Her parents wanted her to have a normal life, but Eryn had no idea what normal was. Now that they were missing, or "dead" as the Council said she had to tell everyone, she was living in Redgrave with her uncle. A town that isn't...

Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr is an adventure as well as an educational story for children. Kenzie moves to Florida Keys with her divorced mother. While Maggie gets on with her job as a nurse, Kenzie has been allotted the job of unpacking their...

What a great book! That's the first thought I had when I finished reading Stake Out by author Bonnie J. Doerr. Following the gang from her previous work, Island Sting, we again find the Keys Teens Care (KTC) group working to protect endangered species in...

When You Were a Worm (and Other Stories and Creepy Crawlies!) by Neil McFarlane is a collection of imaginary stories that will make your child wonder what would happen if they turned into a creepy, crawly creature. Kids can go through myriad emotions at the...

My Giant Farts by Neil McFarlane is about a boy who finds a lamp with a giant in it. He starts walking around with his giant and meets a bunch of friends who have pets that can do cool tricks. When they ask what his...

A Moat is Not a Goat – Poems for Clever Little Girls by Elsa Takaoka is a collection of delightful and imaginative stories for young children, all beautifully illustrated by Fanny Liem. Each story is told as a poem and takes the reader on a...

A Cozy Country Christmas Anthology by Christine Arness is a collection of short stories that will put a smile on your face and a glow in your heart. Each individual story shines with happy Christmas joy and cheer. There are twelve different stories included...

Jan Blonk pens a purposeful and engaging devotional in An Unfathomable Gift: God’s Astonishing Grace. Each daily reading describes God’s grace towards us through the gift of salvation via Jesus Christ. The emphasis is that sin separates us from God, but God’s grace and...

The Mixed Pickle by Trina Chako is a book made up of thirteen short stories. Each story is different; some are funny and some just make you think. The author is from India so I was not familiar with some of the terms she used...

In Mind Game by Trina Chako, a young girl, Sucheta Sharma, witnesses her family's murder and many years later returns to discover who murdered her family. While this may seem like a simple plot, I think it really works. Readers want to know that all...

In Fur Elise by author PeggySue Wells, we find protagonist Michael Northington at a loose end. His beliefs have been shattered by the death of his friend, a death for which he takes some responsibility. He needs to escape, to find some peace away from...

Love, On On is a romantic non-fiction short story collection written by Met Clark. When the middle-aged author met Konnie, he had put his military action and adventure hat away and was just living life. This little Geo-Mouse shook all that right out of his...

I, Zombie by Jo Michaels features Trixie Collins, a young, average high school girl who goes to a party and ends up getting scratched by a boy called Matt, whom she likes. Soon she finds herself changing into something else. The walking dead. But are...

The Outlaw Takes a Bride is like a mail order bride story on steroids! As someone who reads this genre regularly I found Susan Page Davis' plot to be refreshing because she didn't just follow the same old formula. Instead she provides a twisting, turning...

Lessons From My Twenties by Marquita Bradley is the author’s journey through her twenties told in the form of twenty lessons. Marquita relates the challenges and experiences she had, including relationships, faith, and the loss of a loved one. She looks at the importance of...

What a Babe is a children’s book illustrated by Captain Cartoon and is part of the Starlette Universe series created by author Kathy Johnson. The Starlettes include Skylar, a teen who turns every guy’s head, and Babe, the main character in this book, her younger...

Strange Skies is a comic novel authored and illustrated by Iqbal Hussain Ali, a breathtaking story of non-stop thrills and bizarre moments of a lost passenger airplane in an inexplicable space, loaded with frightened and panicked shoe-less passengers who blame one another for the ongoing...

boombin and lama: a story of friendship...investigation...and adventure! is a deeply profound book. The pages are filled to the brim with color, activity and a sense of the spiritual. Authors Boona Cheema and Damon Guthrie do a great job of sharing a vast amount of...

Moonlight Dancer by Deb Atwood is an historical fiction novel with a paranormal twist. Kendra McGregor comes across an antique Korean doll while visiting a shop with her friend, Anna. Inexplicably drawn to it, she spends her tuition money on the strange doll and takes...

The Last One: A Christmas Parable by Bil Howard is a story of desperation. Rebecca works hard to provide for her son Dillon and she wants the best for him; she wants the latest Battle Robot Commando toy for his Christmas present. Finally finishing work...