Leslie Miller’s The Ivory Needle is an allegorical tale for the young and the old. “Africa is a spiritual place, a profound and magical place.” Chessie’s parents’ divorce had rocked everyone’s world. Mom was not herself, sadness filled the household. When Gram’s invitation to visit...

Coding Peter by Olga Werby is the exciting sequel to Suddenly, Paris in the Many Worlds, One Life series. While you do not necessarily need to read volume 1 to understand the sequel, I would highly recommend it as the series takes you on a...

I love a good story featuring brave kids. C.S. Lewis was a master of such tales and he is usually the standard I use when I read magical adventures about children. If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis or if you just want something...

The Red Racecar is a turbo-charged racing novel written by Thom Ring. While tossing up between going to college or joining the army, Jimmy Pearson passes a garage on the way home which catches his eye. What he sees inside lures him in like a...

Orville Mouse and the Puzzle of the Capricious Shadows: Orville Wellington Mouse Book 3 is a young adult adventure fantasy written by Tom Hoffman. Orville’s dream seemed so real; but this was nothing new to him -- Orville was quite familiar with dreams that felt...

The Realm of Fire is a fantasy adventure written by Dan Absalonson. As young Prince Drefan dreams of some day leading an army of his own, the royal is suddenly summoned to appear before his father in Wizard Nerian’s quarters. Lying on his death bed,...

Bloodline Gypsy by Shirley A. Martin is the first volume in the Jook and Gypsies series, following Susannah after her mother and grandparents die, leaving her in the custody of a father she's never met. She thought this would be a fresh start for her,...

The Forest Trail by Dan Absalonson follows a young boy named Nolan. Nolan goes on a camping trip with his brother and his brother's friends. But then they realize that they have no matches, and if they're going to make s'mores, matches are important. Nolan's...

Zaneta Lucia Zorzi loves books. And not just any books. She loves reading books that will teach her about the laws of the natural world around her. As the only daughter of a prominent Venetian family in the seventeenth century, Zaneta Lucia is expected to...