Charlotte Beck would do anything to try and impress her father; she really wanted to go to college to prepare for taking over his business, but her father had other plans for her. Charlotte was just a spoiled rich man’s brat and always got what...

Helena and her best friend, Katie Bell, have been attending summer camp together since they could walk; but this summer Helena is a counselor, and Katie Bell is still a camper. Helena's views about camp are forever changed as she learns what it's like to...

The Hounds of Samaria by Nigel Patten takes place in Crete during World War Two. George Ghikas has Greek ancestry, so the British army sends him behind enemy lines on occupied Crete with orders to organize partisan groups in the White Mountains. Before his posting,...

Fans of Donita K. Paul will be thrilled with her new series, The Dragons of Chiril. This series is the prequel to The Dragonkeeper Chronicles. Our tale begins by introducing us to Tipper. Tipper runs the household, her father disappeared fifteen years earlier. She thinks...

This story is about a very unusual little ant named Ally. She was unusual because she liked adventures and loved to explore the world, but this often got her into a lot of trouble. Most of the time, instead of working with the other ants...

Author Michael Sortomme has written a complicated, but highly readable, story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. It is the story of Giles Corey, an elderly farmer who refused to admit that he was a witch and was pressed under stones, then beaten to...

Throughout his teenage years, Native American Fred was one of those guys who was always playing pranks on his friends and classmates. In their little town of Granite Falls, everyone knew everyone else and of course their business, too. Jobs were in the logging industry,...

The Wise Man's Fear began in an inn where Kvothe, the owner, was dictating his story to Chronicler. Kvothe’s story moves back in time to his days at the university and then progresses to his adventures tracking bandits. The summary may seem vague but I’m trying...

As an architect and educator, Bill Asti is more than well qualified to write on how people must work together to create sustainable communities for future generations. He has worked with knowledgeable, dedicated people like Win Rockefeller and Edward Durrell Stone. Asti is quite vocal...

The title, The Bubble Boys: How Mistaken Educational Ideals and Practices Are Causing A Warped Social Fabric, gives the impression that this will be another book about what we're doing wrong in education and why and how to fix it. Jason Goetz, who admits being...

The Adventures of Little Dog Koko by J.R. Hardin is a small reader for early elementary aged children. Little Koko is a Shih Tzu who lived for awhile with a wonderful lady he called Mama. She took ill, and Koko was put into the care...

In his latest book The Wounded Heart, David Wiltshire has created a masterpiece of history interwoven with the horrors of war, the indomitable spirit of the human heart and an old fashioned, innocent romance. Lt. Mike Gibson, a doctor thrown into a WWII medical regiment,...

I loved this book. Henry gives his testimony of how he came to know Jesus as Lord of his life. He started off in a pit of depression, and he did not know what to do when it came to life's circumstances. ...

Having just recently lost both of her parents in a tragic accident, Madelyn Clevenger faces difficult changes in her life. She now lives with her great-grandmother and has trouble finding friends in her new school. The one exception is Dougal, another new student, who decides...

Lance Porter Priest, ironically known as 'Preacher' is recognized by the shadowy figures, at the head of the CIA, as a perfect candidate for training as a spy and infiltrator. But, being a perfect candidate makes Lance a flawed character - flawed because he shows...

Annie's life took a turn for the worse when her dad moved the family from the only home she'd known in Connecticut to Beaufort, Alabama. Being her senior year, she left all of her friends, including her boyfriend, behind. How could her dad do this...

The Prisoner Within written by Emma Daniels is an intrinsic romantic novel, yet it is about tragedy and dealing with consequences. The Story starts when Luke Alexander, a young man in his mid-twenties, is leaving prison after having served 5 years for being involved...

Charles Bourne, thinking he has terminal cancer and life has nothing left to offer, despite having Sarah and a baby on the way, teams up with several people and embarks on daring stunts that could potentially end in death - and does. Sarah tries to...

In The Frankfort Files: Tales of an American in Germany, David Conte provides the reader with a series of memoirs about his move to Germany in the Spring of 2006. Following his girlfriend, a German native, the author tells of his initial impressions of the...

The Creation: A Letter by Donald Jordan is written for his grandchildren. It's part memoir and part advice, with a bit of warning thrown in...something every grandfather should take the time to write for his grandchildren. There are many great lines in this book, but...