The Lazy Dog and the Quick Fox: An Action Maze Adventure In Holochromatic Color by Rebecca Rose Orton introduces a well-known children’s pangram, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” and takes the reader on an action maze adventure. You may ask what...

Andy and his Magic Phone Visit the World Next Door is a time-travel adventure fantasy for children and preteens written by Kim Ebner. Ordinarily, Andy dreaded his birthdays; he hated all the attention and knew the presents his parents would be able to afford to...

The Three Worlds is the second book of the Monster Realm Series. Although I haven’t read book one, nevertheless, this book was completely entertaining. The three girls go on a delightful, yet highly dangerous adventure in this story for Young Adults. Nara Duffie certainly...

The Shadow of the Volcano: Shadows From the Past, Book Five is an historical adventure novel for children and preteens written by Wendy Leighton-Porter. It had already been a busy summer as the twins, Max, and their friend, Charlie, continued to search for the twins'...

The Shadow of the Trojan Horse: Shadows From the Past, Book Three is a time-travel adventure fantasy for children and preteens written by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Both Jemima Lancelot and her twin brother, Joe, thought they heard their mother wishing them a happy birthday as they...

Journeys of the Agenyre-Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch is a contemporary epic fantasy for preteens and young adults written by Adrian Ray. Aarron Hutches was contemplating his selection of a comic book as he walked to the local country store....

WhipEye is the first book of the WhipEye Chronicles by Geoffrey Saign. On the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death, twelve-year-old Samantha makes her way to the Endless Pet Store in Minnesota to talk to her favorite parrot, Charlie. After receiving menacing looks from the...

Gravity: A Short Story by Jessica Schaub is suitable for Middle Grade readers, depicting serious and heart-breaking events. Jeff and his family are having financial difficulties which result in belt-tightening strategies such as canceling cable, sharing a pre-paid cell phone, gardening and canning, and shopping...

Mystery at the Secret River is a novel for children by Kathryn Foster, based on true events with a Christian theme. Courtney meets Anglos on her grandparents’ farm. He is one of the migrants and is picking crops to earn the money for medical training....

Supernatural Hero and the Zombies by Eran Gadot is a fun preteen book, book 3 in a series. We meet Andy again as he is getting ready to spend his summer with Zoe. Andy's 'to do' list involves things like going to the beach with...