My Lonely Room by John A Vikara was really an unexpected treat. When I read it had to do with gangs, I was prepared to not care for it. The first thing I think of is violence and death. It turned out to be a...

I had mixed feelings about Milk by MJ Meads. The story is about a young teenage girl named Becky. Becky’s mom passes away and she feels ignored by her father. She turns to her mother’s best friend, Mike, for comfort. Mike also happens to be...

Growing Up Poor In A Frank Lloyd Wright Home by Stanley G. Buford is a young adult book that follows a family of five (four children and their mom). One day, one of the children gets hit by a car, and the mother is worried...

Who Wants to be a Songwriter Anyway? by Stanley G. Buford is an inspiring young adult book about two young sisters named Lou and Tiaara. The two girls and their family had been on a plane when it was hijacked five years ago. The girls...

When Ash Rains Down by Cecelia Earl is the story of hardship and hope. Teenager Julia has a routine: work, study, school. She doesn't have time for friends, and certainly doesn't have time for fun. When her father left them, he took away her faith...

"If I had learned anything about life after Dad’s death, it was to expect the unexpected,” says Americka - aka Meri - in Bombs Bursting In Air by Lisa A. McCombs. When Meri went with her dad, a retired veteran, to see a war movie,...

There Was a Struggle for the Gun: Let My People Go! is a crime-drama novella, written by Stanley G Buford. After warning his 18-year-old son, Ivan, to be careful while out with his girlfriend, Cierra, at night, Sergeant Irving Potts and his wife, Nora, are...

Fire Triangle is a suspenseful romance novella written by Iyana Jenna. During investigations into a spate of arson attacks, and with each adding to an already-high body count, two fire investigators follow leads into the murders, which take them back as far as 20 years....

Kaeya moved to a new school with the hopes of being treated like a “normal” teenager by her peers. It’s hard to hide her Tourette’s, but she manages and even draws the attention of the boy she’s crushing on. Unfortunately, that boy’s not Thatcher, who...

Bullying is at an all-time high in this country. Bullying shows up in various forms and at times turns into domestic violence. Freedom: Defeating the Bullies - A Personal Journey is Ryan Finch’s story about how his life was plagued with bullying. Freedom is about...