Summer of the Ancient by Jodi Lea Stewart is the first book in the series Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves. Concho Mountain represents peace and freedom for Silki who enjoys spending her days riding her horse Smiles and embarking on adventures with her best...

An Eighth Grade Gay Straight Alliance by Daniel Micko is the story of two 8th graders who fall in love but not by choice. Our protagonists grew up in Modesto, California, in conservative Muslim families where right was right and wrong was wrong. Brooklyn Jennings...

Valley of Shadows is the third installment of Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves series by Jodi Lea Stewart, and follows the adventures of a young Navajo teen named Silki Begay. The Navajo Nation Fair is in full swing, and all Silki wants is to...

After the death of her mother and grandmother, seventeen-year-old Esme lives with her foster family. Her life, however, takes a turn for the worse when her foster sister, Cambria, who is only a year older than her, is raped, and, after the detective asks if...

Computer Love: A Digital Anthology by Ricardo Pierre-Louis is an intriguing collection of eight short stories. Each story is character-driven. The focus is usually on the emotional state of the protagonists as they interact with those around them. For example, in the first story, Marley’s...

Running For Shelter by Suzette Sheft is the story of the author’s grandmother as a young girl raised in Vienna, Austria in the 1930s. At first young Inga Eisinger lives a sheltered life. Her mother is Stella, who enjoys fine art, and nice things....

Lost in The Ark by Val Agnew is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores family, faith, religion, and independence. Kate Bennett and her sisters learned three things from their mother: how to cook, how to clean a house, and most importantly, to leave her the...

Little Toy Car is a powerful drama based on the life experiences of author Gabe Oliver. If truth is stranger than fiction, then this autobiographical tale will certainly make you think about the dark side of humanity and the spark of hope on the horizon....

Whispering Through Water by Rebecca Wenrich Wheeler is a coming-of-age tale about a creative young woman named Gwyn Madison. The book opens in the summer after Gwyn’s high school graduation. After deciding on which college to attend, Gwyn is prevented from going by her Aunt...

Just City is a coming-of-age story by Olga Tymofiyeva. Twenty-one-year-old Nathan is excited to join the New Entrepreneur Incubator, with his friend Jack, to complete his vision of a start-up company. However, to be a founder, he needs $10000 as pre-seed money to enter the...