Things are strange even before Kiki and her older sister, Alison, leave home to go to the Mount Faylinn Dance Conservatory for the summer. Alison is a very talented dancer; Kiki prefers her drawing, but she’s excited about this mysterious dance camp that they’ve heard...

Zoey Lyndon and the Sticky Finger Bandit is a fun-filled story for preteens by Micheal Anderson. On top of being a model student, fourth-grader Zoey loves to dance and have fun with her friends. But Zoey's happy life has one constant annoyance in the form...

Max Voltage: Planet Terror (Book 2) by James Love is the energetic, entertaining sequel to Max Voltage: Multiverse Mayhem. The first offering has Max Voltage, a gamer who's eleven, and Stevie, his best friend, along with Lucinda and a supercomputer named M.U.M., maneuvering the not-so-reliable...

The Ace Compeers: The Secrets of Skin Colour, written by Rita Bhandari and illustrated by Indra Audipriatna, is a mid-grade children's book that takes a scientific approach to explaining the genetic differences in skin color with the aim to advance anti-racism. The book begins with...

Five Things About Dragonflies is a work of fiction in the drama, historical, and adventure subgenre and serves as the first installment of the Children of the Glades series. It is aimed at younger readers and was penned by author L. B. Anne. The book...

Take it from me, an ex-pat Aussie living in Canada: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud is “bonza”! What? Oh, forgive me. I just got carried away thinking about the reactions of youngsters reading this delightful book and hearing some Aussie “lingo” (words)...

Who said history is a boring subject? Join Danny and Kenna and discover with them who Harriet Tubman was. Also known as General Tubman, Harriet was the famous runaway slave who became the first woman to lead a military assault during the Civil War. In...

Tips For Magicians is a work of fiction in the fantasy, drama, and adventure subgenres. The work is intended for children from the fourth to sixth grade reading age and was penned by author Celesta Rimington. Our central protagonist is Harrison Boone, a talented singer...

Amari is your typical busy nine-year-old boy. Author Amari Bingham describes how his namesake enjoys playing golf, chess, riding his scooter, and playing the piano. His parents and grandmother support him in his many activities. One day, Amari's mom says she has a surprise for...

Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire: Summer Set in Motion is a children's adventure novel written by Tracy Borgmeyer. Nine-year-old Halley Harper is a science prodigy. Labeled lovingly as Miss Disaster by her parents due to her tendency to cause minor accidents like clogging up sinks...