In The Magic Quilt, a children’s book by Katie Sokolic, Toby receives a handmade quilt that his mom made for his birthday. While enjoying it and playing with it, he soon realizes that his new quilt has magical powers. He finds himself on unexpected adventures...

The Sleepy Dragon is a children’s adventure by Amanda Bannikov. Knight Kimothin was feeling unhappy because the other knights in the Kingdom of Smesselleo teased her for she has never slain a dragon. Kimothin decided to go on a quest in search of one. She...

The second book in C.D. Bryan's Flight Knight series, Take Me to Your Leader, tells about a mysterious mission for beginning Flight Knights Parker, Mark, and Hanna. They receive a message that there is an alien threat to the nearby community. Parker's new neighbor as...

The Boatman is a preteen contemporary fantasy written by Kat Hawthorne and illustrated by Dora Mitchell. Izzy's world is new and strange. Since her father's recent death, she's been living with her somewhat forbidding Aunt Slaughter in her large house, and Izzy can actually see...

Moonfin: Through the Watery Door is a science fiction/contemporary fantasy novel for children and preteens written by L.L. Mintie. Lizzy's brother, Brandon, disappeared when she was eight years old. The Grape family had been in town visiting an odd touristy shop that had an aquarium...

Left with only a partial understanding of her identity after an interrupted mind wipe, Sarah Card is whisked away from her home and parents and crashes onto an unfamiliar city street. The Last Alley: House of Cards Book 1 by Michelle and Trishelle Erickson takes...

Hope: The Story of A Banana-Fish by David A. Neumeier is a beautifully written story about a banana-fish named Hope. David cleverly crafts the story in telling us about Hope as he intermingles the elements of the sea world into it. He introduces the book...

Chase of the Samurai is a children’s adventure novel by Kenneth Humphrey, and is book two in the series, A Raimy Rylan Hunt. Here an established trio of adventurers, cousins Raimy and Piper and their close friend Hadley Ohafky, are recovering from an epic adventure...

C.D. Bryan has written an excellent introduction to his Flight Knight series. In his first book, No Aliens Allowed, the three children are introduced. Parker, along with his friends Hanna and Mark, are being chased by bullies when they stumble upon an alien crash site....

The Hunter Awakens (Book One of the Morus Chronicles) is written by J.R. Roper. Ethan Morus' grief for his deceased father deepens when his home is damaged in a storm, and his mother sends him and Destry, his sister, to stay on a farm with...