Joshua's Island by Patrick Hodges is the story of Joshua and Eve, two 13-year-old kids who face something many kids have to deal with in real life, too: bullying. And not just verbal bullying, but bullying that includes physical violence. Joshua is a small boy,...

A Warrior's Heart: The Awakening is an inspirational adventure novel written by L. Neil Thrussell. Graham Connelly first ended up on the island when the plane he and his friend, Blaine, were piloting went down in the Pacific Ocean. They waded across several smaller islands...

A Warrior's Heart: Perseverance is Volume 2 of L. Neil Thrussell's inspirational fiction series. Graham Alexander Connelly is on his way back to the island where his friend and mentor, Master Akio, is waiting. He's made arrangements for a year-long stay this time, and he's...

Three Quick Steps: An Inspiring Account of Struggle and Recovery is a memoir written by Robert Emmett. Emmett was your typical kid living in the early 1950s until he contracted polio at the age of nine. It was paralytic polio, a severe form of the...

Destruction of Sweet Creation by Kenneth E. Fultz Jr. is a short novella based on the anime genre. The book revolves around two central characters: Hiro, a handsome, eighteen-year-old boy who is a loner, and Kanae, a child-like, immature seventeen-year old who is cursed. Hiro...

Squishy Face and the Moon by Jennifer Oneal Gunn is a combination of the normal fears that children have with some basic science. The two main characters are Squishy Face, a young girl younger than ten, and Big Mama, her mommy. One night Squishy Face...

House of Harwood: A Novella by Olivia Batker Pritzker is a short but very powerful story. The Harwood family has gathered for its traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Granny Harwood is the matriarch and her son, John James, is at the head of the table. Sister Victoria...

Masters of Life on Good Life and Good Society by Dr. Tommy S.W. Wong presents, through conversations with two gurus, Guru Dick and Guru Harry, contrasting views on different aspects of life, like basic needs, social needs, longevity or religion. Questions such as “What...

Hayley's Courage by Linda M. Steiner is the story of Hayley, a young girl who has a birthmark on her face. Her parents teach her that she is special and Hayley is quite a remarkable girl who doesn't let other people's words bring her down....

Wake Up: Spiritual Enlightenment Uncloaked is a book containing coherent and clear messages about waking up to inner happiness and spirituality. The author, Helen Jane Rose, claims to have written this by “automatic writing.” Upon reading the book, it seems most likely that this is...

A Brief Stay at Earth Human Camp: Book 1 of the Secrets of Farbookonia Series by Marie C. Collins is the story of sister and brother, Anne and Atticus, whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their mother is an alien. They...

The American Deluge by Uri Norwich is a political thriller. There’s a new President in the White House. Before he was sworn in, he snuck in and sat in the Oval Office and tried to feel as though he belonged. The exiting President visited him...

Sara's Soul is the second book in the Afterlife Series by Deanna Kahler. Featuring the titular Sara, who can see the future - usually in the form of tragic deaths - this book jumps right into the action. As a big fan of the paranormal...

Can your memories put you in danger or would they salvage your relationship when everything indicates that there was no relationship to start with? In Love or Deception by Morgan K. Wyatt, Amy has no recollection of anything. The only thing she remembers is that...

A Treasure More Than Gold by Ritt Jordan is an account of how the author was enticed into the “thrill of the chase,” somewhere in the Rocky Mountains north of Santa Fe, NM. An ancient cast bronze, and a hidden treasure chest. To find it,...

A children’s book that educates, entertains, and offers real tools for coping with a life-threatening health issue is a rare find. It’s Cool to Bring Your Own Cupcake: A Children’s Food Allergy Awareness Book by Leanne Sebastian and Lora Cipriano is just such a book....

“The few friends I had, if you could call them friends, turned away from me when I started seeing things. Visions. Clairvoyant was the term my therapist used. Freak was the term kids at school gave me.” Visions: The Mystical Encounter Series, Book 1 by...

Stepping Stones by Kathleen Driver is an uplifting book that narrates the conversations between two people, Kitt and April, metaphorically linking them to the conversations one can have with one's own self. The conversations touch on emotions, faith, dreams, growth, surrender, obstacles in life, doubt,...

Diary of an Inner City Teacher by Tamam Tracy Moncur is an eye opening book about what actually goes on in a sixth grade classroom throughout the year. It is also a book that gives ideas on how to teach your own children. Teachers do...

Cyndarella, Tavie, Denise and Vette had been best friends since high school, but Cyn was the pivot of the friendship and her friends could talk to her about their deepest secrets. Cyn's life was, however, far from perfect itself. Although now happily engaged to a...