The Last Order by Angela M. Caldwell is a medieval tale of iron-willed 17-year-old Lana Crewe who lives in a village with her father. When the king and queen of Wenham are killed, the kingdom is divided and war between the lords is inevitable. Lana’s...

Facing Up is a young adult coming of age story written by Carolyn Gilpin. Carly is one of thousands of young adults attending university, but she feels isolated and oh, so different from everyone else. One side of her face is scarred from a disastrous...

Winter’s Thief is a medieval-style fantasy novel by Andean White. It centers initially on Oscar, an honoured knight who carries out clandestine missions for his king, which include assassinations and the abduction of a precious child, Althea, who becomes the daughter of the king and...

Watermark by Sari Sikstrom is the story of a young woman’s search for her own identity. Vela lives in the shadow of her famous opera singer mother and was raised by her grandparents. Although her mother was often away when she was young, Vela has...

Stop Losing Sleep: Establish Healthy Sleep Patterns to Improve your Health and Energy by Kyle Richards is a very useful book which discusses the science of sleep. It goes into the right amount of detail for the average reader and has many interesting facts. Sleep...

The Forest Through The Trees by Meena Nutbeam begins with a missing teenage boy. When Winsome was told she was getting a locker buddy, the vice principal explained they were putting a student with her that needed a friend. Her new locker buddy was none...

It is the year before the kids go off to secondary school and everyone who loves football wants to make the Hall Park trials. Charlie Fry, an 11-year-old boy who loves football, has dreamed of being a striker for the Hall Park team. His only...

I selected this book to review because the title grabbed me. My mother died when I was young (and so was she) so I was interested to learn what The Motherless Child Project was about. Authors Janie McQueen and Robin Karr have either experienced the...

Mosquito County is romantic historical fiction written by Lucinda Waldron. Emma Kingston grew up in the late 1800s as a member of Boston’s elite society, but she’s not all that taken with the way women are supposed to behave. She prefers riding her horse in...

To be honest, when I selected this book for review I was expecting a somewhat "been there-done that" book. Author Katie Sparks pleasantly surprised me with her well-written prose and spunky characters. Reality Natalie is about a young girl, Natalie Greyson, who has high ambitions...