Juvenile & Young Adult / Themes

The Jungle Book

by Rudyard Kipling

Do your like classic stories? This is a lovely one!

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and...

Secret of the Peaceful Warrior

by Dan Millman & T. Taylor Bruce

This heartwarming tale tells of Danny Morgan, who learns the meaning of courage and friendship when he is confronted by, and befriends, the schoolyard bully. With dignity, wit, and compassion, Danny's mentor...

Old Mother West Wind

by Thornton W. Burgess

Beloved classic tells of the escapades of Old Mother West Wind's animal children and recounts the adventures of the animals in the Green Forest - Billy Mink's swimming party, Reddy Fox's fishing expedition,...

McALISTER'S WAY VOLUME 14 - Free Serialisation Download

by Richard Marman

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 13 Chapters 24 — 25

The FINAL Volume!

A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby Boomers

Thank you for taking the time to read this serialisation. I hope...

McALISTER'S WAY VOLUME 12 - Free Serialisation Download

by Richard Marman

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 12 Chapters 22 — 23

A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby Boomers

Chapter 22

Considering how over-populated the world is, human beings have always...

MCALISTER’S WAY Volume 11 - FREE Weekly Serialisation

by Richard Marman

MCALISTER’S WAY Volume 11 - FREE Weekly Serialisation Chapters 20 — 21

A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby Boomers

Chapter 20

If you reckon you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for Angela,...

McALISTER'S WAY VOLUME 07 - Free Serialisation

by Richard Marman & illustrated by Richard Marman

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Weekly Serialisation

Volume 7 Chapters 12 — 13

A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby Boomers

Chapter 12

The first time I flew to New Guinea as a Hercules C-130 co-pilot I was...

McAlisters Way - Free Serialisation Vol 05 Chapters 8 and 9

by Richard Marman

MCALISTER’S WAY - FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 05 Chapters 8 & 9

A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby Boomers

By now you’ve probably got the idea. I add a few thoughts about each chapter as...

THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga

by Anon E. Mouse & Translated by Dr. Gudbrand Vigfusson

The Saga of Erik the Red is thought to have been composed before 1265AD on the Norse exploration of North-America. The saga also details the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland and Leif...

Warriors: The Last Hope

Warriors: Omen of the stars #6

by Erin Hunter, Owen Richardson & Allen Douglas

The end of the stars draws near. Three must become four to battle the darkness that lasts forever. . . .

After countless moons of treachery, Tigerstar's Dark Forest apprentices are ready to lay siege upon the...

Guys Read: Unaccompanied Minors: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business

by Jeff Kinney, Jon Scieszka & Adam Rex

Jeff Kinney is pretty much the nicest guy you can hope to meet. Except when it comes to his brother, Patrick. The two of them have been locked in a battle for supremacy since they were young—a war that continues...

Guys Read: A Fistful of Feathers: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business

by David Yoo, Jon Scieszka & Adam Rex

Sam has a problem: his dad doesn’t think he’s “man enough.” So Dad decides he’s going to toughen Sam up by getting a turkey to raise in preparation for Thanksgiving. But no one is prepared for the...

Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have)

by Sarah Mlynowski

Praised by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle as “hilarious, moving and flat-out fun,” and Kirkus as a “pitch-perfect rendering…of the teen experience,” Ten Things We Did (and Probably...

Cut Both Ways

by Carrie Mesrobian

A TOP 10 RAINBOW LIST BOOK

William C. Morris YA Debut Award nominee Carrie Mesrobian delivers a “raw, sympathetic coming-of-age story [that] uncovers the messy, painful, yet vitally important process of self-discovery”...

Picture Perfect #4: Between Us

Picture Perfect #4

by Cari Simmons & Melinda Metz

Being one half of a BFF heart necklace is serious business—and in the Picture Perfect series, each story tackles a tough friendship challenge. Through the ups and downs of life in middle school, through braces...

Infinite in Between

by Carolyn Mackler

The Breakfast Club meets Boyhood in this striking young adult novel from Printz Honor author Carolyn Mackler, which chronicles the lives of five teenagers through the thrills, heartbreaks, and joys of their...

Midnight Dolls

by Kiki Sullivan

Pretty Little Liars meets Beautiful Creatures in this thrilling follow-up to Kiki Sullivan's The Dolls.

It's only been a couple of months since Eveny Cheval discovered that she's a powerful queen of zandara,...

Alien in My Pocket #6: Forces of Nature

Alien in My Pocket #6

by Nate Ball & Macky Pamintuan

Zack and Amp get a serious surprise in Forces of Nature, the sixth installment of this fun intergalactic chapter book series by Nate Ball, the host of PBS’s Design Squad and Design Squad Nation.

Ever since...

Path of Stars

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #6

by Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin & Allen Douglas

Discover the origins of the warrior Clans in this thrilling prequel to Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series

The sixth book in the Dawn of the Clans series takes readers back to the earliest...

Where Wicked Starts

by Elizabeth Stuckey-French & Patricia Henley

When stepsisters Nick and Luna suspect that a girl is being held captive, they set out to rescue her.