The Shadow of the Trojan Horse: Shadows From the Past, Book Three is a time-travel adventure fantasy for children and preteens written by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Both Jemima Lancelot and her twin brother, Joe, thought they heard their mother wishing them a happy birthday as they...

Journeys of the Agenyre-Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch is a contemporary epic fantasy for preteens and young adults written by Adrian Ray. Aarron Hutches was contemplating his selection of a comic book as he walked to the local country store....

WhipEye is the first book of the WhipEye Chronicles by Geoffrey Saign. On the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death, twelve-year-old Samantha makes her way to the Endless Pet Store in Minnesota to talk to her favorite parrot, Charlie. After receiving menacing looks from the...

Gravity: A Short Story by Jessica Schaub is suitable for Middle Grade readers, depicting serious and heart-breaking events. Jeff and his family are having financial difficulties which result in belt-tightening strategies such as canceling cable, sharing a pre-paid cell phone, gardening and canning, and shopping...

Mystery at the Secret River is a novel for children by Kathryn Foster, based on true events with a Christian theme. Courtney meets Anglos on her grandparents’ farm. He is one of the migrants and is picking crops to earn the money for medical training....

Supernatural Hero and the Zombies by Eran Gadot is a fun preteen book, book 3 in a series. We meet Andy again as he is getting ready to spend his summer with Zoe. Andy's 'to do' list involves things like going to the beach with...

Unknown Reality is a science fiction novel written by Kurt Chambers. Eleven-year-old Chloe rushes to get autographs after seeing some live theatre with her mother. After sneaking in through the back entrance, Chloe finds herself in the dressing room of the actor who had played...

The Metro Cats: Life in the Core of The Big Apple is an animal adventure novel for children and preteens written by Joanne de Simone and illustrated by Jeff Cheney. Lauren and Buster were deeply in love, and Lauren couldn't wait to tell Buster that...

The opening paragraph of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen by Jean Neff Guthrie introduces us to a seventh-grade girl, Aria Vanir, who is looking at the stars, dreaming and wondering who lived among them. The aliens who receive her message decide to come to...

Mickey and the Plow Horse is a coming of age story for preteens and young adults written by Edward A. Dreyfus, Ph.D. Mickey had asthma, and his life seemed to center around the things he couldn't do. While he was gifted in working with computers...