The Lonely Balloon by Gemma Mallorey is a charming and delightful story about a new balloon that is inflated to full size, and is happy that he can touch the clouds. He realizes that being so high up in the sky is not as fun...

The Crystal Crux - Betrayal: YA Edition (Volume 1) by AM Werner is the revised version of an original title. Crafted for young adult readers, this compelling work features interesting characters and creatures like wolves, dragons, lizards, and winged horses. It is the time of...

The Undelightened is Volume 1 from the young adult paranormal series by Bentz Deyo. After failing the magical delightened test given to prospective followers of evil, Leam Holt is given a second chance by Gideon, the pernicious leader of Darkness. Gideon has devised a dangerous...

The Way to Riches by Sittra is a profound book that brings one to the point of becoming rich before a tangible manifestation. The author introduces concepts and questions that demand an inward response. Even though the book is short, the knowledge provided by the...

The Crossover Mystery by Ronald A Feldman is a perfect mix of adventure and unsolved mysteries. The story starts off with a strange ceremony performed over the body of a man named John W. Wiley in order to prepare him for what is referred to...

What breaks your heart? This was the question that Brie Daniels was asked one day during a six-week Bible Study series on Purpose. Brie Daniels saw her heart break each time that a young black girl did not see or understand her true God-given beauty...

Lena is a gawky, nerdy teenager who can't wait to get to college and blossom, like her older sister Linda did. For now, though, she has to get through her eighteenth birthday with her father out of town. To make matters worse, she had a...

The Fortunate Accident by Francine Rodriguez is a very modern novel that talks about things that actually happen around us. Alberto is our hero and he is an antihero. He is a member of the Hispanic community. He is a 'notario,' he writes and reads...

The Writer With No Hands by Matthew Alford is a true account of an investigation into the death of Hollywood screenwriter, Gary Devore. Matthew Alford has managed to get hold of a file that had never been seen before, the report on the autopsy for...

I enjoyed reading The Grave of Lainey Grace by Aaron Galvin. It is good, lighthearted reading for fans of slice-of-life narration with a touch of fantasy. The main character, Briar Ann Wade, is 10 years old at the start, 12 at the finish. Briar Ann’s...

The Fabulously Fantastic Alfa Romeo: A Short Memoir by Sandra Staas is an interesting story. In it, Staas talks about her beloved car, an Alfa Romeo. She also tells about the adventures she experienced with it in different countries in the '80s. Before reading The...

The Road to Kalbakar: Wyrms of Pasandir by Paul E. Horsman is a young adult fiction novel with fantasy, adventure, and magic. This book will appeal most to an audience made up of primarily young adults who enjoy stories of adventure, fantasy, and magic; though...

Annie Wood has dreams. She was an upper housemaid to a very prestigious family and she dreamed of earning her way into the position of lady’s maid. She has a talent with needle and thread and she’s often called upon to improve or alter designer...

The Secret in Mossy Swamp by Rita Monette is a children’s adventure story. Nikki lives with her family in a small houseboat and has to share a room with Jesse, her kid brother who takes great delight in torturing her. Nikki decides she needs her...

The Gold by Krista Wagner is a fantasy storybook for children revolving around Amanda, a fifth grade student. Amanda is a lonely child. She lost her mother when she was young and she lives with her father and sister. Her father is away at work...

The Legend of Ghost Dog Island (Nikki Landry Swamp Legends) is an adventure for children by Rita Monette. Ten-year-old Nikki is sad because her father, a fisherman, has to move their houseboat to another town along the bayou where the crabbing is better. She meets...

The Curse at Pirate Cove: Nikki Landry Swamp Legends is a children’s adventure by Rita Monette. Nikki Landry wants a new bike to replace her damaged one, but Papa can’t afford to buy a new bike for her eleventh birthday. After learning about the legendary...

The Watcher is a young boy, enslaved, as are his family and his friends, by fierce soldier dragons who make them work the fields and do their bidding. But the Watcher is not satisfied with his lot in life. He doesn’t like being a slave....

The Tegen Cave by Inge-Lise Goss is an amazing horror fiction that made me sweat and that is not easy, I can tell you. Sara Jones, the protagonist of the story, knows that her life will not be the same. She ran away from her...

The Lost Burro/El Burrito Perdido by Mary Esparza-Vela is a delightful bilingual storybook for children. Raulito lives with his parents on top of a mountain in Mexico. The family has to travel down the mountainside every day for water. It was a difficult task for...