Buck, Colt, Cash, Annie, Cora, Addie, Brit, and Cooper are well-known in the neighborhood. Together, they play and lend a hand whenever they can. They are so popular that everyone calls them the Oak Street friends. This time, they want to plan a celebration to...

The Journey by Jim Sano is about finding a secret portal to another world where wishes exist. Will, the protagonist, unwittingly wishes his baby brother, Sam, would disappear. His unfortunate wish results in adventures he and his friends could only dream of. Now he needs...

Dodging Cupcakes by Laura Pashley is the story of a seventh-grade girl, Mindy, who moves from Chicago to a small town, Oglesby, with her father. In Chicago, she was a student at a private school, but in Oglesby, she joined a school that was once...

Don’t Drink from the Water Fountain by Diane Belinfanti is a witty, insightful, and delightfully humorous collection of rhyming poems in which the poet thoroughly inhabits the daily routine, mindset, and tribulations of typical middle school students. Belinfanti leads the reader on a lighthearted tour...

Birdie and her father moved to Fenske Lake in Minnesota to start a new chapter in their lives in Ember of the Woods by Christene Kamberis. Upon arriving at their cabin, they realized it wasn't what they had expected, and Birdie was devastated. She missed...

How do you help athletic children with lots of energy but not enough sportsmanship? Scott Charles explores the options in The Breaking Game. Rebecca is 12 years old and loves to play soccer. She tends to get extremely aggressive and over-competitive, especially when she thinks she...

Two orphans manage to escape from the orphanage to go on a trip of a lifetime. They go to a place called Cookie Island. Two Beach Bugs, Spudss and Specks, are their official tour guides who give them a tour of the island. It is...

Day Sleepers by authors Tristan and Steve Ryan is the first book in the Day Sleepers Series. Jupiter and Stephanie received ghost-hunting equipment from their parents, and they searched their house for ghosts without success. When a new kid, Rusty, moves in next door and...

Whispers: Extraordinary, Book 1 by Feather Chelle focuses on the diversity, inclusivity, and challenges that one experiences in life. This book is influenced by the life of the author who, like the character, Amber Cheyenne Douglass, grew up blind due to a cancer called retinoblastoma....

What happens when an 11-year-old decides to rebel by ditching school and has billionaire scientist parents? Scott Charles explains the possibilities in Crystal Clash. With five robot butlers and an awesome rooftop jacuzzi, Stevie Morris is a billionaire's son who thinks there is no need...