Mouse by the Tail is a terrific fantasy by Kae Jeen Wong. Tavi Fable is a student at the Piscare Academy for Mice. He and the other mice are puzzled about the large gathering of owls they see, as well as the mysterious disappearances of...

The Last Eucharist: A True War Story, set in the quotidian town of Jackrabbit, Arizona, features an amputee Vietnam veteran, Thomas, who earns his meager living doing headstands for the sneering common masses outside of a theatre. While Thomas spends his earnings from these "atrocity...

The poems in Applied Freedom help sustain the fact that we are all human. From the gentle breath of "Crying Tears" to the passion of "Romantic Discovery," Mr. Boychev shows that emotions have an effect on everyone. As much as humans would like to believe...

Baffin’s Sister Swap Scandal is from the Dragonasaurus Tales series by Josephine Young. Baffin spends all day building a spectacular sand castle. He is admiring his masterpiece when an unfortunate event occurs. His little sister Floss jumps on top of the castle and destroys it....

Tomris: October 1942 by A. Yavuz Oruc is a story many of us can relate to, where a young girl has a dream of being a fashion designer. The difference is her dream is taking place during the early years of the Turkish republic. There...

Three Rules is the story of Hope Wellman who suffered abuse at the hands of her stepfather’s brother Lucas. At the story opens, Hope is attending the funeral of her abuser and she slowly unravels the story of how she came to be a Wellman...

BarCats by Douglas Keil introduces us to Ethan, who is saving the BarCats from certain death when he meets Annie. Annie is a mysterious woman, who is going to prison for trying to protect her Mafia uncle. Ethan falls madly in love with her. Having...

Rogue's Son by Darcy Flynn is a clean romance. Kit Kendall, owner of Sage Brush, the once-thriving West Texas bed and breakfast ranch, now struggles daily to keep her business afloat. Since McCabe Lodge reopened next door as a multi-million-dollar resort, she suffers one cancellation...

The Secret of Alpine Valley by Paul Crehan is one of the few books that you will actually remember a few weeks or months after you finished reading them. And you have to admit: many books you read, like, and forget. This won't happen with...

In 11th-century England, a crisis was beginning with a king who was publicly known to be disliked by many, self-absorbed, and lacking in the strategic ability it takes to run the kingdom England was thought to be. For centuries beforehand, England was the most powerful...