The risen dead, ghosts, vampires, and demons roam the streets in Lowie Mortem (Chronicles of a Dead Detective) by J. Rene Munz. Thirty-five-year-old forensic detective Lowie Mortem was shot dead in the head while investigating a macabre crime scene in Metro City. He was brought...

The Crate: A Story of War, a Murder, and Justice by Deborah Levison is a true crime story that started with the discovery of a crate under the crawl spaces of a cottage owned by the Vadas family in July 2010. In the first part...

Carliss Maddox's #thebuildup: 12 Daily Affirmations for Young Boys of Color covers the important subject of self-belief and how this can be improved with simple daily affirmations. In today's society, children have high expectations of themselves when they are very young, and through media, parents...

Not everyone can trace their roots and A Walk Through Minden: In the Lives of the Crone and Vegh Families by Lillian Frazer shows just how much they may be missing. Beginning with great-great-grandparents, most of whom immigrated from Europe in the mid 19th and...

Hopping to America: A Rabbit’s Tale of La Befana is a children’s picture book written by Diana Pishner Walker and illustrated by Ashley Teets. After moving from Italy to America, the Riepule family wonder what surprises lie in store for them. They quickly discover other...

LaLa Feels Blah-La by Tela Kayne is about a little girl named LaLa who wakes up one morning feeling low for no particular reason. Her mother tries her best to get LaLa into a better mood by trying to coax her out of this 'Blah'...

Almana (Ali) is an angel, a heavenly servant of God, with a very special talent: Ali can see visions of the future. Recently, she has been burdened with two contrasting visions. In one, Earth and its humans prosper and recover from the terrible war that...

Busting Walls: Secret Adventures of Foxfire by John Hope is a terrific book for both young and older readers. This sounds like a generic statement but the story of Sebastien and his friends is filled with action, heartwarming moments, and a bonus adventure built by...

Only the strongest and the fastest reindeer are chosen to pull Santa’s sleighs each Christmas Eve. Yes, sleighs. There are too many children around the world and too many gifts to be delivered, so Santa has a secret method of delivering all of these gifts...

The wonderful anticipation for any reader of young adult fiction, but an equally difficult challenge for its author, is the always exciting and expectant notion of One … Great … Story. The implication being: The writer had better be a good storyteller. In just such...

Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs by Beth Ricanati, MD is a memoir that captures one woman's journey into her spiritual center, the place where self-love and self-care happen, and the very place where one heals oneself from the ache of anxiety and depression...

The late nineteenth century is full of stories of men (and women) intoxicated by the lure of riches just waiting to be mined in previously uncharted western North American territories. Entire towns sprang up, almost overnight, as people moved in to follow their lust for...

Take a Hike! Poems for Intermediate Readers (Grades 3-5) by Brett Fleishman is an adorable collection of 30 poems that will put a smile on the faces of young readers. The book opens with a delightful poem where a store is selling human parts and...

Callisto: A Collection of Poetry by Ann Hoang is a journey by the author through a time in her life that was troubling for her and, as such, is a truly personal account. The poems are designed to chart her journey with a flowing rhythm...

Dagger’s Destiny by Linnea Tanner is the second book in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings series. The book picks up immediately after the events of the first book in the series, Apollo’s Raven. Set in the year 24 AD in Britannia, the young Princess...

Tripi Visits France: The Amazing Adventures of Tripi The Fly by Lori London is a whimsical tale in which readers see Tripi the fly taking a transatlantic flight from Chicago to Paris. Tripi always longs for new adventures and he likes to see new sights,...

Life Lived Not Lost: A Journey of Hope is a work of non fiction penned by author Cynthia Staton, and falls into the Christian memoir genre. Focusing on the author’s personal life in great detail, this autobiographical message of hope follows Cynthia as she seeks...

Veronica is a hardworking, serious young woman when Ripple Effect: Because Of The War by Jenny Ferns opens. Her sister Rachel is not as responsible but instead is always looking for a good time and running to Veronica whenever she finds herself in trouble. Richard...

Defiled is a delightfully creepy work of young adult fantasy and horror, penned by author Michael S. Vassel. Written as the opening book to the Castle Chronicles, we meet the series’s hero Mark Castle when he is just a high school student. Mark has had...

The little kitten was sad and lonely. He sat quivering on the curb, trying to find the scent of his mother, brothers, and sister. He sensed footsteps coming near him and heard voices. His mother, brothers, and sister ran away when they heard footsteps. The...