In The Twilight Walker by Nic Minnella, eleven-year-old Finn Garcia is on a camping trip with his family and his magical guardian cat, Pepper. They’re joined by their friend Maya and her family, the Cedars, but they’re not happy campers. His parents keep arguing, and...

Tales from the Diving Board by Linda G. Eldredge, EdD, is a story of a young girl who dreamed of swimming like a mermaid but found herself freezing after watching kids leap off the diving board at her local pool. When she befriends Delia, a...

So You Want to Be a Fashion Designer by Linda Soules drops you into the real world of fashion. A designer isn’t only an artist. As one, you also have to think like a scientist, a problem-solver, and a storyteller, among others. Clothing is treated...

It is the first day after Christmas at Oakdale Middle School in Chicago, and pressure is already mounting on Grace, a seventh-grader. Her friend Andy is not happy about how his reunion with his absent biological mother, Angela, went. He wants Grace to help him...

Nebraska Avenue by Vincent Rubino is a coming-of-age novel set during the summer of 1976 in North Bay Shore on Long Island. The story centers on Artie Mooney, Wally Tazowski, and Vinny Perino, three boys navigating adolescence in a neighborhood called “The States,” where streets...

Rose Watson is a ten-year-old who gets into trouble for drawing a rude picture of her teacher, Mr. Cross. The headmistress warns her that if she doesn’t change her behavior, she will lose her position at the Silverton Young Artists’ Programme. Later, the school plans...

In Dangerous Books and the Magic Within Them by R. H. Buffington, twelve-year-old Michael loses his grandfather and is forced to live in a foster home with Perry and Linny. Once there, he stumbles upon a mysterious trunk with ties to his family. Inside, he...

A Gift From Grandma by Sarah Condie takes the reader on a delightful journey with Eve after her birthday, on which she received a beautiful, colorful dress. The main characters are Eve, her twin brothers Theo and Nate, a black lab called Luna, and school...

Footprints in the Snow by Alison Bellringer is a children’s adventure that follows a boy named Mack and his friend, Katrina. They decide to take a shortcut through the forest after leaving a friend’s party. What a big mistake. They encounter a mountain lion that...

The Shadow of the Slave Ship by Wendy Leighton-Porter is a whimsical journey through time to eighteenth-century Bristol and London. Slavery is still legal in Britain, although the tide is beginning to turn on public acceptance, and there is a growing movement calling for its...