Slipshot is a young adult apocalyptic sci-fi novel by Aibo, Ryan Sunada-Wong, and Gabriel Juarez. Frederick Munchen is a young college student in San Francisco whose life turns upside down after an unexpected encounter with a mysterious woman in an alley. The woman, Opal Fremmitty,...

Jeff Pennant's Field Guide to Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney is charming, fun, and witty. It has lots of heart and personality. The main character is Jeff, who tells how he can't relate to his parents. They tell him one thing and then something...

Book of Famine by Zachary Valtschanoff is a poetry book detailing an individual’s struggles confronting the cruelty around and within him. The work is divided into three parts. War outlines the cowardice the narrator must face as he fights against a “rat”, himself, and others...

When Josh moves to New York to live his dreams, he does not expect to make friends with a diverse group of people of different ages. They all meet on Mondays for a game of bridge at Natalie and Frank's house. The couple is in...

In her book, Sustainability is for Everyone, Lael Giebel showcases the importance of creating sustainable business practices and ways to easily implement planet-friendly approaches. The author discusses current issues and proposes ways to reduce the effects of waste, deforestation, and ocean acidification while including employees...

A Darling Lovebug Summer is a family drama by Tanya Rumford. Grandma Imogene left a strange item in her will for each of her four grandchildren. Belinda was a free spirit who sold her handmade jewelry while riding on a bus around the country. Emeline...

Bipolar: A Gift of Thorns is a deeply insightful memoir by Dale Zurawski about coping with bipolar disorder. Her husband, Geoff, is battling prostate cancer, which propels her to seek a psychiatrist. She is diagnosed as bipolar, which leads her on a path to understanding...

Is Ten an Appropriate Age for Your First Identity Crisis? If Not, What Is? by Nadia Rassuli speaks out about the need in her youth to suppress her Kurdish identity to help her function in the country where she was born. With sarcastic comments and...

Matthew (Matt) Ryder knows there is a war on the horizon because of tension between the Union of the Earth and one of its colony planets, Acadia. Matt serves under one of Acadia’s feared commanders, Admiral Jim Hollingsworth, but his maternal family is from Earth....

Revolutionary Anna by Tracy Lawson is a short children's historical fiction book, based on a true story, that immerses readers in the American Revolution. One cold night in 1825, Anna and Benjamin Stone are sitting around the fire with their four grandchildren; Hannah, Benjamin, Thomas,...

What Happens Here: Vegas is a work of fiction in the romance, interpersonal drama, and relationships subgenres, and it forms the opening novel in the What Happens Here Series. The work is best suited to mature readers as it contains explicit language and sexual situations....

Living While Human by Arwinder Kaur is a micro-autobiography and a call for embracing sustainable life choices and preserving our natural world. The book starts with a glimpse of the early stages of Arwinder's parents' life in Canada as immigrants from India who found their...

Glass Girl is a young adult fantasy novel by Dorothy A. Winsor. Seventeen-year-old Emlin hopes to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a master craftmistress of intricately crafted glass inspired by Kural Island's resident hibernating dragon. But when her mother, Calea, is murdered in...

Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Alice McVeigh places us back in the Regency era with the familiar Charles Bingley considering renting Netherfield, and Jane and Elizabeth Bennet jesting about Mr. Bingley's intentions. The family is excited and hopes are high when the ball...

Skye Bothma’s novel Shooting Stars: Road Less Traveled features Catherine, an unappreciated receptionist. Catherine dreamed of being a writer, but she supported David’s career until he had an affair with his office receptionist. Catherine had tickets to Hawaii she needed to use before they expired....

Everyone is singing in the green marsh — frogs, dragonflies, and crickets. Only a little cricket named Sora does not sing. Everyone says Sora does not have an imagination and, therefore, cannot sing. The news saddens Sora, who desperately wants to sing. When Sora hears...

Things could not possibly get any worse for Jonathan Rennic. His last case ended in a major fiasco when the suspect somehow killed himself. The top brass wants answers he knows will not be forthcoming anytime soon. On top of all this, Sergeant Holtby decides...

Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella is the heartbreaking story of a 13-year-old boy as he is forced to face a harsh world that doesn’t seem to understand him, yet he understands the world pretty well. Charlie’s mother is an addict, and somehow he pays the...

Doodlebug’s ABC Adventure is a children’s educational picture book written and illustrated by Kathi Snow Smith. Children will learn the alphabet with an ant lion, well known as a Doodlebug. The Doodlebug prances around a special picnic blanket with squares containing things that start with...

Hoot is a cute brown owl who wishes to be more than an owl. One bright morning, Hoot sets off on a daunting mission to be “a brand new someone else.” He tries to be a cockerel but is unable to let out a proper...