Granddaughter of Dust by Laura Williams is a poetry book that combines a heartfelt portrayal of opinions on sociopolitical issues with the personal experiences of the author and delivers a new way of looking at several well-known stories and popular ideas. The themes explored in...

Twisted Silver Spoons by Karen M. Wicks is a mind-boggling psychological thriller about breaking free from toxic bonds. George Leibnitz was born with expectations, and those expectations only got higher as he grew older. He wanted to focus on what he wanted, but he was...

Joe Numbers returns to the ode in his poetry anthology The Last Hello: 99 Odes to the Body. In this collection of poems, Numbers views the tangible beauty of human anatomy in a vision that is both playful and sensuous. These poems are tributes to...

The Past We Step Into by Richard Scharine discusses the daily life and struggles of a couple as they love together, live together, and build a family against the backdrop of rapid modernity in America. The work opens with the narrator reminiscing about past generations...

Do you have a child who is different from other children? If so, you will want to rush out and buy The Too Tall Giraffe by Christine Maier. Children who talk differently, look different, or are different in any way can and usually do suffer...

Queen of Crows by S.L. Wilton is a fantasy story with threads of magical realism and incredible characters that demand your attention. The story follows Sophia Pendergast’s journey to fulfilling her destiny. When her father was betrayed and killed by his brother, the future of...

In the mind-blowing dystopian novel, The Museum of an Extinct Race by Jonathan Hale Rosen, Nazi Germany won the Second World War. After Adolph Hitler, the Fuhrer, decreed the war over, the Nazis continued with their abominable plan of exterminating the Jewish people. Upon his...

If you like history and/or geography, you will love The Black History Truth: Argentina by Pamela Gayle. The first part of this book is a great introduction to the land of Argentina and its history. Pamela covers the history of this South American country from...

Glimmers of Hope by Kristy Lee is a young adult romance novel that will appeal to teenagers. In the year 2000, Janie abandoned a baby at the train station. That baby was adopted and named Elizabeth Wright. Tragedy struck, and Elizabeth (Birdie) was tossed from...

Whispers In Verse by Cynthia A. Morgan is a collection of poetry that reads like a combination of poetic Shakespeare and a mysterious conjuration of a magician from the medieval era. The two blend into one unique writing style, which creates a sense of peace...

Barbara J. Freeman was a second-grade teacher before becoming a guidance counselor. This background prepared her to write Black History: Tina and Gina Discover Twelve People of Color. So many people of color deserve recognition that I am amazed how anyone can reduce the number...

The Fleeing Felon by Daniel Maldonado begins with a brief introduction to the protagonist, Fredrick, underdressed and uninvited, sitting alone in a far corner and sticking out like a sore thumb at a party at the luxurious Regal Phoenix Resort and Spa. Freddie is fresh...

When the mayor of Sheffield is murdered during a summer festival, one citizen is drawn into a complex investigation. Felice Bowes never liked Greta Sutton and her self-serving ways and made no secret of it. But Felice is shocked by the senselessness and brutality of...

The RayBright Caper by B. B. Teeter is the first book in the Kirbi Mack series. Kirbi Mack is a young, biracial female security consultant and she’s just been hired by a San Diego defense research lab. She’s not a weak female though, and she’s...

If you love to read epic fantasy adventure stories, grab yourself a copy of Lance Lee's Orpheus Rising. Ten-year-old Sam lives a humdrum life alongside his father, John. Feeling isolated and lonely, Sam and John start having nightmares where they share the same scenario. After...

Reading I Hear the Black Raven: A Petite Memoir by Claire Ishi Ayetoro is like riding a roller coaster through the mind and creative spirit of a young woman contending with the ups and downs of bipolar disease. A resident of rural Mississippi, Ms. Ayetoro...

Coloring on the Wall by Gabrielle Neord is a gripping novel that details the life of Skylar Montgomery. Skylar and her sister, Shiloh, were abandoned children taken in by Leon and Mary Montgomery. Skylar became an art historian who married Dietrick Eastland the Third. She...

The picture book and early reader My Protest, written by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu and co-authored by Tawana Bessellieu and Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, describes from a first-person perspective how a little girl, Jaliyah, together with her mother, aunt, and cousin Camille, attends a Black Lives Matter protest. She...

Anne Moose opens House of Fragile Dreams with a brief chapter in which the protagonist, Rachel, is sitting in a police interrogation room, desperate to talk to someone to ‘explain her actions’. We get well into the story before we learn why she was there,...

Crimea! War Against the Russians is a continuation of author Nigel Seed’s excellent tales of Corporal Thomas Mason and his adventures in the British Army. Thomas and three of his colleagues were selected as escorts of the famous Koh-i-Nor diamond from India to England. Accompanying...