"Don't whistle at night. You'll call something." Leakhana Doung, a twenty-eight-year-old dental hygienist from Fresno, often hears warnings like that from her mother, who honors her Cambodian heritage. Leakhana doesn’t take them seriously. But then she finds herself in the middle of a medieval village...

Emerald Spirit by Som Phin follows Sathea, an eighteen-year-old Berkeley student who falls asleep while playing a Cambodian-inspired fantasy game and wakes inside Srok Moreakot as the peacock spirit Peakea Thmey. The spirit realm is protected by a network of wards, but its eastern boundary...

Things I Did Not Knock Over is a fun, educational, illustrated children’s book by talented author Emily Krill. The book introduces numbers from 1 to 10 in an entertaining, easy-to-remember way. It illustrates numbers in a mischievous way that will get a child’s attention; someone...

Finding Home: A Tale for Anyone Who Has Forgotten Their Way is a fabulous, illustrated children’s book by Mary-Anne Haupt. Four children, Lucy, Abigail, Joseph, and Ben, walk in the woods. Lucy feels lost and wants to go home. Abigail also feels scared. Joseph hides...

In Som Phin’s The Naga Sisters Chronicles, six Cambodian American sisters travel to Cambodia, their late mother’s homeland. During a sunrise visit to Angkor Wat, eldest sister Chanda Seang remembers the stories their mother told about naga guardians and the princess who helped establish a...

A choice between two silly possibilities can turn into a surprisingly honest conversation. In Would You Rather Book for Kids 7-13: Feelings & Friends Edition by Luna Mindwise, children work through more than 250 “would you rather” questions arranged in six missions. Each section focuses...

Protagonist Mode by Luna Mindwise takes a practical look at the digital chaos that defines growing up today. The guide talks about the non-stop notifications, late-night texts, and algorithmic feeds that leave teenagers feeling disconnected and stuck in a loop of just reacting to their...

Man’s Best Friend by Taylor A. Davis is a short story based in the time of The Great Depression. One of the “Wild Boys,” Thomas, is shackled and journeying by ironclad steamer towards a state prison. But what events and experiences occurred to bring him...

Courageous Clooney by Christina Strassel is a heartwarming story that captures the essence of bravery and the power of friendship. The book follows Clooney, who develops heartworm after being bitten by a mosquito. That results in his first trip to the veterinarian, where he is...

K Lynch offers readers an escape to the tropical island of Berneau, where love awaits and danger encroaches. Lynch begins his trilogy with a brief history of Berneau. The Million Dollar Therapist Carol Lindsey is the daughter of farmers who becomes the wife of a successful attorney....

Karen Monteverdi’s LIVING CONSCIOUSLY in an EGO DRIVEN SOCIETY begins by giving us the background to understand why it was necessary for her to write this book. She abuses by her father would make anyone bitter and desiring only revenge. She was the last of...

In Luminous Nights, Michelle Hart takes readers on a journey in the future. Our mode of transportation is a mail freighter (space ship). Captain Rachel Waters’ task could be compared to the pony express or today’s mail carrier. Jack Luminous joins her on this flight....

Blaine C. Readler’s stories have been compared to Isaac Asimov. The Worth Of Smart is a collection of Readler’s short stories. The first story, The Truth About Robots, introduces readers to Robot-Man, a man capable of creating artificial life that cleans, works at security and...

The setting is the small town Raleigh, Missouri. This book begins by introducing the readers to a diverse group of characters at first they seem to have no connection except, they all live in the same town. As the plot develops the reader watches as...

This is a fictional book based on actual facts; the names and locations are changed. This is a story of child abuse and how Suzy learned to forgive. Suzy (Carol Denise Brown) was the 6th child out of 16 children. Her father seldom lived at...

Susie told Boyd she didn’t love him when he asked her to marry him. They were young and they had only dated three months. Boyd had enough love in him for both of them. He assured her that someday she would come to love him. Susie...

Jennifer Knox shares her turbulent past with readers. Musical Chairs is an excellent name for this book, just like the child’s game of changing chair when the music stops, Jen moved or in her words ran. Many would call Jen a troubled teen. Her home...

Ian Conners is a 16-year-old psychic working for Marscorp. From a young age he has been trained to use his ability to give the organization an advantage over other groups vying for control of Mars. Ian's job is to use his visions to locate smaller...

Moving can be Murder is a well-written mystery with totally believable characters that anyone of any age, not just those facing retirement, will enjoy. Carol and Jim Andrews love their aging Victorian home in suburban Connecticut, but they understand, reluctantly, that it is time...

After Darkness Falls: Volume 2 by Matt Drabble is more proof – as if proof is needed – that Matt is a master of the short horror story. The ten tales in this collection offer a glimpse at the broad scope of Drabble’s imagination, as...