Young Adult Indie

Do you know what it's like to win an Olympic gold, then have it stripped away? I do. Gold is every figure skater's life dream. At fifteen, I experience the thrill of wearing the medal for a few minutes until judges accused me of being...

From award-winning author Melody Maysonet, What We Wish For is a poignant YA novel that explores one teenager's coming-of-age as she struggles through homelessness, family feuds, and her mother's addiction. Be careful what you wish for ... Fifteen-year-old Layla Freeman likes to pretend...

The Empire Wars is a powerful YA debut where survival and magic are a deadly mix. Coa, who was born feral in the North Transatlantic wilds, has just been captured. Now, Coa is subject to public humiliation and execution in a gruesome spectacle known as The...

Seventeen-year-old Diana hasn’t left her home in at least a month, but she has the whole online world at her fingertips. Waking up each day at sunset, she logs into the vast world of Garlandía, an online massive multiplayer role-playing game. Offline, she’s labeled as autistic and treated like...

When teen musician Rainey Cobb gets noticed by a major record label, she's caught between her rock & roll dreams and her sick father's hope that she goes to college. She finds a romantic diversion in Mia, a music-obsessed college dropout who makes the best...

Life, academics, and activism. Facing hate and bigotry, can this agender teen make a difference in LGBTQ+ rights? Oklahoma City. Nic Summers is equal parts excited and nervous. Determined to excel, the seventeen-year-old strives to find time to survive physics, build confidence, and enter a competitive art...

A new school. An opportunity to fuel her passion. A mean girl waiting in the wings to burn it all down. Oklahoma City. Nic Summers is ready for a fresh start. Entering her first semester at a boarding school far from her narrow-minded hometown, the talented...

Sophomore Nic Summers tries to ignore the taunts of “ugly lesbian.” Because she’s not sure they’re entirely wrong. But she also has bigger concerns for now, including prepping for the school’s art contest. And while she isn't certain of her sexuality, she does...

In the tumultuous world of high school, Emma grapples with a devastating breakup, a social media scandal that threatens her reputation, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. Her parents are distant, she has no true friends, and her despair deepens with each passing day. One fateful...

Dead doesn’t always mean gone… Gemma LeClair has a secret…she can see and speak with the dead that haunt the world around her. Forever trapped in the places they died, the dead are lonely and dangerous, longing for attention, desperate to be seen again. ...