In Joey Paul's Cramping Chronicles: The Second Pang, Jessie Oliver, a disabled fifteen-year-old, tries to understand her new empathic talents as she communicates with other empaths in an empath online forum and strives to ease the loss and grief of a classmate. Jessie was ill...

Masterpiece by Alexandra Hoffman is an apt title not only for the story it tells but as a word that best describes this book as a whole. Readers meet a young boy named Samuel who loves the color blue. He sees the world in different...

Benny the Brave in The First Day Jitters (Team Supercrew Series) by Julie Anne Penn and Darren Penn highlights the important connection between our thoughts and feelings. In this engaging story, we meet Sarah, a young girl who is understandably nervous about starting a new...

A Counterfeit Wife by Paullett Golden is a real basis for a fairy tale. A merchant arranges a marriage for his daughter to the Marquess of Pickering who inherited a bankrupt estate. Phoebe Whittington has no plans to follow through with her father’s arrangement and...

The House of Prophecy by Glen Dahlgren starts with a dream sequence where Galen attempts to convince his mother, Lorre, to return to her body. The world is changing as the magic that powered the old order has gone awry. Galen no longer knows which...

It's natural for all humans to think about where we come from. Especially for adopted children, it can be pretty difficult to come to terms with their own identity, making them wonder who they are. How I Wonder Where You Are is a moving picture...

Fan Mail by Joseph Lewis is a compelling coming-of-age tale that crosses the suspense genre with an LGBTQ theme. They say blood is thicker than water, but could it apply to Brian who is an adopted child? His foster siblings, Randy and Bobby, along with...

It was Kaimana's idea to go out despite their father's stern warnings. Kilikina did not see herself having any alternative option to her brother's cheeky attempts at adventure. By the time Kaimana was cutting through Chang's backyard, Kilikina knew they were in too deep to...

Consciousness in a Nutshell by Jay Nelson and Lindy Nelson is a powerful creative nonfiction book in the guise of a memoir. It delves deep into psychonautical explorations that address consciousness and what it means to be alive. It is one of those rare, brilliant...

The World of Agartha: Cathedral of Time is a young adult fantasy novel by Stephen Thorpe. The book follows Makayla Brown as her investigation into local folklore leads her into a whole new world that exists aside from the one she knows. When she finds...

Rub-a-dub-dub, it's time for some fun in the tub. Kathleen Gauer's Bathtime Fun! is a great choice to read before or after some time in the bathtub. This rhyming tale begins with Mom scrubbing the hair of her red-haired child. After the business of washing...

In The Girl and the Lock on Her Heart by Lauren Lee, a girl who lives by herself is on a mission to find the key that will fit the empty lock on her heart. One day, a boy who has a key to his...

Will There Be Wine? by Whitney Cubbison is a fun rom-com. Austen Keller moved to Paris with her husband. Two years later they divorced and she decided to date French men exclusively. After many disastrous experiences, she started a blog to talk about them. Thanks...

"Are You a N****r or a Doctor?" is about the first 39 years of the life of a retired anesthesiologist, Dr. Otto Stallworth. He was born, raised, and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, with his stories spanning at least three decades. His tale started during...

In The Room at the End of the Hall by Lori R. Lopez, the occupants of a decaying mansion, though many, live cut off from any living creature in what could have been a vast estate if it were not so run down. The family...

Alexander Sotberg introduces readers to his new fantasy series The Xanador Saga with the first book, Secrets of the Elementals. Garon has pretty much nothing going for him. He is orphaned, singled out by other students and teachers as an outlet for anger, and gets...

There is an increasing amount of focus on physical and mental health nowadays, and rightfully so. But what about our spiritual health? With our hectic lives, sometimes in the pursuit of success and a higher standard of living, we embroil ourselves in the messiness surrounding...

Cat Wright is shocked when she is called to the scene of a murder investigation, only to find out that the prime suspect is none other than her little sister. She jumps into action to find out why someone would want to frame a member...

Finding Ami: Polish Dragon P. I. is a suspenseful novella written by Steve Zimcosky for his popular Polish Dragon P.I. series. Private investigator Tom Sipowicz, also known as the Polish Dragon, is recuperating from a gunshot wound when his partner Suzie Mandrake is presented with...

After Cody, the lead guitarist of the Panty Dropper band, leaves Willow’s Martini Girl bar for another rival bar, Willow is forced to quickly find Cody’s replacement. Colton Royce is asked by his friend Levi, the Panty Dropper band’s drummer, to join the band at...