Primarily set in early eighteenth-century London, The Adventures of Tom Finch, Gentleman by Lucy May Lennox is a picaresque tale of a blind music master who triumphs over his disability to lead a thoroughly (dis)honorable life. It is a merry romp from start to finish....

"Listen to the earth’s natural rhythm…To play the drum, one must remember every drum stroke is a rhythm” are beautiful words taken from The Drum With No Sound by Katrina Rahman-Stephens. This beautifully illustrated children's picture book sets the stage in Nigeria and tells the...

In The Crown of Rosemund by Michele Ashman Bell, in Anduron, 1498, the King and Queen have been murdered. All is not lost for the royal family as young Princess Rosemund has been taken deep into the forest for safety. With soldiers on the lookout,...

The Cycle of a Dream: A Kid’s Introduction to Structural Racism in America by Kimberly Narain is an easy and direct short book describing the origins and the development of systemic racism in the United States. It is beautifully illustrated by Mike Motz, who demonstrates...

In The Adventures Of Sugamama, we are introduced to a little girl named Sugamama who loved to cook with her mother. One night she ate too many cookies and passed out with her baking apron still on. When she woke up, her room was strangely...

The Chocolate Prophecy by E.L. Ward falls comfortably into the genre of epic fantasy. The story starts with Jek, the unimportant lighthouse keeper, and his wife Audrey who are both kidnapped by The Old Man on the very day that the Inquisition and the Inspector...

The Book of Uriel by Elyse Hoffman is a mesmerizing work of historical fiction. Set during the Holocaust of World War 2, a ten-year-old boy named Uriel has always been on the outside looking in. He was born mute and ironically lives in a village...

Wendy, Melissa, Sarah, and Lisa had no idea what awaited them in Brazil. The four girls were members of a dance group from London and were bound for Brazil to honor a six-month contract to participate in a circus. In a bid to spice up...

The Pit by Josh Soule connects an intricate web of characters and situations that make this a spellbinding novel. Matthew Longtine poured everything into his judicial campaign when he found he had a crippling disease. Though he won the election, Deborah had to pick up...

The Asht Yogis by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is the story of the fictional Guru Vishnudeva who has one goal: create a team of eight individuals who will become the Asht Yogis to help humanity in the darkest of times. Guru Vishnu trains the eight men...

How much junk food do you eat in a day? Is there a cupboard in your kitchen devoted strictly to junk food? Mari Lou’s mother is determined to break her family’s junk food addiction. One day, she cleaned out the cupboards of all the junk...

Marc Liebman never ceases to enthrall readers with the way he weaves his gripping military plots and provides historical information about his settings for an additional treat. In The Simushir Island Incident, Admiral Kim Sun Pak and General Chun Lee Jang, both in the service...

The Dead Kids Club is an intense thriller by Rich Hosek. A divorced father narrates how the life of his young son ended too soon. As he drops his son Nick at school, the boy grabs his backpack and rushes to join the other first...

The Band Room is a coming of age story written by Bob Seay. Angel is a typical teenager and high school football player whose life is turned upside down when he gets a court-ordered sentence of 90-hour community service due to an accidental scuffle with...

The Dark Ark is a work of fiction in the political drama, conspiracy thriller, and suspense sub-genres, and was penned by author John Leifer. The work is intended for an adult reading audience owing to its complex themes and contains a fast-paced narrative with plenty...

After the death of her father, Minnie Logan took over the daily operations of the Logan coffee shop. The business was struggling, and her landlord raised the rent. Failure to pay within thirty days will see her lose a business of over six decades. However,...

The Fight for Life by William T. Elliott is a volume of powerful poetry that moves and inspires. This award-winning author presents slice-of-life poems on a variety of subjects that go deep and wide, and that almost anyone can relate to in one way or...

The Legacy by Mark Snyder Jr. is a compelling horror novel about a select group of people delegated to save the world. There is a touch of the supernatural too, so there is a good blend of both genres. Climate change is one of the...

I have been a fan of Sherlock Holmes since I was a young boy. I love the writing of Arthur Conan Doyle. What I would have given to have a copy of The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes: Essays on Victorian England by Liese...

The Accidental Text by Becky Monson is a lighthearted romantic comedy. Maggie Cooper always enjoyed taking risks and doing things like skydiving. But, after her mother died, she lost her mojo. She tried texting her mother’s phone, hoping it would be like therapy. Turns out...