In The Old Person Curse: Between Dark and Light by Chris Von Halle, Azie is 12 years old and has just moved into a new house with her parents. The house has a secret of its own. On her first day at school, Azie made...

Uncle Jed’s Secret is the third installment in the Between Dark and Light series by Chris von Halle. Twelve-year-old Jason visits his beloved Uncle Jed as his parents were going on a business trip. Jed has lost his wife, Eleanor, but even grief can't explain...

The De-Coding of Jo: Keys to Eternity by Lali A. Love is the third novel in the young adult dark fantasy Ascending Angel Academy series, preceded by book one, Hall of Ignorance, and book two, Blade of Truth. The shreds of humanity are on the...

Gender by Anne Harding Woodworth is two short novellas in rhyme and free verse form questioning the meaning of gender. The first story is about a young woman Martina who wants to join her father when he joins the monastery, and because she has no...

I Am You: A Book of Poetry is a beautifully penned poetry collection by Osamase Ekhator. Divided into four parts, Ekhator's poems delve into every aspect of what it means to be a black male in America. Cool Kids Table of Malcolm recounts the story...

Connecting the Stars by Deborah Stevenson is a delightful and educational children’s picture book about constellations. Deborah teaches us about several constellations named after Greek myths. There’s Pegasus who was Zeus’s faithful and much-loved stallion, Ursa Major and Minor who illustrate the sad story of...

Poetry is the window to the soul and the words of the heart. Poetry says so much more than mere words on paper. Poems express the inexpressible. They share the unsharable. By Fire by Rhonda Harris Slota tells of life in a poor, fundamentalist family....

Revenge Never Rests by Laurie Lewis is a sequel to the alluring Secrets Never Die. Tallie Brown is still reeling from discovering that the woman she thought was her mother, Julia, was in truth her abductor. Julia's death revealed a family Tallie never knew she...

Rainbow Valley: A Story Of Choices by Francis Mont unfolds after a nuclear war destroyed most of the USA and the rest of the world. Climate change has also wreaked havoc on weather conditions resulting in hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, droughts and a rise in...

Charlie and Emmet Snowy Day by Lori Ries is a fun and adventurous picture book for young children. Charlie wakes up with his dinosaur friend Emmet rocking his bed, yelling that everything is white outside. Charlie sees that it snowed but Emmet thinks that something...

When I Was Better by Rita Bozi is a historical epic that follows the lives of a small family of three up against some of the biggest, most destructive events in Eastern Europe's history. Following a brief prologue, the book begins in mid-century Hungary with...

The Hebrew Torah and, therefore, the Old Testament of the Christian Bible contains many instances where animals are directly used to let God's will be done. Many instances, if not most, have the donkey as a means of transport, support, or companionship. God sent ravens...

Kate the Kitty and the Unlikely Friend by Kristine Hokstad-Myzyri is an important story for kids about navigating friendships. Kate and her best friend Billy are flying kites on a beautiful summer day. Suddenly Tiana appears and wants to play too. Tiana and Billy head...

Brigor & Thandril: Skeleton Trouble is a work of fiction in the fantasy adventure subgenre. It is intended for young readers aged 7 to 9 years old and was penned by author Ian Blackthorne. In this exciting and lovingly crafted chapter book, young readers can...

I have to begin my review of Drunk as Fu*k by congratulating the author, Ryan Kanaley. This couldn’t have been an easy memoir to write, given the copious amount of personal detail about Kanaley’s teen years that even he states “will not paint me in...

Athena in the Icebox by Demi K is the continuation of a series of memoirs that champions the young, rebellious teenager from New England, Athena Angelopolous. Of Greek extraction, Athena, or Tina as she prefers to be known, is running from her abusive and controlling...

Why Do People Have Pets? by Barry KuKes is a collection of just over seventy articles KuKes has written for a Florida-based paper. KuKes is an employee at a local humane society and uses his experience and the questions he receives to craft his articles....

Growing up is tough at the best of times, but when your parents split up and your best friend dumps you for some bully, life really can’t get much worse. Or can it? In Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions by Anthony J. Rapino...

Shadows Rising is the second novel in The Shadow Trilogy by Amanda Berthault. It continues the story of heavy metal singer Shadow McKinley as he faces his biggest challenge yet. After the fiasco of faking his death, Shadow is back on stage and ready to...

Ticks Are the Worst! A Public Service Announcement by Kaine and Duds is a witty educational children’s book about ticks. Ticks are parasites that transmit pathogens that cause disease through the process of feeding, and because of this, they can be very dangerous. Kaine and...