The wonderful anticipation for any reader of young adult fiction, but an equally difficult challenge for its author, is the always exciting and expectant notion of One … Great … Story. The implication being: The writer had better be a good storyteller. In just such...

Fractured: Dereck Dillinger and the Crystal Ball is a children’s adventure fantasy novel written by Eddie McPherson. Dereck had been about to go for an afternoon of fun at the fair with his friends when his mom called to say she’d been held up at...

Ducky’s Real Life Adventures by Robbin Joanna Scott is an enlightening story that shows how some mothers may reject their young when they disobey them, even if it is accidental. Ducky is informed of this by his mother and tries his best to keep up...

The Halloween Parade (Monstacademy) by Matt Beighton is an awesome book about a young girl named Trixie Grimble. When her school shuts down, Trixie is sent to Monroe's Academy for the different, known as Monstacademy, which is a school for monsters. Except Trixie Grimble is...

Pizza for Breakfast by Phillip D. Cortez is a colorful children's book that offers the suggestion of making pizza into breakfast food. If you can have pancakes for dinner and Tacos on a Tuesday, then why can't we have pizza for breakfast? He makes a...

The Short Straw by Irene Mathias is a fun children’s illustrated story about a boy who, upon picking the shortest straw, is forced to go inside the local Haunted House, make it up to the right bedroom window and wave his flashlight to all who...

The Girl in the Blue Tie-Dye Shirt: A Mud Street Misfits Adventure is a paranormal adventure novel for preteens written by Brian O'Dell and Beth Lauderdale. What should have been an awesome after-school listening experience suddenly turned into something strange and frightening for Liam. Connor’s...

Laurel loves plants: flowers, trees, vegetables, even weeds. Her mother hates anything that grows in the dirt. Or so she leads Laurel to believe. That was before things became rather strange. Before Laurel’s home, the apartment she shares with her mother, turns into a jungle,...

Carlo the Mouse had a happy life living inside the hospital walls where he liked to annoy the hospital cook. The angry chef always threatened to quit and he tried to lure the mouse into a metal cage by stuffing the mousetraps with expensive cheese,...

Carlo the Mouse is back in his latest mischievous adventure in Nothing is Safe in a Mouse’s Life (Book 5) by Mrs. D with illustrations by Chanoa. Living in a hospital can be challenging, especially if you're sick. While recovering from the chicken pox, Carlo...