YA Books on Kindle
The young adult (YA) genre consists of books that are written to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers. There is no clear age range for this genre’s audience, but most agree that the standard reading age is for those between the ages of 12 and 18 (although even older adults may love these stories, too!). These books may include fiction and non-fiction titles with themes and plots that are likely to be extremely relevant to the young people in your life.
Free: The War Blog
Ridiculed by boys as “Twig,” Crystal Rose declares war against the objectification of girls as she tries to cope with her mother’s abandonment and addictions. The War Blog’s Crystal Rose Rises from Nothing in Rural Alaska to Fight Sexism. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Feral Sentence
When eighteen-year-old Lydia Brone is convicted of murder for accidentally killing her mother’s abusive boyfriend, she is sentenced to serve three years on Kormace Island, the Island of Killers. She knows her sentence will be difficult, but what awaits her is far more terrifying than anything she could have ever imagined. Free on Kindle... Read more
North to Nara
When Neve falls in love with the one person forbidden to her—Micah, the professional empath whom the Nation forces to bear her pain and sadness for her—she inadvertently puts them on a course toward consequences most consider worse than death. Before time runs out, she must choose between his life and her own. $2.99 on Kindle... Read more
Free: Good Girl Gone Bad Box Set
Enjoy 8 gripping novels with enough twists to keep you turning the pages. These stories of hope, fear, romance, suspense, and true love will warm your heart and your soul. This collection is put together for a short time only for your reading pleasure. Free on Kindle... Read more
Free: Adventures of a Mad Scientist
Two young teens must help their mad scientist uncle save the world from an army of evil robots. A thrilling read for kids featuring a diverse cast. Intended for ages 10 and up. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Leftover Girl
Found on a dark highway at four – high school is tough enough without being the girl who can’t remember her past. After moving to a new town, Jes makes a friend with an amazing secret. He’s from another planet and searching for a missing girl who might be her. Could she be on Earth ... Read more
The Golden Thread
She’s an empath who can read anyone’s feelings, except his. He can sense her every emotion and possibly read her mind. It’s like he stole her ability and is using it against her… The Golden Thread kicks off The Chameleon Effect series, starring shape-shifter teens with extraordinary superpowers. If you’re hooked on YA fantasy with ... Read more
Free: Chase Tinker and the House of Magic (Book 1)
Is having magical powers a gift? Or a curse? Chase Tinker is about to find out… Chase Tinker’s life has taken quite a turn and he’s seriously freaked out. Shocking family secrets, a missing dad, bizarre magical powers, a 560-year-old magical house, and a wicked enemy determined to destroy Chase and his family are so ... Read more
The Shadow Girl
Most teenagers feel unnoticed and unseen, but for Zylia, it’s something much worse. She’s disappearing from this world and doesn’t know how to stop it. At times, she’s not sure she wants to. Until she stumbles across a family mystery surrounding the disappearance of her great-aunt Angelica years earlier. During her quest to unravel the ... Read more
A Mark on My Soul
Noah Andrews hates to lie, but that’s exactly what his life is. One big lie. At least that’s how he feels as a nerdy, closeted, gay high school senior in a suburban North Carolina town. But after months of fretting and hiding behind his quotes, Noah finally does it. He comes out to the world, ... Read more
Free: Dragon Sky
When dragons appear over Santa Barbara during his skateboarding competition, Alex fears that the mythical Artania is in danger. But it’s worse than he thought. This art-created world is turning to dust and he is the only one who can stop it. With battling dragons, murderous outlaws, and enchanted scrolls, this unique adventure inspires the ... Read more
Daughter of Kali: Awakening (book 1)
Kaz Deva just wants to be normal. But when she discovers she’s part of a long legacy of Warriors stretching all the way back to the goddess Kali, ‘normal’ is not an option. Five-star reviews: “Fast-paced, sometimes gritty, demon-slaying fun” and “Page-turningly good.” See price on Kindle.... Read more
