Lady Vagabond by Judy DePue is a compelling memoir that chronicles the journey of a graduate student who embarks on a fifteen-month odyssey of discovery before committing to a career as a behavioral psychologist. As she travels from Samoa to Australia, from New Guinea to...

Matthew West-James’s Burning Salt begins with the Jaka, an ancient civilization that has learned to cross between universes through the Nexus after earlier expansion nearly destroyed them. When a rupture starts sending three-dimensional matter into a planar universe, every crossing tears through the two-dimensional environment...

Devil's Name by Lori B. Duff follows small-town Georgia lawyer Jessica Fischer as she takes on the case of Alexander, a transgender teenager fighting to legally change his name and birth certificate before heading off to college. While Jessica navigates a hostile small-town court system...

Mitten Discovers His Shadow by Deborah Carter Martin is a delightful picture book about a little barn kitten growing up and discovering the wonders of the world. When Mitten and his brothers and sisters are old enough, their mother takes them out into the farmyard....

Cheryl Carpinello’s Feathers of the Phoenix follows Rosa and her cousin Jerome after the ancient Atlantean Mneseus arrives with news that the second Phoenix Feather is ready to be found. The five Feathers must one day reunite with the Atlantean Horse so Atlantis can rise,...

So You Want To Be A Psychotherapist by Linda Soules is another excellent addition to the So You Want To Be series. Two chairs in a quiet room; that’s what it takes for lives to start changing. Imagine a job that doesn’t revolve around vehicles,...

Murphy is off to school. He doesn’t understand why, and he wonders if it’s really just about learning new rules. In Becki A. Jacobson’s The Adventures of Murphy and Me: Why Must I Go to School?, Murphy continually questions the importance of going to school....

Nat’s House of Echoes is an engaging fantasy novel that focuses on Rian, a teen boy who can hear strange frequencies inside the mechanical structures of his world. After spending his childhood working with fishing nets in a waterlogged community, he travels up to a...

Do you ever wonder why people think what they think? Why do they do things that often make no sense at all? In Linda Soules’ So You Want To Be A Psychologist, you will discover a lot of interesting facts about people who study the...

Lacy and Ivy Find New Wonders by Brenda Strand and Colleen M Bratley introduces young readers to two hardworking winter fairies who make the season magical by sculpting unique icicles and creating beautiful snowflakes. While Lacy and Ivy get a huge kick out of watching...

In Nina and the Missing Night by Natalia Paruzel-Gibson, we follow a resourceful young girl named Nina during a day that simply refuses to end. The night completely vanishes, leaving the neighborhood trapped under a stubborn sun that won’t quit. While people are happy to...

Have you ever drawn a house and wished it was real? So You Want to Be an Architect by Linda Soules is a non-fiction children’s book that introduces readers to the world of being an architect. Soules describes these professionals as part artist, part engineer,...

Bruce E. Arrington’s Josh Anvil and the Indomitable Power follows fourteen-year-old Josh, a Louisiana teenager whose alien-given abilities let him heal people and create living things from thought. After escaping federal agents who blame him for murders he did not commit, Josh returns home to...

The Case of the Missing Socks is the first book in the Corduroy Jones and the Monsterville Mystery Squad series by Robert Hill. Corduroy Jones, or CJ, lives with his parents and dog Pepper in a Victorian house in the town of Monsterville. The town...

Haunted America by Steven Cortinas follows Houston prosecutor Leslie Berrios after every building in the United States becomes home to a creature drawn from the fears of its occupants. As the attacks spread, Leslie learns that they lead back to Miguel Torres, the cartel leader...

Ken Wall’s Bathing With JFK centers on Austin Grant, a Houston lawyer who once found his model for greatness in a John F. Kennedy biography that he read in the bathtub before graduation. Ten years later, Austin is trapped in legal work that has given...

In Mississippi Wizards by Kenneth Penn, Cassandra is haunted by unresolved trauma. Cassandra witnessed the tragic death of her cousin, Antonne. Since then, Cassandra has been plagued by visions. Cassandra hides this from her husband, Ben, to shield him from her suffering. The most unsettling...

The Standoff by Grant Cole is a fast-paced action thriller that answers the question: what can the average American do when the government goes too far in trying to control its citizenry? Alex is living the quiet life in Dalton County, Texas, after years of...

How to Show Up for the Dying and Their Loved Ones by Moriah Melín W. is one of the most genuinely useful and compassionate guides to a subject most of us avoid until we have no choice. The author is a midwife who has spent...

Banks do not offer credit out of kindness. Paul Allsbrook examines this thorny question in How Banks Get Richer by the Poor. It is in the consumer’s interest to understand the system. The author explains how credit works, along with the advantages and pitfalls. While...