War Story by Rolf Margenau takes us on a journey through WWII with four young people who are faced with the horrors of a world at war and learn to grow up quickly because of it. All four participants are linked to each other either...

I would hate to get into a verbal altercation with Wanda Morrow Clevenger because I think that her knife-sharp wit would kill me. Her last name amuses me because she is indeed a clever Clevenger. Sure, you can start reading this book the old fashioned...

Second Hand Stops by Katie St. Clair is the first book in the Van Buren Series. Left alone on a doorstep, Julia Malone is joined by several telepathic children to form a hotchpotch family of sorts under the watchful eye of the strange Mistress Lilliun....

Beautiful, hand-drawn images of Japan, of both the nature and the people thereof, are shown throughout the pages of this book. These images depict the giant tsunami which occurred in 2011 as well as people going through their daily lives in the different prefectures of...

Before by J. Kilburn is a coming-of-age satire that pieces together the lives of a tribe of kids, and is part of the author's Heaven's Door series. There are many moving pieces in this novel and various point of view characters. The narrative weaves between...

Bewitched Moon: Emergence by C. R. Stephens is a fantastic debut novel. Samantha Luna Thorp is a twenty-year-old witchy yoga instructor with a profound connection to the moon. For Samantha, moon rituals are always a must, but right now, she craves clarity and inner peace...

In Tangles, Kay Smith-Blum takes readers into the heart of America's Cold War secrecy with the same poignant clarity reminiscent of E. Annie Proulx. Set against the backdrop of the Hanford plant, Smith-Blum weaves a dual narrative that resonates with individuals’ history and enduring courage....

Twenty-five-year-old Morticia ‘Tisha’ Adams witnesses a murder on her routine train commute. When the body disappears, she teams up with Detective Murphy, a man with mysterious abilities. But Tisha is keeping a secret of her own – the dead speak to her. It’s an ability...

Picture Imperfect is a touching story by Susan Thogerson Maas about twelve-year-old Jada Jane (nicknamed JJ) during a difficult period of her life. It all starts when JJ’s somewhat thoughtless Aunt Lissa moves in, not only invading her family’s home, but JJ’s own room. It’s...

Little Puddles by Shannon Dill, illustrated by Chris E Hammond, is about a little man named PJ who lives on a little island, in a little house in a little town, named Littleton, and has a little garden. But then he gets a big idea....

Susan Pattison offers an interesting concept in her book for young children called Mr. Moon's Balloons. Various colored balloons escape from the hands of children at the fair. They drift up into the sky and the wind sets them free to float up to the...

I love science fiction and fantasy. I am a Christian. I am sure many people, my mother first among them, think that I am not Christian enough. That is a matter of what you think the exact definition of the word Christian means. I like...

Scepter of Flint is a work of fiction in the historical, mystery, and suspense sub-genres, and was penned by author N. L. Holmes. Continuing the fantastic series of the Lord Hani Mysteries, we once again find ourselves immersed in the world of ancient Egyptian politics,...

A government official gets a strange request. Will he secretly meet with a representative of a foreign power? Intrigued, he sets up a meeting. Only this is a meeting unlike anything he could ever have imagined. The representative tells him he has traveled over 24...

George Knows by Mindy Mymudes is the interesting story of George and his girl-pup, Karly. It is George's duty to train Karly. In the process, he finds himself being taken on an adventure which will teach him more about himself and help his girl-pup learn...

Buzz by Mary Jo Prado is a cute little story book for children about Buzz, the dragonfly. Buzz is a large and ugly looking dragonfly and his neighbors get scared when they see him. Buzz has no friends and he is desperately looking for friends....

Susie finds out her mommy has cancer. Susie is not sure what that means exactly so she goes to her grandmother to seek out the answer. Susie asks her grandmother a few questions about cancer such as what it is; does it make a person...

Christmas Star by Mary Jo Prado is a cute little story revolving around the theme of Christmas. Franny and her family love Christmas time. They love decorating the tree and they display it proudly for the family and friends to see. The children are excited,...

Being different is hard for Keilann Douglas in Chicago, but even worse when the family moves to a small town in Scotland where her father takes a position at a university. Of mixed Ojibwa and Scottish heritage, Keilann discovers a gift drawn from both cultures...