The Circle: Taken
Abandoned at eleven with no memory of her family, Alexia seeks her true identity. Under the new government’s regime, sixteen-year-olds are evaluated for their desire to harm others. Throughout the test, Alexia struggles to conceal her psychic ability to read the past and future of anyone she touches. When her secret is revealed, Alexia is ... Read more
The Kidnapped Smile
Mona Lisa kidnapped? Her father, Leonardo, in tears? What will the Deliverers do? It has been a year since Alex and Bartholomew first ventured into the mystical Artania. Once again they are called upon to keep this art-created world safe. But peril waits at every turn. Traitorous Pirates. Fearful gods and goddesses. Monsters of the ... Read more
Holly and The Framed Friend
Family secrets. A murdered mother. An estranged aunt. A diary. A vandalized high school. For the young and the young at heart. If you loved Nancy Drew, you don’t want to miss the debut novel in the Holly Lewis series by two-time USA Today Bestselling Author, Dianne Harman. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Love Commands Box Set
Do you love stories that touch your heart? Then you will love all 8 romance novels in this box set. Enjoy these gripping love stories with enough twists to keep you turning the pages. These stories of hope, fear, romance, suspense, and true love will warm your heart and your soul. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Extra Innings
Victoria Hudson is a seventeen-year-old with a passion for baseball. When her grandmother buys a new house in the city, Vic discovers a way to play the game for the first time since getting kicked out of little league. She just has to move in with her hippie grandmother and make sure her father, a ... Read more
Beneath
From USA Today bestselling author Maureen A. Miller comes this young adult adventure that will plunge you deep into the Atlantic Ocean. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
My Alien (The Alien Chronicles Book 1)
Zoe Brennan has everything sorted. Finally, she’s good friends with the ultra cool Jas and part of her popular group. She even has plans to make new boy, Chad Everett, fall for her. But on one disastrous day at the beach all that changes when she encounters Rion, an extremely annoying alien who informs her ... Read more
The Voodoo Dolls Boxed Set (Books 1-3)
It’s Josie and the Pussycats meet New Orleans! This action-packed boxed set is full of vampires, shifters, witches, and humans who just want to be normal and get a recording contract. When Jenna, the lead singer of The Voodoo Dolls, learns the hard way that magic IS real, she and her three adopted sisters are ... Read more
Saving Lucy
Two years after her mother died in a horrifying car crash, something good finally happened to Lucy, her name was Mackenzie Rizzo. Two years of secret meetings and heartbreakingly disappointing weekends later, it seemed that Lucy found someone who would give her everything that she lacked in her relationship with Mackenzie: Damien Coleman. Juggling Damien ... Read more
The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
After growing up heartbroken with an endless series of struggles, Maria Michaels creates a picture-perfect family of her own. But life changes too quickly, and she loses her grip on herself and her two troubled sons. In spite of her desire to give them a better life, they spiral downward on the paths ... Read more
The Thorn Princess
Ivy Hawthorne is certain of one thing: she’s a complete freak. Quiet, intelligent, and a little odd, Ivy has always felt like an outsider at Kingston Academy, a private boarding school in the middle of nowhere. Maybe it’s because she sees auras that reveal people’s moods and motives. Or it could be the connection she ... Read more
Spirit of Gettysburg: Soulmates Across Time
Can ghosts die twice? apparently so. To prevent her husband’s murder at the hands of his personal, implacable enemy, Maureen travels back in time – to 1863. It is a second chance for them, another traumatic test of their eternal, devoted, soulmate love. She is frightened. What if she fails him…again? Try this #1 Young ... Read more
The Tragedy of Us
Charlie has it all figured out that is until life sends her a curveball in the form of a seemingly self-sufficient star athlete, which forces her to re-evaluate everything, even herself. $2.57 on Kindle.... Read more
Lies of Golden Straw
