Traveling the world is bound to make the traveler aware of some of the world’s most memorable historic moments. In Kirk Ward Robinson’s Hiking Through History, the author takes readers on an epic journey through Scotland, Spain, France, and Italy, sharing fascinating details of the...

In The Second World by Jake Korell, Flip Buchanan grows up inside a Martian colony where power is exercised through ceremony, media displays, and corporate rituals. While adults hold authority in public, Flip builds his real life with his friends Pepper, Rizz, Pockets, and Cheese,...

Qarsoon by David C. Jeffrey, Space Unbound book four, is set in the 23rd century. Book one sees Earth’s decline, and a failed Martian settlement threatens humanity. The discovery of a living planet becomes central to human continuity through Aiden Macallan’s direct linkage. In book...

Everywhere She Ran is a fast‑paced mystery novel by A. Eveline and a gripping read. Communications lawyer Leyla James is no stranger to intrigue. But in the middle of the COVID pandemic, she’s determined to keep her job while many others join the unemployment line....

All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Emily Rose Brubaker follows Willow, a girl who lives in Alaska. She is drawn to the light during long summer days and winter nights filled with northern lights. When Willow receives a rather plain gray cup at breakfast,...

In Of Gods and Ruin by Jonathan D. Lambert, after a forbidden gate is destroyed beneath Brethefen, Desnia is imprisoned and accused of causing the fire that devastated the city. The Sapphiric Court orders silence while Lord General Rosethorn enforces martial law and suppresses reports...

Things I Saw: A Funny Animal Alphabet Book, written and illustrated by Britt Joanna, is a charming, hilarious book for children that depicts various animals from A to Z performing antics that begin with the first letter of their name. This book is a great...

The Name and the Key by Kristina Elyse Butke is about Lily Bellamy, a teenage girl whose world slowly falls apart after her mother vanishes and is later found drowned in the marshlands near their home. Lily has grown up in the shadow of her...

The Christmas Starfish by J.B. Auchter is a holiday picture book that takes readers beneath the waves for a seasonal adventure in Cape Cod Bay. Framed as a story shared on a winter night, the tale imagines Santa’s sleigh gliding not only through the sky...

A Brief History of Wasting Time by Gary C McAuley follows Cyrus, a man who decides that doing as little as possible will govern his days after finishing a long-postponed physics book. He stays indoors, organizes his hours around television, minor contests, and talk, then...

In Thomas and the Magic Violin by Tuula Pere, a young boy is determined to get a difficult composition for his school’s concert just right. While his friends are outside, Thomas is practicing inside with the windows open, worried that his neighbors are tired of...

As Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” and that’s exactly what the young children in The Leading Role by Tuula Pere are eager to do. It begins one day when a young girl, Emma, discovers...

In A Stargazer by Tuula Pere, Aylin is a young girl who falls ill with a high fever. While resting, she finds comfort and a bit of magic from the starry sky just outside her window. A glowing visitor named Vesper appears, and Aylin’s sure...

The Hermit’s Hut follows Francis, a children’s author who leaves his city apartment after his books lose readers and moves into the mountains near his friend Erasmus, an old, half-deaf shepherd. Francis builds a small cottage and spends his days walking, foraging, and passing long...

The Fox and the Garbage War by Tuula Pere will teach children about critical thinking and the dangers of ambition. In this story, Francis the Fox is disappointed after his campaign to become mayor fails. However, he decides not to give up and creates a...

Embodied Everyday Awakening by Geri Portnoy describes a developmental transition that can arise when familiar ways of organizing one's life stop providing orientation. Portnoy explains how this change often begins in ordinary circumstances, when one's mental control no longer explains experiences, and one's attention starts...

Eafin Lokdore and the Ancient Secret is the third installment in The Lokdore Trilogy by R.G. Edwards. The story becomes more interesting with a high-stakes quest for Eafin Lokdore. This time, Eafin must travel through dangerous terrain to retrieve an Ancient Secret. He is seventeen...

Poinsettia Girl by Jennifer Wizbowski is a historical novel set in Venice in the early eighteenth century. Agata Farusi was a ten-year-old girl trying to come to terms with the untimely death of her mother. Cared for by her loving Nonna (grandmother), in their neighborhood...

Slipper Girl by Adele Royce is about Skylar Van Ness, a 27-year-old woman who discovers that her dark past has returned to torment her. Right before her father's wedding, Skylar reads a shocking email, and she learns that her mother knows everything about her and...

Árpád Váczi’s 2084 is a science fiction story set in a future world. Readers are taken inside a world where almost every part of human life is controlled. It does not matter if it is politics, surveillance, or technology; they all play a role in...