING JOEY KING AND JACOB ELORDI! Read the first book in the Kissing Booth series for some fun, fresh romance from Beth Reekles. Meet Rochelle “Elle” Evans: pretty, popular—and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile—and a total player. When Elle...

The world ended in silence. The fight for what’s left will not. Ten months after the collapse, teenager Annie’s world has shattered, and with it, everything she once believed about monsters. They don’t always lurk in shadows. Sometimes they wear uniforms. Sometimes they wear the faces of those you love. In the ruins of Sydney, Annie finds an unlikely ally in Jude—a half-infected boy marked by virus and twisted science. His strange, dangerous abilities make him both a threat and their best hope. But the line between abomination and saviour is thinner than either imagined. Haunted by ...

Two kingdoms on the brink of battle. One prophesied empress to unite them, who finds herself caught between two princes, and the fact that love alone may not stop the coming war. A thrilling young adult romantasy from the bestselling author of To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods. "Beautifully written and...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powder keg of dark secrets and mind-bending puzzles, this must-read thriller is “addictively suspenseful” (The Washington Post) and “full of atmospheric thrills” (Los Angeles Times)—from the New York Times bestselling author of Night Film. Your favorite...

Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even...

A high-school slasher with a lethal twist, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson! The students at Morton Academy are high-achievers, selected based on academic excellence. So when a series of murders target the school's best and brightest, the pressure is on. Failure is fatal... At the historic...

In this haunting companion to Bittersweet in the Hollow, a girl who can smell the lies of others uncovers the incendiary mysteries of her small Appalachian town. Everybody lies. And in knowing their lies, I become the keeper of their secrets. As Caball Hollow slowly recovers from a tumultuous...

Amidst the rubble of war, a boy searches for hope. When thirteen-year-old Zaid is forced to flee his home during the Siege of Aleppo in 2012, he’s thrust into a nightmare no child should ever face. Bombs rain from the sky. Streets once filled with laughter are now cloaked in fear. Families are torn apart. But in the midst of chaos, Zaid must find the courage to survive—and lead others to safety. The Heart of Aleppo is an emotionally powerful, fast-paced young adult novel based on real events from the Syrian Civil War. Through Zaid’s journey, readers are taken on a heart-wrenching ...

* An Instant New York Times Bestseller * "Jandy Nelson is a true virtuoso . . . I am fervently in love with this brave, funny, tender, exuberant beating heart of a book." —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Imogen, Obviously The explosive new novel that brims...

Secrets don't die. It’s the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her...

The Promises of Yesterday Fractured Reality – Book Three Some promises bind us. Others break us. Only one can save him. Madeline is fighting to hold Binoomeal together. But when a long-buried family secret surfaces, her world begins to crack—and she’s pregnant, alone, and running out of time. Far from home, Michael walks a dangerous path of vengeance and rescue. Each step drags him deeper into the shadows of his past... and closer to a future he may not survive. The virus wasn’t an accident. The General’s final plan is unfolding. And the truth could destroy everything. As old ...

"Love so toxic it'll either save you or bury you." A Westbrook High Series Book #7 Patrón Walker ain’t your typical high school heartthrob—he’s the definition of hood legend. Tatted, iced out, and walking trouble, he’s the one they whisper about but secretly want. Underneath that savage exterior? A boy who loves hard enough to kill for it… and only one girl’s ever had that hold on him: Amber Styles. Amber’s used to feeling invisible, like she ain’t ever enough for nobody. But when Patrón slides in with that ride-or-die energy, she gets hooked on the chaos and the comfort. ...

WINNER OF THE SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD FOR TEENS! A beautifully realistic, relatable story about mental health—anxiety, perfectionism, depression—and the healing powers of art—perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and How it Feels to Float. Whatever you struggle with, you are not alone and...

The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street is back with the first in a sexy new romance series set in a small town on the Delaware coastline. Welcome to Hartwell, a quiet seaside escape where uncovering old secrets could lead one woman to discover the meaning of a love that...

In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in...

Can the president, a conservative ex-business executive with no political experience, navigate the shark-infested waters of Washington, DC? President Donald Burlington’s party doesn’t support him, his wife of 23 years has just filed for divorce, and his country is falling apart from within. Both parties and the entire political establishment are eager to take him down because he is trying to eliminate the way the Federal government caters to special interests and emboldens entrenched career politicians to gain and maintain their political power. Meanwhile, his trusted assistant, Nicole,...