Nice guys may finish last but it's hard to keep a good kid down. Kris Yankee in Cracking the Code: Spreading Rumors tells a delightful story of 11-year-old Toby Karlson who suffers from a bad reputation. Toby or TK lives with his Uncle Jack since...

A Boy’s Guide To Making Really Good Choices by Jim George is an excellent book and great talking point for parents to use with their sons. Children are faced with having to make choices on a daily basis. Some are easy choices about what to...

The Deliverers: Sharky and the Jewel (The Deliverers Series) by Gregory S. Slomba is an adventure story where Stig, a talking owl, calls 12-year-old Eric Scott to help him save a fishing village in another world. Once they reach there, they realize they have many...

Return to Larkspur by Anastacia Hawkins is an adventure story. Larkspur sees the emergence of a new bad guy. While Kieron tries to gain power along with the help of Darkness, King Alaster of Larkspur tries to spread the Areli Light into the the hearts...

Robby Shelton has a hot temper and he gets kicked out of his football team. His girlfriend also leaves him. He tries to escape from his current situation by going to Idaho. He then ends up in the midst of a disaster that leaves him...

Chicago Bound is a Jake McGreevy Novel by Sean Vogel. Jake and his best friend and rock-climbing companion, Ben, are on their way to Chicago to attend a performing arts camp during Christmas vacation. Going to Chicago brings some sadness and nostalgia for Jake, as...

Author Anna Del C Dye once again brings readers a tale filled with mystical beings. Most of her books are much longer and the main characters are elves but in this children’s book, Emerine’s Nightmare, she focuses on the fairy folk. Twelve-year-old Emerine and his...

The Silver Strand, by L.J. Clarkson, introduces readers to Isabelle Tresdon — an artist and scientist who, while suffering through gym class with a headache, ends up on the floor with pink dust that sparkles around her, then fades away. Minutes later, Isabelle sprouts “granny...

Moonglow Avenue by Gary Pettigrew is a fun story filled with mostly friendly werewolves, vampires, witches, ghosts, and so on, living in a magic place called Moonglow, which is only reached by going through a portal. Normally humans could not access the portal, but when...

The Phantom of Hunter’s Creek by Kristin Noller is an exciting debut mystery in which three pre-high school girls must find a hidden treasure to save the farm belonging to the grandparents of one of the girls. In the meantime, their small home town is...