In Victory's Arrow by Cole Regitz and Sarah Regitz, as a child, Victory begins to develop her archery skills under the tutelage of her kind-hearted father, Mr. Whittington, a charitable soul who endeavors to assist neighboring villages. Victory picks up on her father's selfless, giving...

Sometimes families can be quite complicated. Add into the mix three adopted children, one Chinese and two Japanese, shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and family life becomes increasingly more complicated. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s, Professor Daniel Jonson inherits...

This Covid business is downright scary. It’s not just children who are frightened; adults are, too. But, it’s most difficult for young children to understand. That’s where Jake comes in. Jake’s a dog who lives with a loving family. When Covid suddenly hit, Jake had...

Union organizers are struggling. There are even people who predict that they will disappear within twenty years. However, if you want to make a difference, there is still a chance for you to do a great job. But what are the practical things to do?...

Entering her first year in high school, a gifted teen determines to be a typical teenage student in the brilliant coming of age novel, Needing Normal (Freshman Year) by Emme Grange. Jett Harper's intelligence is above average. Accustomed to excelling in school, she is expecting...

Sophia Freeman and the Gate of Jade by T.X. Troan follows Sophia Freeman and Tim Charnal, provisionally pardoned and paired together in the Beyond Event, a competition where their survival depends on teamwork. They are thrust into a series of grueling challenges, including a massive,...

Disorder: Poems by Thom Kudla is a collection of clever, witty poems that help readers feel the weight and the resilience of navigating mental disorders every day. The anthology is divided into three parts: Clinical, Social, and Spiritual. It is a collection of wry little...

Pastor R. D. Bernard shares his heart and his church during the COVID-19 crisis in his book Pastoring through a Pandemic. His actions and beliefs are inspiring. His church is to be commended for its love for other members and for the whole community. Because...

Ashley McCoury pens a riveting futuristic saga in 2020 Injection. Today, serial number 2020 turns seventeen. She realizes no matter what her future holds, the life she knows now is over. As a child, her surrogate named her Alexandra, but under the rule of The...

Poetry and Hot Chocolate is a mixture of fifty-eight rhyming and freestyle poems, all of them beautifully illustrated. The most impressive aspect of this work is that Vansh Sharma influences his readers so strongly they are guaranteed to use all five senses in turn, and...

One Dark Night by Anna Faversham takes place in 1821 on the English Coast. Lucy is the star and heroine as we meet her as a young girl living in the prestigious home where her mother is a maid. She is friends with the privileged...

Pete the Picassofish is just one of the many colorful personalities you will meet in The Adventures of the Picassofish. Johanna Hurmerinta introduces Pete and a host of his other finned friends through the pages of this beautifully illustrated children’s book. Johanna tells an exciting...

Only Sofia-Elisabete by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi keeps you guessing as to what Sofia will say or do next. She lived with her noble father for the first five years of her life in England. Living with her mother in Spain made Sofia miss her father's...

A Crock of Sundries by Timothy R. Baldwin invites readers into the life and mind of the author in what is altogether an internally intimate way. From poetry to plays and splices of memoir to stories of mysterious fiction, Timothy R. Baldwin has cornered a...

Mr. Robert Monkey Returns to New York is a children’s picture book about a boy and his stuffed toy monkey, Mr. Robert. The boy, Bobby, accidentally loses his best friend, the monkey, when his family moves to New York City. Bobby and Mr. Robert are...

Steven Quaid and his colleagues in the Anchorage Police Department’s investigative unit are dealing with another serial killer. The media has called him Killer Clean, due to his routine of vicious rapes and murders, followed by using bleach to erase all traces of himself. A...

You Will Never Be Normal is a work of nonfiction in the memoir, autobiographical writing, and mental and physical health subgenres, and was penned by author Catherine Klatzker. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and contains references to trauma, abuse, self-harm,...

The Lost Art of Magic is a work of fiction in the urban fantasy genre. It is aimed at young adults, though I should warn that the book infers a scenario involving sexual violence that may be upsetting to some readers. Penned by John Kovacich,...

Murder by the Numbers by Steve Leshin is a historical murder mystery and the fifth book in the Joshua Oates Adventure series, preceded by Vengeance of the Ripper, Target of Fear, A Darker Shade of Greed, and The Killer's Code. As with the others, the...

Utopia Project: Everyone Must Die is a work of fiction in the science fiction genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Billy Dering. Set in the not too distant future where a string of disparate crises has brought...