LeaLea is traveling to Pennsylvania to her cousins' house for a birthday party with her parents and brother Leo. It is a long drive from New York and she feels as if it is the longest car ride of her life. Uncle Tim is her...

Different by Datta Groover is, well…different. It is a great story on a lot of levels that clicked with me. The writing is so good that you don’t notice it at all and that’s rare for me. I am a writer myself, so I’m always...

It’s fair to say that Different by Datta Groover is a book with a lot going on. What starts as a family drama, with a couple going to marriage counseling, quickly elevates into much more. The family, husband and wife Frank and Sophia, their two...

Different Lee by Bill Hiatt follows DL as he discovers the past he never knew may hold the secrets to his future. Growing up in foster care, DL hasn't been much on homes or attachments. When a date he barely remembers shows up, claiming she's...

Let's get to know Lexi and her family in the storybook Different Just Like Us by Lexi Layton with Tammi Croteau Keen. She has a dog, Teddy, and a puppy, Toby, who are half-siblings because they have the same dad. Lexi loves dogs and she...

Different Like Me by Lisa DeFini Lohmann is a delightful, heartfelt story about a dog named Wilson Highstep. Wilson lived in a front cage in the pet store, and on weekends was able to see all of the families coming through to choose their new...

Different From the Other Kids: Natural Alternatives Edition by Angela Tsounis, with a conclusion by Dr. Jonathan Prousky, ND, MSc, MA, is dedicated to all the children who have felt they are different from others, and all the parents who are going through grief, confusion,...

Different Lives: 2 Novellas - Doppelganger and Flipside by Jenny Twist comprises two related short stories. In Doppelganger, the heroine Christine attempts suicide by overdosing on medication because her husband Kevin has been unfaithful to her. She wakes to find herself in Spain. This version...

Kai-Nneka, Soyini Townsend, and A. Xavier Johnson's Different and Amazing is the second children’s picture book in the A-Z of Good Character Series. It sees ZaZa following the sounds of steel drums beating across Sokahland during her walk. She meets some new and amazing friends:...

It is never easy being different. Someone who knows that well is Aaron, a young boy who lives in the country of Premium. He is the only one who is green, round, and short, while everyone else is tall and purple. This makes things difficult...

A Different Kind of Lovely: A Novel by Petra March is a story that begins with an intriguing line: “Mina Automne danced through the pain until she managed to turn it into pleasure.” And that is an awesome way of introducing a ballerina, a woman...

“I wish they had told me / when I was a kid / that my allowance wouldn't buy me / a sustainable smile.” (p.16) If there is one poetry book you should read in your whole lifetime, it is How I Am Different by Thom Kudla,...

Life Only Different: A Novel by Jim D Buchanan is an interesting romance with an intriguing setting, a plot that takes readers to exotic places and introduces them to feisty and vibrant characters. From the very start of the narrative, the reader encounters one of...

We're Different it is True: 2nd Edition (Illustrations Completely Revised) by Terri Kelley is a colorful, compassionate story book, which introduces a child to the educational as well as emotional concept of differences. The book also helps children cope with physiological and emotional issues pertaining...

My Soul Is From a Different Place: Poems by Cherie Burbach is a soulful collection of poems that covers diverse topics along with her distinctive voice on faith. The poet also shares her thoughts about the ups and downs of life. The metaphors behind the...

It's Okay to be Different Thorina-Bina by Barbara S Lougheed is an adorable story of a kitten, Thorina-Bina, who always gets startled easily because she can hear and see better than other cats. Her sisters always tease her because she looks different from them. Thorina-Bina...

Wow! Just, wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading A Million Different Ways: A Horn Novel Book One by debut author P. Dangelico. The story follows young medical student, Vera Sava, as she flees her home country for Switzerland, determined to outrun...

Sophie's Different (James Madison Series Book 3) by Patrick Hodges is a children’s story for middle school students about the negative aspects of bullying. This book is the third in a series. In this story, a few years have passed since the end of Hodges’...

Beautifully Different: Yousuf's Everyday Adventures is a children's adventure picture book written by Dana Salim. Yousuf and his dad were playing together when Yousuf brought up a question he had been thinking about. All the kids in his class are different, and Yousuf is not...

It’s OK to Be Different, written by Sharon Purtill and illustrated by Sujata Saha, is a children’s picture book celebrating children who have the courage to be themselves, and to accept others as they are. When children learn that diversity is positive, it becomes natural...