Truth: The Geneva Project Book 1 by Christina Benjamin is a new and inventive kind of story. Long ago, an island was torn apart by a flood and only one city survived. A village right outside the city also survived, along with a few people...

The Bella Chronicles: The Adventure Begins by Erica Leigh Austin introduces readers to a four-year-old Shih Tzu named Bella who was so unhappy in her old home that she decided to run away, hoping to find someone who would truly love her. She didn't really...

It is the year before the kids go off to secondary school and everyone who loves football wants to make the Hall Park trials. Charlie Fry, an 11-year-old boy who loves football, has dreamed of being a striker for the Hall Park team. His only...

I must confess that ever since I first read Anna Elizabeth Bennett's Little Witch, I have been drawn to children's stories about witches. As soon as I saw the title of Patrice Lyle's book, I had to grab it and start reading right away. I...

The Search for the Stone of Excalibur is the second volume of The Chronicles of the Stone, a children’s and preteen historical adventure series written by Fiona Ingram and illustrated by Lori Bentley. Adam and Justin are South African cousins who played vital roles in...

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...

The Purple Girl is a wonderful fantasy by Audrey Kane. Violet was born with purple skin, eyes and hair. Everything she touches turns purple, but the color eventually disappears. She lives with her parents in a cottage surrounded by a protective wall. Violet is shunned...

The R.O.B.I.N. by PJ Dunn is an outstanding story packed with suspense and action. A scientist designs a special miniature device that can be remotely controlled to kill and to spy, among other interesting features. The device looks like the common household fly. It’s the...

The Ghost of Stonebridge Lane by Roberta Hoffer is the debut children's story by this published author of adult novels, and it is a grand debut indeed. Young Christian Jones Arnook and his mother, Allison, are the only two remaining members of their family, summoned...

The Emerald Quest, book #1 in The Noah Winter Adventure Series by Renee Pawlish, is a preteen and young adult adventure story that centers around a thirteen-year-old boy named Noah, along with his parents Frank and Riley, and their assistant and friend of the family,...