In NZ Kaminsky's Sense of Home, young Tyra’s journey starts in calamity when dangerous beasts destroy her tranquil life in Azure. Ripped away from her once vibrant homeland, Tyra and her family become nomads, forced to survive in harsh, foreign lands and towns like Marigold...

Olivia the Brave by Lindsey Young is a lovely children's book about anxiety and worry. It follows Olivia, an eight-year-old girl with many interests. She loves to make up songs, dance, play hide-and-seek with her brother, and play with her dog. She also enjoys reading...

Marie Curie's Radiant Quest is the second book in Dr. K's Portal Through Time -- a middle-grade educational adventure book series by Dr. Katherine E.A. Korkidis. After Jennifer learns about the incredible French scientist Marie Curie in class, she has a conversation with her grandpa...

Switch by Lisa Towles centers on Marissa Ellwyn (Mari), an ex-CIA agent turned PI, who struggles to navigate her life challenges in light of a string of unforeseen events. The novel opens with Mari recovering at her family's estate after sustaining a critical injury during...

Agents Scorned by Ephraim Clark is an action-packed thriller set around 1975. The story follows Brad James, an intelligence operative, and his partner Chuck, an ex-Marine, who are suspicious about the death of Georges Papachristoy, a financier. He is reported to have committed suicide, but...

What is Ikala? A person, a place, a thing…or something else entirely? In Ikala: The Frozen Pond, Joe Trabocco describes it as “the hands of the soul that come to collect you.” This haunting, poetic journey begins with the wonder of childhood and the glow...

Space Cadet Richard: The Final Countdown by Russell Vance McFall begins as Captain Joshua Morgan takes command of the patrol cruiser Viper 1 on a mission to the Frontier, joined by Admiral Jack Taylor’s fifteen-year-old son, Richard, and fellow cadet Dooley Lewis. What begins as...

Paintings: Love by Joe Trabocco is a moving exploration of the many forms love takes throughout a lifetime. Through a series of interconnected stories, Trabocco captures the quiet, often unspoken moments that define relationships, those fleeting instances of connection, longing, and endurance that linger long...

As the Waters Rise by Susan Greenberg Feltman follows Police Commissioner Manny Stewart as he juggles his son Zach’s turbulent adolescence, the pressures of policing New York’s crumbling underground Colony, and the unfinished business of his own violent past. At home, Manny faces escalating defiance...

The wave of independence that swept through Africa during the 1960s saw major political realignments. Exceptions were South Africa, the Portuguese territories, and Southern Rhodesia. The latter declared independence unilaterally from its colonial ruler in 1965, and became involved in an escalating bush war against...

Holly DiBella-McCarthy’s The Best Letter Club: When Consonants and Vowels Unite is a playful and witty storybook that transforms each member of the ABCs into a character in this tale. It takes place in Letterland, a colorful world divided into two groups. Advisor A says...

From Foie Gras To Jello by Christopher Mihy is an inspiring memoir detailing the author’s culinary adventures. With experience in restaurant and butchery work in France, he became one of the youngest skilled chefs in the country. After facing disappointment with his college dreams, he...

The Garden Friend by Mary Frances Baker is a fanciful, rhyming, beautifully illustrated story featuring an acorn-topped creature. The tale is in English, with a Spanish translation provided beneath each line of the poem. In the dark of night, the Garden Friend, through its senses,...

Liam (Foxy), a once celebrated resistance soldier, is now a remorseful man living in a world marred by alien devastation. Liam is no stranger to pain. Estranged from his sons and father-in-law, and having lost his beloved wife in an alien attack, he is a...

Phoenix (Intertwined Souls Series Book 9) by Mary Dee is a historical romance that explores the difficulties of living a life outside of accepted societal norms. Eva and Zoe Lambros live a life of privilege and extreme luxury due to their business empire, as well...

In Space Ranger Fred and the Great Galactic Bake Off by Matt Newnham, Space Ranger Fred and his partner Zando Centauri arrive on the purple-and-yellow planet to assist Emperor Gandori in preparing for the Great Galactic Bake-Off. With the help of Togz, their alien assistant,...

More Manchester Than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is an adventure memoir that follows the author, her husband Mark, and their four furry companions on a journey through the British countryside. After postponing their Mongolian road trip, they decided to take a test ride in their...

Little Rainbow Feels Her Colors by Victoria Santana follows Little Rainbow, who visits the park with her mother after every rainfall, observing the rainbows that appear in the sky. One afternoon, she notices she does not have visible colors like the other rainbows, which prompts...

The Other Lotus Girl by Daniel A. Riddle is about an Asian girl who was trafficked to pay off her parents’ debt. Vân and her sister were promised jobs at a nail salon, but instead were forced into sexual exploitation. For nearly two years, Vân...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Life is Laura Muirhead’s memoir about a life that never quite went as planned. From childhood into adulthood, she navigates family upheavals: her parents’ divorce, tricky blended family relationships, and a shocking discovery about her biological...