Young adult novels about things real kids deal with today. With suspense — and humor. Because life has that, too.

Welcome to my world online. In my novels for young adults I’m doing my best to give you human stories, grown from observing and talking with young people. My aim is to produce page-turners you'll remember. That mean something. That become a friend in your life.

Here's the news: True Shoes is available now! A much-requested followup to The Revealers, my widely read YA novel that deals with bullying, True Shoes centers on online cruelty — what adults call cyberbullying — alongside the creativity that I see so many young people bringing to our networked age. To me, those extremes of communication — creativity and cruelty — are the positive and negative poles to the ways young people are using and exploring the new powers of our networked age. True Shoes also deals with adolescent romance, family secrets, and the eternal struggle for self-discovery in this critical, confusing, formative time in life.

You can buy the new book on Amazon.com, and at a 20% discount here.

Meanwhile, there's a lot to discover on this site! Click on The Revealers to see how middle schools across the U.S. are using my best-known book to build both literacy and awareness of bullying. Click here for briefings on the best projects, plus unit study plans and many other usable resources. Visit my blog to see how young readers and their teachers helped us develop the artwork for True Shoes, and how they're responding to the new book.

Thanks for visiting, and please: Don’t stop here!

Doug Wilhelm