“Why do I have to rewrite my script just because it has no structure? After all, it is only a story. Can’t I do what I want?” If a student told you that, how would you challenge them? Somdev Chatterjee has faced this question in...

Maggie's Lost Song by Danielle La Rosa is the story of a little girl who adores music and is part of a loving family that chimes in chorus. Their neighbors' response reflects the value of sharing exuberance with others. Amidst this creative scenario, Maggie becomes...

One would think that at the ripe age of 80 plus years old, Seamus Damp would desire to live his last days in the company of his family and loved ones. Instead, Seamus wants to live on an island with his dog, Olivia, with no...

In Dizzy And The Dinosaur Dance-Off by Brandon Rohrbaugh, Dizzy is a dinosaur who is much smaller than his friends. He has an idea that would be earth-shaking and fun; a dance-off between the dinosaurs. Dizzy invited everyone, including Stompy, Tricky, and Toots, who would...

Keeping Secrets is the fourth installment of Jill Ammon Vanderwood's award-winning The Path You Choose series. In this book, you, the reader, are one of the main protagonists. You will get fifteen different endings to the storylines depending on your choices. At a middle school...

Promise, You Will Be Kind is written by Yara Yardley and illustrated by Vikki Reds. Jamie enters a new school after leaving everything and everyone she knew behind. Adjusting to a new school with new people can be very difficult. Will Jamie make friends in...

On Second thought... Maybe I Can! by Debbie Weiss brings readers up close and personal into the author's life as an overweight child who lacked confidence and was often afraid. She grew up bowing to everyone else, doing what they wanted. She was so busy...

Denny R. Swartzlander’s Violetta: A Fae in the House of the Fairies is the second book in the Eleganta series. It divides the story into three parts. Lira is a garden fairy searching for a Lyka plant to add to her garden. Bog, a goblin,...

Glenda was feeling guilty about her previous life, having abandoned her children to go be with her new lover, Rich. Her life had not been easy, having lost her father to alcoholism at an early age and getting pregnant at the tender age of sixteen....

Deflected by Swapnonil Banerjee and Nivedita Majumdar is a historical fiction novel set in mid-19th-century colonial India, revolving around several interconnected storylines. Amid growing political unrest, Radhanath, a prominent Indian mathematician, battles personal turmoil due to feelings for Englishwoman Sara Langley, while Lawrence Cockerel, Calcutta's...

Rogue by Charlene Newcomb is a Robin Hood retelling that puts a person at odds with what’s right versus reasonable. During King John’s rule, brother to former King Richard, the king has set out to capture Allan a Dale, or Robin Hood—a man who steals...

Crossing Charry Ridge by Suzann Albright offers a wonderfully imaginative, profoundly touching, and often humorous crow’s-eye view of contemporary life in Southern Appalachia along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The story’s crow narrator, Jet, is found as a seemingly abandoned fledgling by one of the story’s...

A young boy named Levi loved fall and wanted to create a potion to remind him of his favorite things long after the season ended. Determining what to put into the potion presented a dilemma, but not for long. Levi went on a scavenger hunt...

Bondwitch is a work of fiction penned by author Chelsey M. Ortega in the paranormal adventure, fantasy, and action subgenres and is intended for the young adult reading audience. We are introduced to protagonist Annamaria Lyons, an eighteen-year-old girl from a small Wyoming town who...

George WB Scott's captivating novel The Good King transports readers to the dawn of the Middle Ages and the emergence of Christendom in Europe. The book masterfully depicts the transformative power of this new religion which offers a stark counterpoint to pagan customs that reigned...

Hermione Lee’s Eric’s Tale: Otherworld Trilogy Companion Novel is a story about two worlds: the Otherworld, full of positivity and harmony, and the Underworld, full of suffering and brutality. Although born as the prince of the Underworld, Eric Williams wanted nothing more than to escape...

Angelo’s Mudventures was written by Ayesha Michelle Menezes and illustrated by Tapoti Rani Sarkar. With the fear of Covid-19 hanging around, Angelo became worried about playing with anything that might carry germs and make him sick. Everything he did now had a new routine that...

Falls the Breath by Melodie Ramone, book one in The Brimfield Ghosts series, begins in 1907 when the wealthy Benjamin and Theda Lett arrive at Ellis Island from Vienna, seeking to escape their past. They create Brimfield, an opulent estate in Chicago, and have a...

Pord: A World of Water is a work of fiction in the science fiction, intrigue, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to mature teen and adult readers owing to the presence of some moderate violence and strong language as well as brief sexual...

In Moonshine Mesa by A.W. Baldwin, seeking justice for his younger sister's death from a fentanyl overdose, Parker Barnes shifted careers and joined a property management company under Betty Coulter. Now, sent to replace the pressure gauges at a remote station in Cedar Flute ruins...