The Warrior in the Garden by Keith Thorn is a beautiful, reflective book that narrates the story of young Kaori. She starts her journey under the watchful guidance of her Sensei in a dojo. Most stories about any martial art focus on the discipline of...

Dona Masi’s The Taking follows Vera Diparma, a girl in rural New England whose childhood is marked by lights in the sky and missing hours she cannot explain. Her father, John, raised her in an old house near Pangea after her mother, Suzy, disappeared under...

Jack's Noisy Day: A Raucous Romp Through The Alphabet, written by Sarah Tinney and Illustrated by Ricky Audi, is an entertaining and fun-filled children’s book that aims to present the alphabet in the most entertaining way possible. The story follows the journey of Jack’s actions...

In her memoir The Great Triumph, Jeanne Estelle Saddler follows the life of her mother, Thelma, from a childhood in a South Carolina sharecropping family to adulthood in Detroit. After the Osborne family joins the Great Migration, Thelma's intelligence brings her into the home of...

Voices on the Wind -- Assault by Helena P. Schrader is an epic story of courage and defiance in the face of a relentless enemy and incredible deprivation. The first of a series based on the historic defense of the island of Malta by the...

In Keith Thorn’s Worth the Trade, time is the currency behind every decision. Thorn begins with money because it is the cost people count, then changes the question from what a thing costs to what it asks of a life. A possession has a receipt,...

"Sarah’s Gift" by Skye Wieland is an uplifting novel about a young girl who is starting a fresh life after living through a traumatic childhood experience. Sarah leaves her homeland in Australia and makes South Africa her new country, working and living at a safari...

Forty Grains of Black Powder is a generational saga about a fictional mestizo family in Mexico. It is book one in the tale of the Cordero Clan. The story starts in 1862 when the young Marietta, the mother of the protagonist, spots a handsome stranger...

The Effort by Santonu Kumar Dhar is a captivating story of a little boy from Calcutta, India, who faced the difficult task of caring for his sick father just years after his mother's death. Written in the first person, The Effort is very descriptive, allowing...

Leo Learns to Swim by Caren Cantrell is about a baby sea turtle who discovers, upon hatching, that he has one flipper shorter than the others. Unable to swim, Leo is too scared to follow his siblings and cousins into the ocean, but he knows...

The Stone of Courage is book two in the Centaur Chronicles by M.J. Evans, a beautiful mix of fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure that presents a delightful experience for young readers. In this spellbinding fantasy, readers are introduced to exciting characters on the quest for the...

Hoot Hart is a 12-year-old boy who enjoys exploring the woods and open lands around his home out in the country in The Ghost of Saddle Mountain by Fred Whitman. Not part of any group at school, Hoot is at home in nature and loves...

The planet has evolved and Earth has been utterly transformed. Under the United Planetary Congress, alien races coexist with each other, but huge trouble starts when an encrypted code that can cripple the artificial earth is stolen. The famous agent of the Galactic Interpol Society,...

In the small town of Bloomtown, teenager Anna, the daughter of a paranormal investigator, is deemed weird by her peers at school. She is teased, bullied and nicknamed Goblin Girl. Her ability to make contact with spirits and trickers is something that causes her distress,...

Timothy's Lessons In Good Values - Volume 2 by Christopher Gordon is a children’s book on the importance and instillation of good values in children. In this book, Timothy, a young boy, is the protagonist and he tells his story and experiences in his own...

It is a joyous day in the Kingdom of Lavindeya as Princess Sydneya is about to wed her true love, Prince Nicholi. However, the happy event takes a drastic turn when Nicholi goes missing. It turns out that he has been abducted by intruders from...

Forget Me Not is a beautiful and poignant children’s book by Carolyn O’Boyle and Lucy McLouglin. This touching story respectfully and lovingly addresses the loss of a beloved pet. Rose and her dog Dotty were always inseparable and shared many adventures together. The loss of...

A Trip From God is a work of fiction penned by David E. Grubb in the dystopian, social issues, and drama subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to some disturbing scenes and moderate adult content and discussion throughout. In this thought-provoking work...

House Made of Sound by Freeman Jayce is a speculative fiction novel revolving around Jensen Bennett. Troubled and separated from his wife, he's controlled by his employer, Wicked Records. Seeking redemption with the hit band Quiet Catastrophe, Bennett's own misconduct estranges him from the group....

The Tail of Grace & Kristoff by Darby Hobbs is a children's book about friendship. On the island of Agape, named for love, a family of pigs lives in peace. One pig, Kristoff, spends his days playing on an old shipwreck until a unicorn appears....