In Who Stole the Zmulobeast, Keith A. Owens introduces young readers to Spike, the dog. Spike is not your average dog because Spike can talk. A member of the Pi in the Sky Squad, Spike and his human friends take readers on a journey to...

From Heathens He Came by Keris White is an interesting tale that blurs the line of reality between the supernatural and psychology, giving a surreal theme of interest. The integrity of reality is questioned as unreality and reality throughout the story lie in the realm...

The plot of Jesse James and the Secret Legend of Captain Coytus by Alex Mueck begins in the present day. Ulysses Hercules Baxter wrote a thesis paper set in the era of Jesse James. When the Harvard professor looked at the paper, he suspected one...

Murdered on the Streets of Tombstone by Joyce Aros is an intriguing book about one of the most controversial events in America's late 1800s. Readers are transported to a Midwest lifestyle of cowboys, frontier men and women, farmers, raiders, saloons, gambling, and of course gunmen....

Kid Ninja and the Notorious Nine by M. L. Hollaway speaks about bullying and the pain and hardship it causes to the person who is undergoing it. This is the story of Kevin, a fifth-grade student who is bullied in school every day. Kevin...

Flight of the Uberbites: No Time for an Epiphany by Ms Gabriele Martin is set in a small quaint town, Pastacula, in Italy. Algernon Uberbite, along with his wife, son, and two dogs leaves England to hide from Instapol. He decides to stay in Pastacula...

Princess Madeline and the Dragon (Princess Madeline Series) by Kirstin Pulioff is the last book in the Madeline series. Like the previous two Madeline books, the author has written a fantasy story filled with adventure and magic. The author has added everything that makes it...

Man-Corn in the Promised Land: Tales of Cannibalism & Other Extreme Folklore is a compilation of gruesome short stories, political satire, and witty verse. From stories about sex-crazed zombies to a hermaphroditic Sasquatch, Chairman Wow does not fail to inundate his readers with the grotesque...

Zoo on the Moon by Robin Martin-Duttman offers early elementary children the opportunity to speculate on the concept of weightlessness. A meerkat acts as a space guide, posing various possibilities to young readers in the form of activities such as flying, juggling balls, hang gliding,...

Red Knit Cap Girl To The Rescue by Naoko Stoop is a precious book from cover to cover! Intended for early elementary children, it begins by introducing children to Red Knit Cap Girl and her friend White Bunny. All animals are called by their categorical...

Search for the Guru: Prequel to: Adventures of a Western Mystic (Volume 1) covers the author's early life. In the preface, author Peter Mt. Shasta explains the title Guru: “A teacher who leads one from ignorance to wisdom, from darkness to light. The Guru is...

All the Angels Stood by Laura J. Marshall is a story that revolves around Staci Schofield. Staci is going through an unhappy phase in her life which makes her want to end it on her birthday, which falls on Monday. Rush, a school mate becomes...

Caught in the Current, the debut novel by Daniel Hryhorczuk, is a bildungsroman that explores the identity which Alec, a Ukrainian-American college student, struggles to create for himself throughout his journey through Europe and the places he grew up in. On the “Offbeat Europe” tour...

We are salt and light, placed in strategic places throughout the world to bring flavor and warmth to the world around us. This biblical concept cannot be better expressed than in Grace In the Moment by Latoya Jones. This collection of 30 inspirational messages is...

The Void Of Lies by Kirby Roy III is the story of newly married couple, Justin Powell and his wife Tyra. Justin is working out of town and his wife wants him to get a job in her town. Justin wants to spend more time...

Orphan of the Olive Tree is a beautifully crafted story of the life-long friendship of two men, sent to war and yet brought safely home. They are best friends, live next door, and because of the war make a blood oath to marry their firstborns...

Things We Did in Texas After the Zombie Apocalypse by Ken Burgess is the latest take on the zombie craze that has been flooding our most recent pop culture. In this short story, we follow Ken and Travis, two friends who met after the zombie...

Jewel of the East by Nicholas L Waddy takes us to British ruled India in 1774. A beautiful young noblewoman named Lady Emily Augusta Fitzroy has been sent to India by her father to marry Warren Hastings, the not much liked governor of Bengal. However,...

Harry and the Wounded Elephant by J. Robinson is, as the title suggests, Harry's encounter with a wounded elephant. The story describes how Harry becomes the elephant's friend and details his life as a wood cutter. The dark part in the book is when his...

Running with the Enemy is a historical/military thriller set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and is written by Lloyd Lofthouse, a Vietnam veteran. Ethan Card is a decorated Marine who has fallen in love with Tuyen, a Vietnamese woman. Their affair has been...