As a college project, Abby Thomas volunteered to spend her summer tutoring an eleven-year-old troubled girl, Merrideth. The summer didn’t begin as easily as Abby expected. Merrideth’s parents were divorced, her mother, Pat, was always busy with work and rarely had time for her daughter....

Julie Foster and her parents were forced to leave the mission field in India where they were serving as missionaries because of her father’s illness. Back home in England, Julie applied for the post of governess at Highland Hall, and she got the job. The...

Travels in Elysium by William Azuski is an amazing tale, mixing ancient legend and modern psychology as Nicholas Pedrosa tackles his first real job on an archaeological dig on a Greek island. With an interesting cast of characters led by the chief scientist, Marcus Huxley,...

The Whiskey Creek Water Company by Jan Walker is set in 1932. The name Whisky Creek Water Company attracts stranger Farley Price to the place. The local Indians gave the name 'Spirit Water' to the natural spring in the forest. The Scandinavian settlers gave the...

When Kate Seaver’s father dies in unclear but violent circumstances in 1860s America, she vows to avenge him and bring to justice the man whom she blames for robbing him of his business, his home, and his pride. This takes her on a journey of...

The Legend of Stuckey’s Bridge by Lori Crane is a page-turning winner. Thomas Stuckey is a killer. It is the only way of life he knows and cares about. He rode with the famous Dalton Brothers, robbing banks, but he was too evil even...

At the dedication ceremony of a new state conservation area, an old Florida cow hunter tells a tale of the early days of settlement and growth in the Stuart and Indian River areas. Relating the adventures of three young teens, the cowboy, the Indian and...

The Fall of America: The Rebellion Awakens by Geoff Linsley is a unique book that is well written with imaginative characters, but filled with researched facts backed and cited with their sources. The book would appeal to young adults and adults who are interested in...

Jessica and Emily are moving to a new house in London, and Jessica is not terribly thrilled with the prospect, in Melanie Dore's Young Adult and Preteen Historical Novel, The Elephant Tree. The two sisters are surprised and thrilled when they finally arrive at the...

Thunder and Lightning is a good romantic story. Camille and her twin brother Ujesh had a black slave mother and their father is the much feared Great Hawk, a famous Indian chief. Camille watched as her mother was killed and then she narrowly misses being...