The Lightning People Play by Tim Cummings is a young adult novel that mixes elements of magical realism with deeply grounded emotion. Kirby Renton is a 14-year-old boy trying to hold his family together. His younger brother Baxter suffers from intense seizures and begins talking...

The Prophet and the Queen by W. Tod Newman follows the final days of the prophet Jeremiah as recorded by his scribe Baruch, set during the Babylonian siege of ancient Egypt. Jeremiah, aged and unstable, is taken to Egypt by his followers despite divine prohibition....

When Tethers Fray by Rajiv Mittal is a deeply moving novel that follows Uma, a hospice nurse who cares for people in their final days. Through her eyes, we see the quiet struggles of patients and their families as they face the reality of death....

Bee-Coming Strong is a heartwarming children's picture book written by Anandamayi Baker, with illustrations by Akiko Martinache. The story follows the adventures of Jazianzza Buzzabee, a curious honeybee who lives in a tree trunk with her family. Despite coming from a large family, Jazianzza often...

Round Midnight by Jane P. Carter is a science fiction novel that follows the journey of Jenny Rand, a woman who awakens from a coma with extraordinary psychic abilities. She discovers that she can read minds and has incredible dimensional powers. As she navigates her...

Gwyn's Kingdom: The Electric Moon by Brian Holshouser is a magical coming-of-age adventure. Set against the backdrop of a brewing war between good and evil, the narrative follows twelve-year-old Gwyn, a young girl raised by her grandparents in the lands of Pantheon. But Gwyn is...

'The land of plenty' is how Arῡnė Savage describes America in her memoir Lost My Mind Here Someplace. Born in Lithuania, both her parents escaped to South Africa, but as long as she could remember, inspired by the media, films, and magazines, the author wanted...

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...

The Conscious Virus by Miki Mitayn centers on Nerida Green, an Aboriginal doctor working in remote Indigenous communities in Australia, alongside her wife Mari, an artist and spiritual channeler. The novel covers their lives dealing with harsh social and health realities—such as mining pollution, historical...

Daniel Wright's best-selling novel, inspired by his difficult early years, has made him a global sensation. Despite his fame, the author refuses to leave his house for any reason. His current project has stalled due to a lack of motivation, but Daniel doesn't see it...

The Storm, the Fish and the Vine by Jenny L. Cote is book 10 in the Epic Order of the Seven series. The author introduces character profiles at the beginning of the book. John Newton emerges as a complex, flawed, yet profoundly transformative character whose...

What happens when the very people who are supposed to protect you choose to stay silent instead? The Village that Betrayed Its Children, written and told through the eyes of Karen Elizabeth Lee, is a powerful, painfully honest memoir that takes readers into a dark...

The Book of Seila by Wilda Hughes is a fierce, emotionally charged dystopian novel that doesn’t pull its punches. In a near-future theocracy known as the Covenant States, Ruby Lambert lives in hiding, having escaped a brutal redemption camp. But when her sister is accused...

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,...

ABCs of Safe Web Surfing by C.D. Richardson is a colorful, kid-friendly guide to staying safe on the internet. It’s an ABC book that introduces important digital concepts to children with one concept for each letter. Some of the ideas covered are AI, cyberbullying, empathy,...

The Eyelash Wish by Bethany Cooke is a gentle and heartwarming picture book that reimagines the classic first-day-of-school story through a unique and “magical” lens. It follows Denny, a young boy who is feeling nervous about his first day of school, a natural feeling for...

No Books for Benjamin? by R.G. de Rouen is a charming picture book about a book-loving purple worm named Benjamin who lives in the Library of Congress. When a strange illness causes libraries to close, Benjamin is devastated to learn that children around the world...

Countdown is the first book in The Mirrin Bank Trilogy by Johan Ottosen. The story begins when journalist Kurt Østergaard’s stepfather dies, leaving behind mysterious clues tied to a devastating secret buried deep within Denmark’s history. Kurt’s search for answers collides with the work of...

Andrews’ Dare to Dream transports us to Luach, a beautiful island in the southwest of Ireland. The werewolves and other magical beings have been concealed from the rest of the world for millennia—until now. For three years, Adam, a Barr Alpha—the largest and strongest werewolf...

The Reason Why: True Stories of Past Lives, the Afterlife, and Other Spiritual Relationships by Debra Taubenslag is a well-written memoir based on Taubenslag’s years of experience in hypnotherapy and massage therapy. It combines real-life stories with lessons about past lives, the afterlife, spirituality, and...