A Fire in the Shadows (The Bolingbrook Babbler Stories, #1.5)
by William Brinkman
A timely and honest coming-of-age story that explores the complicated relationship between identity, culture, family, and love. Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Texas since her family moved there for her father's work. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir up any trouble and jeopardize their family's dependent vis...
In this engaging, provocative, and decadent novel, two lonely cousins make their own way in the world when everyone else abandons them. Cousins Simone and Stefan are forced to prostitute themselves to make ends meet. Stefan is disowned by his father, rejected by his peers and family, and bullied because of his sexuality until he finally gains the courage to stand up for himself. Sadly, his boyfriend is simply using him for money and romancing women on the side. Simone has a hard time making fr...
"A multi-generational epic novel about the love and forgiveness that keep an American Indian family together."
Discovery of Magick (Dark Light Academy Series, #1)
by Tabatha Stephenson