READERS/FOLLOWERS TO DATE AND COUNTING: 1,269 Reading Age: Young Adults 16+ How the Story Ends by Tory Gates. “We are vessels … and sometimes we have to empty them.” For years, Jhana has traveled the country in search of the stories of people from all walks of life had to… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS TO DATE AND COUNTING: 1,343 The Altar Boy by Phil Stephens. Dark Humor-Catholicism-Coming of Age Fiction! It starts with black-robed nuns, priests, bishops, the select fraternity of Altar Boys, and the ancient ceremonies of the Catholic Church. Music of the ’60s, boyhood shenanigans, Cootie doctors, and coming of age…. Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS TO DATE AND COUNTING: 1,474 The Promise Of The Gateway by Nick Iuppa and John Pesqueira. Deep in the drop behind Green Mountain High, Emily Perkins finds a gateway to the past where she’s no longer a nerd, and the school’s superstar quarterback is in love with her. He… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS TO DATE AND COUNTING: 1,521 Fiction (Coming of Age). Nina’s Salvation for Joey by Steven Prevosto. In 1974 twenty-one-year-old Joey Maks’ rock band imploded in the Midwest, and the love of his life abandoned him. Depressed and wanting to kill himself, he takes a bus to his Grandmother Nina’s… Continue reading