Like many 16-year-old girls, Kyla Marine is not sure how she fits in with the people around her. Also, like many girls that age, she has secrets, fears and insecurities as well. Kyla tells her story in Beyond the Waterfall by Eryn Flynn and shares...

Summer of Change is an adventure novel for young adults and preteens written by Martha Passel. MatiLou Butler and her parents moved away from the city and onto their 40-acre farm some fifty miles away from Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was six years old....

The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis (The Last Timekeepers, #1) by Sharon Ledwith tells the tale of Amanda Sault and four of her classmates. They get busted in an epic school food fight. When they are given the option of avoiding suspension by...

Author Dawn Brotherton has taken her love for playing fastball as a child and her background in the Air Force to create Margie Makes a Difference (Lady Tigers) (Volume 2). Margie Makes a Difference is a part of the Lady Tigers book series. This series...

Look out, Hardy Boys! Move over, Nancy Drew. There’s a new generation of young sleuths in town and they happen to be ghost busters on top of being great detectives. Welcome to the world of The Fantastic Phantasmic Detective Agency by D.L. Dugger. It’s The...

The Struggle: Mom and the Summertime Blues (Loving Our Lives) (Volume 1) by Patrice S. Smith, Donna Mittrecy Smith, Shannon Elaine Smith, Charity Elise Smith, and Faith Denise Smith revolves around four sisters - Shelia, Felicity, Diamond, and Crystal. Summer break is approaching and the...

Young Hannah Wallace loved adventure more than anything. When her older brother Seth decides to join the forces fighting in the Civil War, Hannah is beside herself with envy that he would be leaving the family to participate in the most exciting event of his...

Misfortune Annie and the Locomotive Reaper is an action and adventure novel set in the wild West for preteens and young adults, written by Janet "The Kid" Fogg and "Gusto" Dave Jackson. Annie had her work cut out for her when she agreed to guide...

Meet My Famous Friends by Rich Disilvio is a delightful series of images that combines facts about famous people with their iconic portraits, cleverly modified to create puns on their names. Over two dozen famous friends are featured, and the roll call is a sweeping...

Too-Clever XI: Susan's Shadow is an educational book for children and preteens, grades 4-6, written and designed by Dr. Julia E. Antoine. Susan always wanted to be big, like her older brother, Peter. He was two years older than she and would always tell her...