Cw II: Colstrip Withdrawal II by Michael Urban is a provocative and emotionally charged drama that captures the ripple effects of an energy-dependent town facing a bleak future. We find ourselves in Colstrip, Montana, where the shutdown of its coal-fired lifeblood sends shockwaves through a...

Learning the alphabet is the groundwork for reading and writing. Ella Minnow P, written by Trisha Fleming and illustrated by Emanuela Mannello, is a sweet concept picture book focusing on learning the ABCs. The story begins on Ella’s first day of school. This is a...

Shadows on the Heart by Elizabeth Oldham follows Lita Bravo, a fierce and independent mixed martial arts fighter, as she navigates the complexities of her life, from the adrenaline-fueled intensity of the cage to the emotional challenges of family relationships and personal transformation. After the...

Asher’s Christmas Adventure by Cindy J. Vanous highlights the magic of Christmas time. Delightful illustrations by Hatice Bayramoglu evoke a cheery and charming vintage holiday season. Asher is the beloved dog of a young girl named Karen Sue. One festive Christmas Eve, Karen Sue and...

Lucky 13 by Aric DeLaney is about Wade, a 13-year-old boy who faces daily challenges. The story opens with him running through a field to get to school, only to have a run-in with Dedra, his daily tormentor, also known as the local bully. He...

When seventeen-year-old Noelle Ehrlich, an aspiring ballet dancer, is asked to pick up her younger sister, Whitney, from day camp because their mother, Joanna, has not, she immediately knows something is wrong. This was so unlike their mother. After several failed attempts to reach her,...

Greek by Osmosis: My Life on a Small Greek Island by Laura Aristidou Candris is a memoir that transports readers to the Cyclades through vivid detail and wry storytelling. Beginning with her marriage to Aris, a Greek national she met in Kentucky, Candris chronicles a...

In Do Not Resuscitate by Scott Eveloff, MD, Harry Lindmark, an intern at Narragansett General Hospital, experienced the loss of a young patient who was not meant to die. Doctor Travis, a patient of Harry, warned Harry that years ago, he had alerted his colleagues...

Frank J. Camacho delivers a haunting fantasy in The Monsters They Made Us. In a quiet corner of the Atlantic Ocean lies Driftmoor, Massachusetts, settled in 1626. It is said that four families founded the town, but records of their identities are lost. Dorothy Hale...

In Time for PsyQ by Marti Ward, on her eleventh birthday, Airlie receives a cat from her parents, and her life takes a metaphysical turn. First, Airlie instinctively spots a likely suspect after a series of thefts at school, and using the little she had...

Time for PsyQ by Marti Ward follows Airlie, an eleven-year-old girl with a kitten named Sooty, who becomes involved in uncovering a dognapping ring at her school. After helping recover stolen dogs, Airlie and her friends are invited to Camp Polis, where children with unusual...

Klandor Rising by B. Ward Powers and Marti Ward is a collection of four novellas about Irene, Lorraine, Lennis, and the yolti. In Klandor Encounter, Irene joins a mission to Alpha Centauri and discovers hidden dangers on a promising planet, AC4. In Klandor Endeavour, Lorraine...

Moonchild Rising by B. Ward Powers and Marti Ward tells the story of Irene Pennington, a quiet and capable young woman born and raised in the colonies on the moon, now attempting to build a new life and career on Earth. With a traumatic past...

The Reluctant Bully (A Smoochie Family Story) by Gary Rivera is the sequel to The Lunch Money Treasure and continues the adventures of Lynn, a young girl affectionately known as Smoochie. The story picks up where the first book left off, but primarily focuses on...

Piper Learns to Serve is the second book in Dave Osborn’s Adventures of Piper series. Piper the rescue dog is about to undergo something quite spectacular—she's training to become a therapy animal, but it’s not going to be easy for her or Dave. They both...

Signals of Deception by Dave Osborn is a fast-paced, action-filled cybercrime thriller at the highest level. When ICE Cybercrime experts based on the Texas border begin to notice data flows of information that appear to have no relationship to cartel activities, red flags are raised....

Piper is a black Formosan Mountain Dog with piercing black-brown eyes and a permanent smile, but Piper’s beginning wasn’t as pleasant as her looks. Piper was a stray dog who ate whatever was available and slept wherever she could find. One rainy day, a muddy...

Fifteen-year-old Jessie Oliver, a late-developing empath, was grappling with her unique abilities, and it was all taking a toll on her. Apart from having seizures and her health deteriorating, she could not control her lapses into the in-between world, a realm between the dead and...

Children absolutely love surprises, and a certain young pig is no exception. Welcome Baby Wigglet! by A.M. Berkowitz begins with young Gigglet playing in her backyard. Then her parents come outside and tell her that they have a big surprise for her. At first, she...

Before the concept of Manifest Destiny was ever defined, the European settlers in the West were engaged in stealing land from native peoples. Walk On by Nan Evenson, set in 1838, tells the story of how the Cherokee people were removed from northern Georgia and...