Mandalay Hawk’s Dilemma: The United States of Anthropocene by Peter Aronson is an extremely important novel, written for middle-grade students but it is equally informative and, most of all, motivational for any age group, from 6-year-old to adults. It deals with climate change as it...

Current events have all of us wondering what’s happening with the world. Certainly, it isn’t what it was and some are even asking if we’re in the end times. That’s actually a question that has haunted reality, and it’s a question that Arnold V. Page...

Blood at the Root by Ciahnan Darrell is a slice-of-life exploration of the racial divisiveness that shaped America's history and its impact on its citizens in current times. When the son of a billionaire mogul, Christopher Fairchild, executes a shocking performance art where he is...

Reeling from the aftereffects of her five-year-old daughter Lily's death, Tess Parker stumbles into another disastrous event when she is involved in a car accident that sends her sister-in-law Torrie into a coma. With Torrie incapacitated, Tess has no choice but to foster her nephew...

Sue’s Sky is a children’s book by Lulu Black that teaches children how there are different ways to look at the same thing. When Sue looks up at the sky one day, she sees a beautiful blue sky. However, when she tries to share this...

Not to Touch the Earth by Felix Little is a gripping novel about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Nia and Karana hope they will manage to make a new home for themselves far away from their tribe. Nia has a special connection...

In 1925, Rita Reilly was born to a middle-class Irish family and grew up in a sheltered home with lots of love. Her family is well-off financially, owning a booming grocery and newsagent store with their living quarters above. When her family travels to Wicklow...

The Other Side of Good by E. A. Coe is a thrilling, suspenseful novel set in Cincinnati. Alleged drug dealer Theo Jackson offers to donate $5M for a new youth center and Officer Denton Jones, commander of the Cincinnati Central Business District police patrol, is...

Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain by Kristin Wilcox is a thought-provoking and informative book focusing on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The book consists of two parts. The first part is from the point of view of Andrew trying to cope with inattentive...

In Hop Lola Hop by Kathy Urban, we find that Lola is in for a day of adventure. Usually, this little stuffed bunny hops along with her best friend, Ella. But this time Lola has hopped just a bit too far and the two become...

Faces We Love Shanghai by Derek Muhs and Marisa Tarin is an extraordinary compilation of photographs starring the people of Shanghai. Each picture is complemented by a short description, a sentence, a thought which is shared with us and which we can choose to read...

Mosaic Heart: Pieces of an Unfinished Life by Donna Mazzitelli is a moving and optimistic memoir. It is beautifully written. The cover is magnificent and perfectly conveys the messages we find in this book of self-discovery. Donna gratefully but also generously shares with us her...

Meth Murder & Amazon by G.S. Gerry is a satirical novel written in a splintered narrative and leans heavily on a form of story delivery through a rapid-fire dialogue. The book begins with a family trying to sell their home. The patriarch, Mr. D. Grake,...

River of Ashes is the first novel in the St. Benedict series by authors Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor. Beau Devereaux is a charming, popular high school guy. The hero quarterback, handsome and rich, Beau is everything you could wish for in a young man,...

Cross Body Lead is a relevant psychological women’s novel by Elie Axelroth that deals with the creepy theme of stalking. Billie Ochoa teaches Cold War Politics and Cuban History at a college campus across the bay from San Francisco. Ever since student Evelyn Davis confided...

Know, Grow and Show Your GRIT! Self-Discovery Made Simple by Haze Schepmyer is a self-help guide founded on the author's own GRIT Growth Guide and personal development programs. Schepmyer's GRIT is displayed for ease of reference as a compass with each direction assigned a letter...

Mona Lisa, Becoming a Ghost by A.L. Mengel is a work of supernatural fiction that explores ambition, longing, broken promises, and regret from the point of view of an artist named Pedro. Among the living mortals walk the immortals, those who are not susceptible to...

Sold Souls is the third novel in The Divine Devils series by R. Weir. Things were about to get messy, and Hunter knew it. Their archnemesis Valerie had a job for Hunter and Athena, and she was ready to pay them handsomely for it. Valerie...

Isaiah and the Orchestra of Sounds is a story based on a real condition. Tinnitus occurs when you hear a ringing or similar tone in one or both ears. At first, Isaiah hears music in his ears, like a full orchestra. When the problem begins...

The Adjacent Possible: Evolve Your Art from Blank Canvas to Prolific Artist is a fascinating presentation on the science of artistic creativity by the psychiatrist and abstract artist Nancy Leigh Hillis, M.D. It is written with the stated purpose to “guide, nudge, and inspire” the...