Lovers of all things magical will be entranced by Kimberley Paterson’s Mysty the Mystical Unicorn. Mysty takes us on a journey through a vibrant world where one can munch on starlight, befriend a playful fairy, and believe in making beautiful dreams come true. We witness...

Sophia Henley finds herself in a world she never knew existed in The Fire Prophecy (Hidden Legends: Academy of Magical Creatures Book 1) by Megan Linski and Alicia Rades. Finding out you were adopted is enough of a shock, but discovering you have magical powers...

Day Zero by Muneef Ahmad is a thought-provoking and well-crafted thriller that explores the gripping consequences of a water crisis in Las Vegas. The story takes a fascinating turn as 250,000 migrants, known as "wigrants," are forced to settle on the north shore of Toronto...

Savannah Steam: Sommerville Suspense is a romance fantasy thriller by Anastasia Amor. Eager to meet her newfound cousin, Arianna Sommerville (Ari) travels from her hometown in Toronto, Canada, to the American south in Savannah, Georgia. However, things don't go according to plan as, after a...

Rosie Russell’s Storytime with Stella and Friends invites young readers on a delightful journey with Stella, a girl who adores reading to her toy companions. When her friends grow tired of hearing the same stories, Stella devises a clever plan: they will create a brand...

The Tribal Instinct and the Yearning to Belong by Anthony T. Cluff is an insightful exploration of humanity's deep-seated inclination toward tribalism. Cluff proposes that our instinctual drive for unity and belonging influences various aspects of life including politics, sports, religion, and social interactions. He...

Maskirovka: The Russian Science of Deception by Richard Meredith is a crime thriller anchored by protagonist Steve Nguyen's first solo homicide investigation as a Vietnamese-American detective in the San Francisco Police Department. Nguyen, a Stanford Law school dropout, digs deep into the enigmatic death of...

Many books have been written about the American Civil War, and though it is taught in schools, most students and readers only get a broad, detached view of the event. Only a few get to relive what the young soldiers faced personally during the war....

The Beauty of Us All: Celebrating the Diversity of the World by Chandele Morris, illustrated by Marissa Napolitano, is an ebullient, vibrant, unapologetic homage to the beauty that comes only from being uniquely ourselves – just precisely the way we were made to be. Its...

Canela con Miel y Clavos: Cinnamon with Honey and Nails is an introspective anthology of poems, short stories, personal anecdotes, and an essay by Dr. Robert J. Woodbine. Born in Queens, New York, to two Caribbean immigrants, Robert was still a child when he was...

The Adventures of Mr. Fuzzy Ears by Donna Carr Roberts is a children's book that tells the story of The Mystery of the Missing Bunnies. Typically, the animals are happy on the university campus; they run free and live life to the fullest. But the...

Books often open a door to a world full of possibilities. You could be busy climbing high towers and saving the world with your cool superpowers. You could be teaching a new puppy some tricks. Building a grand tree house with rickety sticks. Flying off...

Set in 1939, Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud follows Janie, a female reporter from San Francisco, as she juggles personal conflict and professional ambitions. Tasked with facilitating the career of Pat Shea, her college roommate's son, she also seeks to establish herself...

In the fantasy novel and first book in the series by the same name, Stormless by Nick Stitle is set in Auris and its destructive storms, where an ominous warning is delivered to King Avenos Titansworn by a Summoner, a wielder of magical abilities, from...

The Zone by Stu Jones is an action-packed, character-driven science fiction story. The book accurately labels itself a “cyberpunk thriller.” The Zone is “cyber” because it deals with hi-tech weaponry. It’s “punk” because it’s set in a gritty and violent future. And it’s a thriller...

Daphne Higginbotham Battles the Fifth Grade by Rosemary Starr is a powerful story. It's about an imaginative ten-year-old adopted Asian girl. Daphne Xiao-fen Higginbotham loves to spend the summer break playing with her best boy-slash friend Byron who has autism. Daphne believes that school is...

Inspired by his mother's love of cooking and her delicious meals, Sweet Emotions is a moving poetry collection by Kevin Bates. The poems in this book are divided into six sections, each named after a different meal. "Brighter Tomorrow" urges us to let go of...

Life was complicated by shaky relationships, old grudges, and a whole lot of politics in Tempered Illusions (Shadows of Otherside Book 6) by Whitney Hill. Arden was stuck between a rock and a hard place, trying to find some semblance of balance between her many...

Twins In The City is an educational children's picture book that focuses on the responsibilities of police officers and their importance and relationship with their local community. Written by Adrian Goodwin and Christopher Goodwin, the story follows two twin sisters, Madison and Mia, as they...

Witch of the Black Circle is the first book in The Dawn of the Blood Witch Saga by Maria DeVivo. It's the early 1980s, and Joephie Turner and her mother have just moved to her grandmother's home in Northport, Long Island, New York. Having heard...