The Forest Through The Trees by Meena Nutbeam begins with a missing teenage boy. When Winsome was told she was getting a locker buddy, the vice principal explained they were putting a student with her that needed a friend. Her new locker buddy was none...

Hidden Among Yourselves by Bill Hiatt is Book 3 in the Spell Weaver series. Taliesin Weaver is faced with a number of difficulties, not the least of which is that a war god wants him dead. Added to that is finding out what is killing...

In a great shorter-form novel, Landfall, by author Joseph Jablonski, we follow Jake Thomas, a man who's ready for a different kind of life after spending thirty years working at sea. But he finds it difficult to put his old life behind him, especially when...

A perfect read for when you only have a short amount of time, Giving My Tears a Break by Dominique Wilkins, the story of Hannah Jeffries, is an easy to follow story of a woman who gets herself into a situation that so many unfortunately...

Robin McGee’s The Cancer Olympics is a memoir of her battle against not only cancer but inadequate healthcare that she unfortunately received. The negligence of her delayed diagnosis – no thanks to Doctors One, Two, Three and Four – cause a late stage tumor that...

F.A.I.T.H. Finding Answers In The Heart is a soul searching book written by all types of various individuals with different beliefs and viewpoints (Nanette Littlestone et al.). While I don’t personally agree with many of the writers and their personal views, I do find it...

My Gift For You, written by Vinai Moua and illustrated by Yee Thao, tells the story of a special gift that a parent has for a child. It is told in rhyme which flows beautifully, and the colourful illustrations really bring the story to life....

3GB: Good Girl Gone Bad by K.A. Black is a coming of age tale about a teen named Alexandra, called Xandra by her family and friends. She seethes with resentment against her older brother, Brent, the local all-star athlete and the center of attention. Her...

Second Hand Stops by Katie St. Clair is the first book in the Van Buren Series. Left alone on a doorstep, Julia Malone is joined by several telepathic children to form a hotchpotch family of sorts under the watchful eye of the strange Mistress Lilliun....

Dealing with the loss of a loved one is no easy task, but what if you could go back in time and alter the past in order to keep them around? Amalie Jahn poses that question in The Clay Lion. Brooke Wallace was devastated by...

Have You Ever? is a picture book filled with outrageously funny sentences and illustrations. I can guarantee that you have not even thought about the hilariously crazy situations that this book presents. For example, can you honestly say that a toupee-wearing tortoise taunting a tarantula...

The Aakowa Parables Vol. I - Life Studies: For A Happy Heart by Sid Aakowa is a really interesting concept of mixing wonderful story telling with self-help questionnaires and tips. This book is really quite unique in my experience, and combines elements of both fiction...

Just how far can love and laughter go? In Magelica’s Voyage: The Rescue by Louise Courey Nadeau, you’ll find out. When Magelica fell asleep after her kisses and the story that Gri read to her, she had a dream. The dream was about Prince William...

Evan Meets Bucky Lee by Julie Van Elswyk tells us the story of a boy called Evan who has no hair. It never grew. When he and his family move to a new area, he has high hopes of making some new friends. His optimism...

ABC's Trip To Africa by Ozi Okaro is an adorable way of teaching children the alphabet as well as discovering the continent of Africa. In this book, the author takes young readers on an exciting journey through Africa, telling them about the plants, animals, musical...

The American Deluge by Uri Norwich is a political thriller. There’s a new President in the White House. Before he was sworn in, he snuck in and sat in the Oval Office and tried to feel as though he belonged. The exiting President visited him...

Monster Mayhem is a picture pop-up book for children written by Melinda Kinsman. Billy has monsters living under his bed. They are constantly up to mischief, but do not speak at all. These monsters have greedy appetites, and they know just where to go for...

The Last Order by Angela M. Caldwell is a medieval tale of iron-willed 17-year-old Lana Crewe who lives in a village with her father. When the king and queen of Wenham are killed, the kingdom is divided and war between the lords is inevitable. Lana’s...

Scarlet Revelations by Robert Ahanes is a collection of poems inspired by the Book of Revelation and the apocalyptic prophecy. The Book of Revelation, often simply known as The Apocalypse, holds a central place in Christian eschatology, and describes a series of prophetic visions and...

The Singing Stones of Rendor is Book 1 from the Eidolon Trilogy by Neils Knudsen. When K’Las was born to tinkers, Willim and B’Tris Campanill, his aunt Haegatess transferred her potent magical powers to him before dying. His parents also possess this magic known as...