Jocki MacTavish by Albert Marsolais is an intriguing tale set in a fishing village in Scotland in 1705. Jocki is a humble, hardworking 11-year-old boy who cleans his family’s tavern, assists the town’s doctor, and cares for homeless cats. Jocki becomes very concerned when the...

There is so much one can do on the computer, from surfing the net to chatting with friends you’ve never met, and so much more. It’s scary, really. And then there’s the growing unease around cyberbullying. Bullies have existed since the beginning of time, but...

Summer of Two Worlds (3rd edition) by J. Arthur Moore is a coming-of-age story that takes place six years after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Prairie Cub is an orphan raised since the age of three as the son of a Sioux warrior....

The Haunting of Lavender Raine is a paranormal mystery novella for children and preteens written by Jessica Renwick. What happened to her grandmother’s locket, and why had she ever thought to wear it that day? The golden heart-shaped locket had been one of her grandmother’s...

When The Girl Who Looked Beyond the Stars by L. B. Anne begins, Sheena Meyer is just an ordinary girl, but that doesn't last long. Her life changes when her father gets in a car accident and she goes to the hospital to see him,...

God Made Us Different by Lindsey Coker is a delightful children’s picture book that tells the story of a group of classmates who all come from diverse backgrounds and enjoy the ways that make them different. It is told through a lovely rhyme narration that...

In AJ Vanderhorst’s The Mostly Invisible Boy: Casey Grimes Book 1, an eleven-year-old boy struggles with the real fact that he can’t be seen all the time. Why? How to fix this? Casey doesn’t know. He just knows every day there are times when he...

Wilbur and Ellie Weiss are the ghosts in Ghosts of Windsor Pass by John M. Patrick. The two elderly Holocaust survivors return to haunt their own house after being killed in a hit and run accident one snowy New Year’s Eve. While driving in that...

“An experienced witch does not rely on karma.” Hex: The Apprentice is a children's adventure by Fran Hodgkins. Robin West knew her grandmother was an artist, but discovering Gram Madder is a Hexmeister, carrying on an ancient family tradition of making hexes for customers, comes...

Given the enthusiasm for and the celebration of the life of a lesser-known member of the “Founding Fathers” in the U.S. over the past five years, The Lost Diary of Alexander Hamilton by Sophie Schiller has come at a most propitious time. Yes, this is...