The Dry is a fantasy written for young adults and preteens by Rebecca Nolen. It's set in Jeffersonville, Virginia in 1895, and there's been an extended drought that's badly affected harvests. Elliot Sweeney is 12 years old, and he's been living with his uncle since...

There is nothing like learning you can perform magic to make learning math more fun! That’s exactly what Alexandria Grate discovers after falling out of a storage closet in school into a strange, new world and becoming a student of Archimedes in Libellus de Numeros:...

Moon Girl by Beatrix S. Tambunan is an illustrated story about two sisters, Moon Girl, and her sister, Sun Girl. Moon Girl is jealous of her sister because she seems to be more popular with the creatures of the day. Moon Girl’s creatures only come...

In this brilliant novel, Xavier: St Griswold College for Abandoned Boys, the story is told of thirteen-year-old Xavier Jones who seems to have a normal life with his parents and younger sister. But one day, for no apparent reason, his parents drop him off at...

A Month of Bedtime Stories by Neil Roy McFarlane is a humorous set of short stories which will keep children in fits of laughter as they imagine themselves playing the lead character in all these adventures. In Nanoogle Snagglebottom, you’ll meet aliens who wanted to...

In Caterpillar Wants to be a Cow by Regina Puckett, Tiny Caterpillar is learning about the world around him. He sees all kinds of other creatures: a puppy, a kitten, a horse and a cow. He wants to be all of them because each one...

Mary and Tom Lovell are twins and they are set for an adventure, only they don't realize it yet. They've been taken from boarding school and sent to northern England to live with an aunt and uncle that they have never met before. Like so...

Titan by Michael Van Cleve is a post holocaust sci-fi story about a family in the 23rd century where reptiles are Jurassic sized. A place where mutations, death and disease are everywhere. The story begins with Troy Hawking helping Paris with the birth of...

The Lost Boys of Lampson is a contemporary fantasy book for children and preteens written by P. Neil Holland. Billy's in the seventh grade now and a senior at Lampson Street School, but the first day is getting off to a very spooky start. First,...

In The Mysterious Mandolin by Aneta Cruz, all Mathelda wants is to be beautiful like her stepsister, Rosalynn. It's not a vicious desire, because Mathelda is not really like the wicked stepsisters in Cinderella. It's just a desire to be accepted as someone who is...