First friends, first loves, childhood secrets, love, passion, loss of innocence, guilt, betrayal. Angels and demons. Choices and agency. Loss and grief. These themes are all woven intricately into the plot of Heaven’s Way by Roger Ladd Memmott. The narrator is Danny, and we see...

"Stirbugs & Screws" is a cleverly woven novel that gives us a peek into life as a guard in a high risk Psychiatric Centre and on an Indian Reservation. The story unfolds from two angles. On the one hand we see a young boy leaving...

“Love the Wounded” continues the story of Jake, Leigh, Mike Tim and Dylan whom we met in the first two books of this series. It seems all four of these young adults are still struggling with difficulties that life has brought their way. Tim is...

Nancy O'Neill does a beautiful job of telling such a heartwarming Christmas story. She includes so many different elements of Christmas that I am sure a little boy or girl's eyes would jump with joy while reading or being read to. While reading I felt...

Before Mario’s mother died he was asked to tell the stories of events that once plagued the town of Bainet. Three years later, these stories are compiled, telling intertwined tales of war between good and evil. Years of suffering under the reign of voodoo in...

"Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy" tells a story sure to please readers. In her youth, Josefina Bergin was adored by everyone, and that included her mother and the family servant assigned to take care of her, Liliane. Liliane traces her roots to a community...

Have you ever moved to a new place and felt all alone because you had no friends? That’s what this beautiful book is about. This young girl was not only new with no friends, she couldn’t speak the language of those in her new hometown....

In Guess What is at the Zoo?, Nancy O'Neill delivers several short poems, each about a different zoo animal and each accompanied by an illustration from one of the “Kids Around the World.” From the furry black and white bamboo eater, to the pouch used...

Carlo the Mouse, Book 1: Too Many Rules for One Little Mouse by Mrs. D. is absolutely stunning in both its graphics and the lessons it teaches. Carlo is a baby mouse (mouselet?) who eats like a horse. He lives with his family inside the...

Tara Simmons has been running from the Shadow Man, a serial killer, since the night he murdered her parents when she was 16 years old. It has been nine years since that horrendous night, and now the Shadow Man is hunting and playing with her...

American Knights - Miles Knight: The Patriot is the second of the American Knight family books by authors Knight and Mason. It takes off nicely from the first book and there is also a preface in which those not acquainted with the first book can...

A True Original. That is the best way I can describe Chronicles of Ara: Creation by Joel Eisenberg and Stephen Hillard. This book grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn’t let go. In this literary gem, the mysterious character “X” leads us through the dark...

Build your Computer Skills by Luke Mathius Harlow is a book full of useful information about using a PC. This book has an easy to understand step by step approach, suitable both for a beginner and an experienced user. It covers almost all the jobs...

What does it mean to be thoughtless? Do children understand the concept? So many children are loved too much to the point that they are spoiled. These children are not expected to help out around the house, or to do any chores. Everything is done...

Where Are The Ghostwriting Jobs? by G.B. Sholander is about markets available online for entry-level and established ghostwriters. After giving a brief introduction to the nature of ghostwriting, jobs available in this field and allied information, it lists specific places where one can find opportunities...

The Adventures of Mister Bubble: Mister Bubble and the Three Greedy Triplets, written by Luke Mathius Harlow and illustrated by Jasmine Todd, is a delightfully animated tale of the thoughtlessness of greed. In this story the village is full of happy children who share. They...

Blurry is written by Sherri Fulmer Moorer. A victim of domestic violence, Kirsten Chalmers awaits her ride outside the university. When her jealous and abusive ex-boyfriend, Danny Elkman, shows up instead, they argue before Danny attacks her. Kirsten narrowly manages to escape Danny’s clutches and...

Crumbling Walls by Laura Strandt, Book One of the Jack and Emily Series, explores a darker side of growing up during the teenage years. Jack Callaghan, the second of six sons, is in high school and has a crush on a neighborhood girl, Emily. However,...

Firebrand by Sarah MacTavish is a well written young adult historical fiction novel set in 1860. This was a year when slavery was still a part of the American culture. Firebrand follows two main characters; one living in the North and one living in the...

Haiku Dance by Cora J. Ramos is a story of young love torn apart that soon blossoms into full blown adult love after the two reunite. Young Miyoshi and Shino live as neighbors on Mount Takao where tea farmers were prevalent. They quickly become friends...