Sunflowers in a Hurricane by Anne M Faye is a tender and sensitive story that is also heart wrenching and emotional. George and Dottie share a powerful love that is cut short when Dottie dies in childbirth. George is left alone to raise his daughter,...

High school graduation is a rite of passage both painful and full of celebration. Billy and his buddies met the challenge head-on, ready to face the unexpected future. Parties were planned, summer jobs lined up, and the finishing touches on the conclusion of childhood stared...

Luis is the target of the school bully, Butch, and Serena is the goth chick everyone avoids. When Luis spends some time in the old playground to avoid Butch, he encounters Alice, a ghost, which completely freaks him out. He runs into Serena in the...

Exiles of Forlorn is a young adult epic fantasy written by Sean T. Poindexter. They were an oddly matched group of companions, bound by their exile from Morment to the faraway land of Forlorn. Lew was of the nobility, the third son of Lord Olune...

To Be Frankie by Marcus Saieva is a story about a young boy who suffered cognitive impairment after an accident followed by contracting spinal meningitis. As a seventeen-year-old, he manages in a year group for fourteen/fifteen-year-olds. But Frankie has an indomitable spirit and a remarkably...

Surf Shop Sisters is a novella written by Laura Kennedy. Sixteen-year-old Brooke Bentley and her best friends, Sudsy and Tamara, are looking forward to Coral Cove High School’s homecoming dance. Their friend, Maria, however, is devastated when her parents forbid her to attend with her...

Forefathers & Founding Fathers by Michael Gorton takes us back in time to the early days of the colonies, but first the story starts in London. Samuel meets Mary, a woman who is highly educated, and they go through a life that is nothing short...

I thought The Runaway by Jo Barney was a good book. The story follows the lives of several different characters, all connected in some way. The two main characters are Ellie and Sarah. Ellie is a tough, older woman who is obsessed with cleaning graffiti....

No one needs to love poetry to appreciate this wonderful collection of poems. Between The Lines There Lies a Story of Me by Sabaine features well-written, rhythmic, and beautiful poems that will resonate with a wide range of readers, poems that cover a variety of...

Tommy Ellis Heads North West is a novel written by Jes Parkin. Both worried and excited, Tommy Ellis is about to embark on his second deep sea fishing adventure with his father, who is the Captain of the Stella Vega. Tommy’s worry stems from the...