When the king locks Millie alone in a room with spindle and straw, she’s certain she’s about to pay a fatal price for her father’s lie. Just when she thinks all hope is lost, a mysterious little man appears and offers to complete the task for a small price. Desperate, Millie agrees to the simple, ... Read more
The Land of Good Dreams
Samantha’s first foster home couldn’t handle her screaming nightmares. Upon turning thirteen years old, Samantha is fortunate to come live with the Beckmans, a caring couple trying to overcome their own loss. Every night that Samantha dreams, she relives that tragic night over and over, unable to alter the outcome. One night, one nightmare, everything ... Read more
Free: Come A Little Closer
Sophie was the love of my life. Okay, we were twelve the last time I saw her but still. I’ve tried everything to move on—whiskey, women, weed. Nothing seemed to fill the void. Now, ten years later, she shows up out of the blue. The problem, I’m not the boy she used to know. I ... Read more
Free: Fatherless
Fatherless is a heartbreaking tale of a young man dealing with the pain of abandonment, finding true love and meeting the tragedy of his ultimate fate. Abandoned by his father, Danny Braverman struggles to find his way through the confusion of adolescence and developing sexuality. Free on Kindle.... Read more
End of Ever After
When the invitation to the prince’s ball was put in her hands, Ella imagined a single night of wonder, a single night to escape her wretched life and be anyone else for a while. She never expected to turn the prince’s head, she certainly never expected to run off with his heart. Five years later, ... Read more
Curses of Scale
Sixteen-year-old Niena wants nothing more than to attend an elite bardic college, but when the dragon that shattered the empire awakens again she finds herself on the run, through the fey realm of Fairhome, to the city where she was born. On her trail are her army veteran grandfather, thrown into a commander’s role he ... Read more
Dirty Blood
I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was ... Read more
Unbroken
Angelina Rutherford lost her father at an early age. Because of it, she had to grow up much faster than anticipated. When Angelina was a preteen, her mother decided it was time for a fresh start and moves the family from Texas to Florida. Angelina wasn’t happy about the move until she met her incredibly ... Read more
Free: Strange Start (Jane Zombie Chronicles Book 0)
The zombie apocalypse is about to begin. Jane just doesn’t know it yet. Jane collapses during a routine health exam for college, triggering a nightmarish memory from high school. Strange Start is the short story prequel to the Jane Zombie Chronicles, a series of post-apocalyptic stories. If you’re on the prowl for your next zombie ... Read more
Free: Longevity: The Wardens Of Time
Noah Thomas is a scrawny seventh grader who is bullied to the brink in his new town. Friendless, except for sassy tomboy Wendy Sherman, who seems to lend him the confidence he needs to stand up to his oppressors. Upon stumbling into a book shop one afternoon while on the run from some teenaged tyrants, ... Read more
Within Darkness
In this sequel to The Timekeepers Daughter, Abigail Jordan now knows that her mother was protecting her from something far worse than simply becoming a Timekeeper, individuals with the power to see the future but not change it, and upon her move to San Francisco, she attempts to leave all of that behind her and ... Read more
Free: The Timekeeper’s Daughter
On her eighteenth birthday, Abigail Jordan foresees the death of a woman, and then it comes true. From there, she goes on an incredible journey of self-discovery in which she uncovers the secrets of her past and her heritage as a Timekeeper. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Day I Died
This is the story of why a teenage girl named Rachel tries to kill herself. Her entire life is changed when she survives her attempt, but she’s surprised by the ripple effect it has on the world around her. Sometimes living is harder than dying, but that doesn’t mean that being alive isn’t worth it. ... Read more
Wind Catcher
An award-winning YA Urban Fantasy. Will Juliet accept her powers and fight, or run for her life? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Dear Jane
Kit Kat’s letters to Jane Eyre demonstrate the resilience and power that she derives from Jane’s own dark narrative and the parallels between their lives that include being neglected, unloved, poor, orphaned, and almost destroyed by the madwoman in their lives. This coming of age novel is about family, loss, and forgiveness. Free on Kindle.... Read more
