A Night Game is a fantasy novel for children and preteens written by Allie Compeau. Hugh and Owen figured that it had to be their little sister, Immy, who had left a messy pile of toys and blocks in their middle of their bedroom. The...

Thirteen-year-old Kate struggles to adjust after her parents split up and her father leaves. One day, she leaves school early and goes to the park across from her home. Here, she receives a strange gift from a crow with a single white feather. Kate pursues...

Kurt, Gert, Jazmine, and Bagel In Their Train Station Adventure is part of a series of books by Irene Dolnick for teaching phonetic sounds to early readers. This book covers the letter combinations -tch, -ag, -ang, -ank, and -ed as suffixes with the pronunciation “d”...

It seems strange to call a book about poor orphans and dark magic charming, but that is the first word I thought of when I read The Lost and Drowned by Stuart Fryd. The central characters of the novella are two sisters, Lydia and Sophie....

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...

Megan's Challenge: Megan’s World, Book 5 is an animal adventure book for children and preteens written by Pamela Foland. Dr. Newton had been really impressed by Megan’s interest in veterinary medicine and her ability to work with the animals who were being treated in the...

A Faerie's Path to Walk: The Come Walk With Me Series is an educational adventure book for children and preteens written by Shirley A. Williams and illustrated by Stirling Crebbs. Aundi and her fellow students were anxiously waiting for the school term to finally be...

La Petite Josette En Provence: Going To Les Baux-de-Provence (Voyage aux Baux-de-Provence) is a bilingual story book for children written by Ashley Davidson-Fisher and illustrated by Martinique Louise Fisher. Josette and her sister, Anne-Laure, were so eager for their day trip to Les Baux-de-Provence to...

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...