Between Two Names is a coming-of-age story by Aaron Wang. It's 2010 in China. Cheng Ma was preparing for his Gaokao tests when he received a full scholarship to attend the international program at a new school. From the very beginning, Cheng felt like an...

In Baseball, Birthday, and Ten-Cent Beer by Gregg Sapp, Solomon Zuch loves baseball, and his favorite team is the Cleveland Indians. The Indians' management runs a lottery for home games to pick birthday boys to serve as honorary ballboys. Plans were made for the entire...

Before We Arrived: Three Families. Seven Goats. One Spinning World by Jodie Pine is a work of literary fiction about three individuals, haunted by loss, who seek solace in unexpected places. Henry Carter, a Black landscape designer, is reeling from a family tragedy and finds...

Becoming Mariella by Janet Constantino is a heartwarming story about Mariella Russo, a young woman from Sicily eager to find her path and break free from her family's expectations. She feels the weight of her mother Yolanda's dreams, who is excited at the thought of...

Beware the Bantam Fighter by David Santiago follows a Puerto Rican family's experiences over the years living on the mainland. With her baby in the stroller, Josephina Burgos walks through the street to confront her son's bullies in the neighborhood. A young Roberto and his...

Eight-year-old Billy Dee has to care for his mother, Teri Marie, who struggles with drug addiction. His father, Luther, is in jail somewhere in Georgia. Billy Dee lives in the small town of Mountain Home, Arkansas. His caring neighbor, Ella May, tries to support the...

Back to Her Future is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction, interpersonal drama, and slice-of-life subgenres, and is part of the Gen X series penned by author Cary J Hansson. The plot follows Meryem, abducted from England to Turkey as a teenager and...

Bilongo by Brian Ray Brewer is the story of a man in love with two different women. The book opens with Rawley Aimes on a merchant ship, passionately making love to a woman named Lil. However, it turns out Rawley is already married to Marina,...

Blue Lady’s Mission Under Fire is the third book in The Angelica Mason Series by Stephany Tullis. The main character in the series is Angelica, a woman torn between her desire to do good and try to change the world, and the rise of violence...

Battle Creek: The 500 Song Rock and Roll Daydream by August Wanderlust follows the ambitious Hal, who dreams of creating a successful rock and roll band. Despite the eclectic mix of punk, metal, and classical influences from his current members, the band isn't complete until...