Bear with Bear by Hagit R. Oron is the story of Bear, a nine-year-old boy who wants to have a critter as a pet. He dreams of having a pet maggot or a pet snake and gets into trouble at home and school for his...

How many young women can cope with tremendous loss and disappointment on their own with no family or friends? Ella has spent her life on the run, supposedly from the Russian Mafia, and is now living in an attic apartment after the recent deaths of...

I enjoyed Pink Tootsie by T.M. Raskin. Raskin’s story about her life was brutally honest. She told of numerous accounts of abuse, both sexual and physical. She also told of how her drug use controlled her life and what she did to finally overcome it....

Fabiana Elisa Martinez's 12 Random Words/12 Palabras al Azar: A Bilingual Collection is a wonderful collection of short stories. The author cleverly takes twelve random words and, from this, she builds a story around them. It is the concept of this book that appealed to...

In Lorna Peel’s A Summer of Secrets, the heroine, Sophia, daughter of a former coal miner, has returned from London to her hometown in Yorkshire to take up the job as a tour guide at Heaton Abbey House, formerly a Cistercian monastery. The hero, Lord...

Mila Denton's Worst Week Ever! is a storybook for children, grades K-3, written by Sandra Byrd Lawson and illustrated by Holly Abston. Mila's week started in a pretty cool way: Mrs. Bailey, the school secretary announced that lunch would be chili with cheese and crackers...

There's Only One Ewe by Pete Longname is a story in verse that revolves around a ewe who is special, rare, and ewe-nique, as the author terms it. Ewe is bold and keen on doing anything and everything after taking that giant leap over...

Detective Dylan Greene had just finished a case and was heading through Mississippi to see his girlfriend. Little did he know that a dead cell phone battery, an empty gas tank, and a horrendous rain storm would find him stranded in the very isolated outskirts...

Having read for review Bloody Gullets and What I Did This Summer by Davey Fitz, (a short story related to the full novel, FiX) I, once again, have the distinct pleasure of introducing the brilliantly twisted mind of Michael Golvach to new readers. In the...

After d Dark by Aderonke Moyinlorun is a powerful novel with great psychological undertones, a story of abuse, revenge, and murder. Miki Daniels has suffered a lot from her childhood, including rape. After experiencing an abusive childhood and surviving the worst imaginable form of sexual...

White Slave (A Novel) by Wayne Gilbertson is an action adventure story that would appeal to a diverse audience of mature young adults and adults who enjoy action stories that take place in Africa and who do not mind the topic of the sex slave...

Cookies Full of love by Brock Schreiber is a wondrously imaginative children's story that begins with a hand written note from a daughter to her mother, hoping that she enjoys the cookies that were made especially for her. She starts her labor of love by...

Parents are not the only ones busy with chores and jobs. Children can also be busy in their daily lives, just like their parents. Jobs of a Preschooler by Brigitte Brulz is a charming storybook which speaks about the many jobs a preschooler can to...

I Know It in My Heart: Walking Through Grief with a Child by Mary E. Plouffe Ph.D. is a powerful, heart wrenching memoir that takes a visceral, somewhat clinical look at loss, grief, and healing, the journey of a woman and a child through devastating...

What is the most important thing we can ask our loved ones? What do Percival and the Fisher King, Jack and the Bean Stalk, and the mist and rains of Maui and Appalachia all have in common? All have a story to tell. All have...

Every Month I Love You More is an illustrated collection of heartfelt love songs written by Ashley Lauren. With each passing month, seasonal pictures are presented in color, almost in calendar format, as beautiful words are uttered by a young girl whose undying gratitude is...

Little Mouse’s Sweet Treat by Shana Hollowell is a delightful story where readers are introduced to Little Mouse who wants to eat something sweet. He bids goodbye to his mother and goes off to the woods to see his friend, the Bear. He hopes he...

If you walked into your child’s or any room within your house and you saw hair everywhere, would that freak you out or would you just inhale and exhale, feeling Namaste vibes? Hair, Hair, Everywhere! by Lisa Beere is a story about conflict resolution, disarray...

Masked by J.D. Wright is the first book in the Superheroes Undercover series. Vada is finally eighteen, which means she can register her superhero name, order her suit, and begin working as an actual superhero. She's been trained since birth to be super, to follow...

Nyla, a 16-year-old girl orphaned as an infant, was raised and trained by the school for Elites to join their ranks when she graduated. However, when Nyla failed her graduation test, they cast her out into an unfamiliar world. Alone and trying to fend for...