Middle School Millionaires by Roderick J Robison is the story of Kirk and Tommy who are allowed to keep their recycling barrels in the school. The thirteen-year-olds intend only to make some pocket money but their business takes off. Trouble starts when the principal of...

The Special by J.E. Pendelton is set in the uncertain years leading up to the Second World War. While hitchhiking to California in search of a better life, Billy Pendleton finds himself building an automobile. He goes on to set speed records and becomes a...

Courage: A Story of Love and Friendship tells the story of Jenny and Daniel. These two different souls with similar dilemmas, find their way to each other to create a special bond that is their greatest joy and pain. After being apart for years, both...

Fade to Black is an intense, fast-paced novel written by author Jeffrey Wilson. It starts off with a bang and maintains the intensity of emotion, confusion, and turmoil throughout. The story opens with Marine Sergeant Casey Stillman as he’s hunkered down in a precarious shelter...

A sad and beautiful coming-of-age story of a child and her country, NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel, We Need New Names, takes us to Zimbabwe during the Mugabe era. Here, 10-year-old Darling copes with extreme poverty, hunger, and near-homelessness in her ironically-named shantytown, Paradise. We join the...

The Forgotten King: Book Two of Korin’s Journal, by Brian Beam, takes you on Korin’s teenage coming-of-age story to find his adoptive parents, Mathual and Harriet Karell. Predictably, there are obstacles to overcome. Galius, an evil count of the city of Byweather, has summoned two...

Annie, by Ron Mahaffey, introduces us to Cody Miller, who at the age of thirteen loses his parents. He decides that, as soon as he can, he will follow in his father's footsteps and join the military. In the meantime, he lives with his grandparents...

Ann, Kyle, Henry, and the gang are back in Reigning Cats and Dogs by Jane McBride. This is the latest book in the Ann and Henry series. Ann and Kyle have put their wedding plans on hold, waiting until his uncle and her aunts can...

The Jack O'Rourke Series - Second Beginnings, by Kristi M. Washbourn is a typical teen story. Jack moves to a new town and it's her first day in school. Though she is nervous on the first day, her confidence and positive personality surfaces and she...

Written by Alex Canton-Dutari, It's the Water is the story of Zane, a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama, and Martin, a Canadian-born Californian. They walk through different paths of life only to see their roads come together. Each of their journeys is also a different...