Flip and Pate’s Magical Potion Adventure is an inventive children’s fantasy comedy by Lori Rousche. A girl named Sophia Phlippet (nicknamed Flip) has the gift of dabbling in magical powers—specifically, making potions that come to life and actually work. When Flip is given the family...

I Can Go to Summer Camp: A book about Type 1 diabetes (Learning to Live with Diabetes for Children) by Yerachmiel B. Altman is about a little boy who is going to Camp Jellybean in the summer. He is excited and is looking forward to...

Paw Prints: Bodie’s Search For Home is the story of a cat, Bodie, who finds herself in a perilous situation. Bodie is a homeless cat who lives off the food left for her by generous restaurant staff. One day, however, the food isn’t there, and...

Ian Lewis has a terrific way of building suspense in From Legend, his first book in The Reeve series. This is the driving tale of Logan Hale, a man haunted by a woman who chose the life of a traveling missionary for the Higher Aggregate...

A young teacher in 1830s Germany, Elke is looking for her first teaching job. A Witch's Burden by D.W. Goates tells us her story. After receiving a letter that promises her a classroom, Elke spends nearly every cent she has to make a two-week journey...

Margot Gets An Unexpected Visit is a charming work of nature storytelling and photography composed and compiled by author-photographer Lieve Snellings. In this story of nature in Quebec, aimed at ages 5 to 9 years old, the central character Margot is a groundhog. Also known...

Sagebrush lived with her parents Maverick and Ginger and they were house dogs of the young Miss, who was kind. The young Miss owned the ranch which had cows, horses, and ranch dogs. It was a beautiful ranch. Sagebrush was up that morning and she...

Sam had been having a tough time. Her father had been murdered and accused of something she just knew he hadn't done. As a minor, she was assigned to care, but no one could keep her from investigating the truth. On the run from her...

Believing: Reflections of Faith by Michael Misiak is a detailed, but easy to read devotional written for both Christians and skeptics. The author shares his personal journey as a Christian and invites non-believers to consider divergent thinking and open their minds to new ideas instead...

Dinopotamus was watching the children playing tag and he also played tag with them. He kicked the ball when they kicked the ball. He could not climb trees like them because Dinopotamus did not have thumbs, which made it impossible to grab the branches. He...

From the moment I started reading Barbara Thompson’s No More Blood: Epilogue on the Life of Truman Capote & In Cold Blood, I realized this is one of those books confirming that good literature is still possible nowadays. Set in 1959 and in 1984, No...

Metal and Bone by C.I. Chevron is inspired by the classic story of Cinderella, broadly reinterpreted through a steampunk science fiction lens. The main character is called Ella by the poor oppressed people that she calls her friends while the wealthy aristocrats know her as...

The honest, urgent, and disheartening message buried at the core of Ebele Ufondu’s blistering indictment of endemic, systemic corruption, The Land That Shivers, a fictional depiction of contemporary Nigerian society – though universally applicable, even in so-called “developed” nations – is this cogent observation offered...

Common Sense Tips for College Student Success by Garrett M. Carter is an informative and insightful book that gives students resources consisting of common sense tips and information that will make their academic journey easier. The book deals with 30 college-related topics spread over six...

Room Service and Murder by Melissa Baldwin is the second book in the Madness and Murder series. Casey Cooper has settled into her new job and thought the most difficult things she’d have to deal with are troublesome guests, arguing co-workers, and a handsome new...

Achieving true health is indeed a journey and it is not just simply the absence of disease. True health is unique to each person and will allow every individual to live each day of their lives at their personal best. Journey To Healing: The Art...

The description of What a Body Remembers by Karen Stephano states that it is “… an honest, from-the-gut account of one woman’s journey to regain her power and confidence.” That is incredibly accurate, but here’s what’s even more accurate: this memoir captures the lifelong PTSD...

Ten Seconds by Lucian Lupescu attempts to map a human life using a sequence of very short or ‘flash fiction’ vignettes. The ten stories open with a fetus-eye view of birth, followed by a childhood in a troubled home, and a longer piece describing a...

Finding Your Path: A Guide to Life and Happiness After School by Amba Brown is a positive and motivating book aimed at young people finishing or about to finish high school. In an informative and encouraging way, it outlines the various opportunities and directions that...

Desde el Exilio: A Collection of Poems from the Exile by Marianna Guedez Forgiarini speaks to the reader powerfully from the very first page of the dedication: “To the Venezuela of my childhood, the Venezuela of yesterday, the one that is lost but not forgotten.”...