ElsBeth and the Call of the Castle Ghosties by J Bean Palmer and Chris Palmer is the third book of this series which takes young readers on an adventure to another world. ElsBeth Amelia Thistle is the youngest witch on Cape Cod and that particular...

A very promising start to a new series of adventure novels directed towards young adults, Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold by author Iain Reading was a fun, high-flying adventure from the start. Recent high school grad Kitty Hawk leaves her home...

The Serpent King's Sorrow by Anne Rowan is about a little girl growing into an adult, and becoming Queen. The girl's name is Eleanor, and she becomes Queen in the beginning of the story when her father dies. She vows to her father that she...

Also Known As Lard Butt by Ann Herrick is a preteen story about two best friends starting fresh in junior high. At such a tender age, friendships, relationships with the opposite sex, family dynamics, body image and teasing are all important issues for students (and...

An Unusual Island is a young adult fantasy written by D.L. Finn. When 15-year-old Janine heard that her mom had won a vacation to an unknown island in the Pacific, she envisioned herself sunning by the mansion's pool and enjoying a luxurious and relaxed holiday....

In The Ghost of Shelly Dee by Joel Borelli, a young boy, Drew, sees ghosts and they are not fun. He has had this ability since his parents died. It doesn’t help the fact that his life has been upturned after that. Moved to a...

In Flexible Wings by Veda Stamps, Summer Stevenson has had enough. She is tired of all the moving around and the constant worry about her parents and making new friends. Being an army brat is not easy. Other people see your parents as heroes, but...

Beneath Windom Castle: A Tale of Bopping Zombies is a preteen story by JoAnn Flammer. Princess Tai, Noah, Reggie, Willie and Ariel spend the day at an amusement park in Windom, but armed soldiers arrive in trucks and abduct most of the children at the...

In Greyson Gray: Deadfall, the third installment in the Greyson Gray young adult thriller series, B.C. Tweedt scores a winner. When young Greyson’s friends, including love interest Sydney, are sent aboard a cruise ship to the Caribbean for safety from the new terrorist-driven nation of...

The year is 2075 and library cards allow school children to travel through time to witness important historical events firsthand. Young Jodie Broom has a predilection for finding and collecting real books (banned in favor of eReaders) and for using her library card creatively, much...