At The Edge Of The Ice is penned by author Carolyn Armstrong in the adventure, climate fiction, and animal life subgenres. It is the first book in the Eco Warriors series. The work is intended for independent readers in the 10 to 12 years range....

Amese of Animalis is the first book in The Borosa Legacy series by MJ Murray. Amese, who bears the birthmark from Borosa, begins her training. One potentate, Typhos, teases her, and it adds to Amese's negative feelings about eventually succeeding her mother. She is reluctant...

In Alessia in Atlantis: The Jellyfish Jailbreak by Nathalie Laine, we learn that Alessia has some incredible empathic powers. At twelve, she’s still discovering how to use and control them. Her year at the Lost City of Atlantis school had taught her much, but she...

Jake is a Bichon Frisé that Rose and Chris found when he was a pup. He had been bathed in a golden shimmer--the Shine--and Rosie believes he is one of the Sculptor’s “wise ones”. Jake does not believe he is anything more than an ordinary...

A Young Paladin of Zabul by K.A. Lillehei is an important tale for the times we live in. Lillehei relates the story of Sam, a young boy from Iran, who has begun a perilous journey from his home country to what his father believes will...

Adeline in a Gymnastics Jam is a short story by Martha Louise that follows a young talented gymnast as she adapts to a new environment in the pursuit of her dreams. Tired of her old routine and eager to learn new moves and rise up...

A Thousand Dreadful Curses by Jacob Devlin is a modern Halloween fairytale. A week before Halloween Isaac and his friends visit Farmer Elaine's, Pumpkin Patch. In the corn maze, Isaac literally stumbles across a blue pumpkin and decides to take it home. Little does he...

A Tale Of Two Sisters: From Romanian Refugees to American Homemakers by David Barkey is about two sisters named Olga and Greta who live in Romania during World War Two. They are told by the Nazis that they have to leave their home by orders...

A Deep Place of Grace by Nancy Dort Rossow is a delightful pre-teen/young adult novel that traverses the topics of diversity, bullying, self-confidence, courage, and fear. Neeley Mahoney is a twelve-year-old girl in the deeply conservative city of Lincoln, Nebraska at the end of the...

A Little Noble by Janet R. Macreery is a historical fiction story that follows a young teen protagonist, Mercy Laroche, as she travels through Scotland after being dispatched to deliver her uncle's message to a Mr. Kingsnot Silver. Abandoned by her chaperone following a tragic...