domestic fiction

In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.

Lives are turned upside down when three adult siblings meet for the first time after they each discover their biological father was a sperm donor.

Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.

After his father's death, Isaiah feels that he is now the man of the house and it is his responsibility to take care of his Mama and little sister. When things get really tough at home, Isaiah depends on the stories in his daddy's journal in order to find his way out of the darkness.

When her divorced mother--seeking to gain sole custody--asks her to compile a list of bad things her father does while she and her little sister, Bea, are staying with him, twelve-year-old Justine goes along with it, writing in her secret notebook. However, when the court case draws near, Justine finds herself writing a complete lie just to help her mother's case. Now Justine has to wonder about her mother's behavior, and her own, and must find the courage to tell the truth.

In the aftermath of World War I, two orphaned friends set off in a narrowboat from England as each hopes to find a missing part of themselves in France.

Brewster Gaines loves making videos to post on YouTube, and his one goal in life is to make a video that gets a million views. He asks charismatic new kid Carly to star in a ten-second video, but things soon get out of hand when Carly's intimidating friend Rosa joins them. Brewster soon finds himself joining forces with four other young artists to produce a trailer for an epic fantasy film. As the kids try to finish the trailer on time, Brewster learns some important lessons about friendship, family, and going viral.

Seventeen-year-old Jess Morgan discovers her great-great-aunt's diaries, leading her on a quest to uncover whether Aunt Anna was actually a Romanov princess. Includes author's note.

Federico, who comes from a mixed-race family in Porto Alegre, Brazil, passes for white, while his brother has darker skin. Growing up, Federico receives privileges because of his skin color that his brother does not and he grapples with the inner angst this causes in his life. In 2016, Federico takes a job with a government agency overseeing the race-based quota system at universities, which some exploit through their black ancestry and others are denied access because of their light skin color. Through his experiences, Federico tries to make sense of the role prejudice and race have played in his life and in the world around him.

The upper-crust Casey family, Johnny, Ed, and Liam and their wives and children stay in touch through regular family celebrations, organized and fostered by Johnny's wife Jessie, who insists everyone is happy. When Ed's wife Cara suffers a concussion and begins compulsively sharing family secrets at a gathering, the Caseys' perfect facades begin to crumble and they're forced to face their realities.