The Phantom of New York: Volume One - Peter and the Crown by A.L. Janney is a story about 12-year-old Peter Ambrosia who moved into a second-floor apartment of the Crown Hotel in New York with his family. His father is an accountant who discovered...

The Adventurer by Stephen Peeples is a great action story that plunges kids headlong into the world of reading. Written to encourage kids to pick up books, the story maintains a brisk pace as it follows young hero Owen Spar. A pugnacious little treasure-hunter, Owen...

Narrow Escape in Norway: An Agnes Kelly Mystery Adventure by Christine Keleny is set against the backdrop of Norway. Agnes and her grandmother, Agee, are in Norway to meet someone with the name Nick Borge. They are there to find out what happened to Agnes’...

Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library by Jessica Haight and Stephanie Robinson is a wonderful adventure and magical mystery story, the second in the series, where readers are taken to Begonia House in the opening scene. Thurston Begonia is no more and the local librarians...

Serendipity Mystery (Diary of a Snoopy Cat) by R.F. Christi is a fun children's book about a cat named Inca, who runs a detective agency. Inca and her family are vacationing in Sri Lanka, enjoying the sun and making new friends. But then a valuable...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a classic work of speculative fiction written by Washington Irving and abridged by Fiza Pathan and Michaelangelo Zane, with black and white illustrations by Farzana Cooper. This version is written for children ages 7-12. Sleepy Hollow is a quiet...

Glazed Man & Rat Girl: The Origins by Scott Cahan is a middle grade story about the overweight, donut loving Johnny Crumb who just wants to be a police officer. After he fails the tests, the police chief tells him he is not police material,...

The Medal Muddle is the second instalment of the Gummshoes children’s book series, written by E.J. Gore. When Devlin Cave – a fourth grader – is bullied at Carson Road School, the Gummshoes take action, rescuing him from the sixth grade Boneheads who thrive on...

Beyond the Doors: Enter If You Dare by David Neilsen is a dark and creepy story which revolves around the Rothbaum children who are forced to stay with their Aunt Gladys after a terrible accident. Aunt Gladys’s house looked straight out of a scary movie...

Salt by Helen Laycock is an intriguing and mysterious story which begins with Toby receiving a pink envelope addressed to him. His brother starts making fun of him, saying he has a girlfriend. The letter is from Great-Aunt Winifred and she invites Toby to...