The Cat That Wanders by Itself by Mrs. D. answers the question: what if your cat could speak to you? A calico cat who goes by the name of Nyda is the answer. As told in the first-person narrative, Nyda is the only female in...

In The Tinker, The Mage and The Princess: Tales Told by a Tinker Volume 1 by H. D. Bobb Jr., there are three kingdoms with varying degrees of magic, but their use has dwindled over time. Balzar was the kingdom with the most magic as...

The Lighthouse Back Home is a time-travel adventure mystery novel by Jodi L. Auborn. Eleven-year-old Dylan Flint loves nothing more than sailing on his boat, Thunder, with his best friend, Alex. But after the two youngsters stumble across a mysterious bell, they suddenly find themselves...

Linda Joy Myers' The Forger of Marseille is set in WWII, as Europe falls into the terrifying grip of Hitler and Nazi Germany. The story is inspired by the historical figure of Varian Fry, an American journalist who helped countless refugees escape from France. Sarah...

In "The Devil's Garden" by Brady Christianson, the reader finds retired Recon Marine Brandon Colson comfortably entrenched in suburbia in Southwest Florida. When a home evasion occurs putting Colson, his wife and three young daughters at death's door, Colson springs into action, using his substantial...

"The Enchanting World of Garden Irene McGeeny" by Concetta Kennedy tells the story of a young girl who lives in a secret underground castle. Garden McGeeny is a little girl who has moved recently into town. She lives in a secret underground castle that her...

"The Hummingbird Garden" by Evelyn Schwarz is a story about the Johnsons who moved from the city into a house in the suburbs. One day, Alexis, the six-year-old daughter, curiously followed a burst of color she saw flying above her in the yard to her...

The Greenstone Garden is the second book in Vaya Dauphin's The Elementals of Aotearoa Trilogy. This is a young adult fantasy series which is set in New Zealand and is based on Maori mythology. Dauphin includes a detailed description of the characters she introduced in...

In The Herb Gardener by Maris Morton, after a painful divorce, Joanna is leaving the city with her daughter, Mia, to spend some time cooking at a farm for her new love interest. It is a sort of trial run to see how things go,...

Johnny keeps mostly to himself because he doesn’t share the same interests as many kids his age. The World in Johnny’s Back Garden by Kurt Chambers is a wonderful story for children and middle schoolers that looks at the world through Johnny’s eyes – eyes...

In The Swan Garden by Anne Biggs, readers are introduced to Alice, who is sent to a mother-baby home by her parents because they don’t want to deal with a pregnant daughter. The pregnancy was not planned, nor did it happen because she carelessly slept...

Gardening and having plants at home can be therapeutic but what can be done when you live in an apartment? The Complete Edible Guide to Apartment Gardening by Destynnie Hall is a helpful guide for all those readers who want to incorporate nature into their...

This was an exciting day for Calla. Every year, her town has a musical showcase: garden plots in the community gardens that create music. Flowers are planted on a musical staff and, when complete, the flowers sing their own magical tunes. Calla has worked with...

Bree M. Lewandowski’s The Savage Garden is a variation on Beauty and the Beast. Alma was a performer at The Savage Garden who earned money by getting the attention of men at the club. Alma only chose to work there to pay for her brother’s...

The Walled Garden by Robin Farrar Maass revolves around gardens and the language of flowers, which always has interested people since Victorian times. The characters are so real that the reader will find themselves relating to them, and the story is woven throughout the most...

The Dragon Garden is a young adult mystery novel by Resa Nelson. Eleven-year-old Pingzi Po is the only known demon queller in the Far East in centuries. But when an Honorable Scholar named Gao Guang claims to be a demon queller from the Feng Shu...

The Grandest Garden by Gina L. Carroll is about a young woman named Bella Fontaine who goes out into the world. Bella is an ancient soul who is a part of the earth and the garden that she adores cultivating. Her childhood is filled with...

The Golldooney's Garden is a children's picture book by Chanmattee Lynnie Bachoo. The story follows the day-to-day lives of the different creatures living in Mr. and Mrs. Golldooney's beautiful garden. One early spring morning, a Ladybug and her friend, Mr. Bumblebee, were nourishing themselves on...

As a teenager in 1789, Mo’destee Vert was in love and happy with her upcoming role in her home village of Senegambia. A brilliant girl, gifted in so many ways, Mo’destee looked forward to her upcoming marriage to Jabari. Then the white men came, destroying...

The Whizbang Machine: Tunney's Curse Book 2 is a young adult paranormal mystery novel written by Danielle A. Vann. When Elizabeth awoke, it was from feverish dreams into a hellish reality that slowly made its way into her comprehension. She remembered that she and Grandpa...