Using Drought USA by Ian MacDonald continues the saga of Rob Lyons and this time he hopes a war between allies can be avoided. The plot and special circumstances begin in Bermuda, a water-starved island that provides a stark picture of how to conserve this...

Life is complicated when you're a teenager. It is full of ups, downs, and discovery. If one of those discoveries happens to be an item belonging to a goddess, then that's a whole new Pandora's box. While helping her Grammy relocate, Mylee came across the...

My Cursed Heart is a dark fantasy novella written by Steve Zimcosky and illustrated by Ivetic Vicai. His plane was landing at the Cleveland Airport on his way to attend his elder brother’s funeral when he was drawn back in his memory to a moment...

Strxia: The Odds Are Against Us is a children’s fantasy/science fiction novel written by Maggie Daniels and Matt Michel. The Bridgeport County Youth Association was getting concerned about the scarcity of kids actually interested in playing baseball anymore, so much so that just about any...

Hamartia by Raquel Rich is a science fiction story with strong plot points, a powerful conflict, and characters that readers will love. Grace's son Jordan is dying from a terrible disease, one that tears the soul from the body before killing the person. It is...

The Keyboardist's Career Guide: A 10-Step Plan to Your Dream Job in the Music Business by Gregg Akkerman is a blueprint for how to actually make a living as a keyboardist/pianist. During his lengthy career, Akkerman has done it all and in this book he...

In The 19th Bladesman by S.J. Hartland, Kaell's destiny had been written long before he was ever born. It was his destiny to fight the ghouls, to keep their forces at bay, and to die young. But there is more to this title than just...

School Dance by Janice Spina is book one in the new series, Abby & Holly. Some readers might already know the two girls from one of the author’s earlier books: they were first introduced in Book 5 of the Davey & Derek Junior Detectives...

What can I say? Twelve by Kindra M. Austin is the most powerful thing I have read in recent memory. It may be the most powerful collection of poetry on the planet. It is real. It is honest and devoid of the pretentiousness of most...

Bloodgood Messiah by Michael Herman and Jacqueline Santangelo is a gripping story with powerful religious undertones and a setting -the first century political landscape in Jerusalem - that will delight fans of historical fiction. In the first book in the Bloodgood Saga, Moon is hired...

VieVie La Fontaine by Linda Heavner Gerald is an amazingly wonderful story set against the backdrop of Hitler's rise in Germany and the fear, terror, and tyranny that existed in the country at that time. The progression of a maniac and the hell he created...

Can You See What I Can See?, written by Theresa Monroe and illustrated by Aparnapandaber, shares the wonderful and imaginative things a child sees in their world of play and pretend. The brightly colored pages are easy guides to teach a child some of the...

Bad Mojo is a historical coming of age novel for preteens and young adults written by Eva Blackstone. They were all one family, an outwardly disparate one made up of outcast kids gathered lovingly together by Masha, a Russian emigrée who juggled children’s services and...

The Shadowverse: A YA Sci-Fi Superhero Adventure by John-Clement Gallo is an adventure that is as satisfying as any can be. Well-written and loaded with action, it features Johnny Sparks, a young protagonist who suddenly discovers that he has powers after an encounter with a...

“My trouble began when I started seeing...DOUBLE!!” Dedicated to her own twins, Hailey and Matilda, Tracy Murdock’s Zoe in Double Trouble is about a dog named Zoe－a “Princess Pup”－who is used to having her mommy all to herself. She recounts the day when everything changed...

To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence by Lisa Kohn is a gritty memoir of abuse. At an early age, Lisa was exposed to abuse, including cocaine, even received from a judge. It just seemed natural for a child who had no...

Shrill Dusk by Helen Harper is the first book in the City of Magic series. Charley does whatever it takes to help people even if it means taking on a debt to pay back money owed to the despicable Maximilian Stone. She spends her time...

The Maddie Chronicles features three books in the series by Hannah R. Goodman: My Sister’s Wedding, My Summer Vacation, and Fear of Falling, a compelling collection in which readers encounter high school student Maddie Hickman who is determined to rediscover herself and pursue a life...

Death By Stalking: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery is a sleuth mystery novel written by Abigail Keam. Someone had killed Gage Cagle during the Bluegrass Antiques Auction, and Josiah’s friend, Rosie, was being held as the most likely killer. Josiah had actually found Rosie holding a...

The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Saw Him is an epic fantasy novel for young adults written by Tom Hoffman. Being the translucent boy was all Odo Whitley had ever known. A seemingly random gift of perfume sent to his mother, Petunia, when she...