The Cousins Crime by Manasi Patil is a charming novella with all the right ingredients needed for an afternoon of whodunit mystery, filled with suspense, several suspects, and a satisfying ending. When Krisha and her brother Aarav bicycle to their favorite doughnut shop, Glazer’s Bakery,...

The Haunting of Lavender Raine is a paranormal mystery novella for children and preteens written by Jessica Renwick. What happened to her grandmother’s locket, and why had she ever thought to wear it that day? The golden heart-shaped locket had been one of her grandmother’s...

The Drums of Dundurn is a historical mystery novel for children and preteens written by Kelly Evans. Nine-year-old Minnie wondered if her sister and Aunt Boo had heard the drumming which had kept her up most of the night. At first, it had frightened her,...

The Gravity Thief: The Lucy Nightingale Adventure Series, Book 3 is a science fiction and fantasy novel for children and preteens written by Nancy Kunhardt Lodge. What should have been a relatively enjoyable, if mild-mannered, museum field trip turned out to be the start of...

The Proto Project: A Sci-Fi Adventure of the Mind by Bryan R. Johnson is a fun action-adventure story. Jason’s mom works for a high-tech company, and one day his school takes a tour. From then on, it’s one action-packed scene after another. It’s a clean...

Treasure of the Blue Whale is a literary fiction novel written by Steven Mayfield. The odds were just about incalculable that the effluent spat out by a whale as it sought to escape the harpoons of Japanese whalers and honed down into its purest form,...

Tracks is a coming of age/adventure novel for young adults and preteens written and illustrated by R.W. Thompson. Billy lived for the summers he spent at his grandparents’ place in the Maine woods. He and his parents had always gone up there for their summer...

When her parents take off on one of their many work adventures, Isabelle is happy to stay with her Great-Aunt Emma in her little retirement village bungalow. Emma’s friends help make every day an exciting, often unexpected adventure. Mr. Bigg, who isn’t so big, is...

When the Keating children, Michael, Keely, and Jake, work to assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle, a storm passes through the area, bringing it with it a powerful electrical surge that agitates their dog, Pooches, while transporting a tiny stranger, the spitting image of Michael, from...

Witches and wizards, cats and familiars, all go together, right? Especially at Samhain (otherwise known as Halloween). It’s a time when the curtain between the living and the dead falls apart and the two walk the earth together. But in a time when there are...