Florence is not a safe or healthy place to live in 1347. Food was scarce and the black plague was decimating the population. Everyone was scared; they were led to believe it was the end of the world. For Maria, it may as well have...

Gamàl the Camel lived deep in a valley near the Zagros Mountains. He was a very sad, lonely camel because his hump is different from all of the other camels. No one wanted him around, everyone laughed at him because he was different. Not even...

Ever do things back to front? I do…and did…when I read book 3 of Lucinda E. Clarke’s psychological thrillers before I read book 2: A Year in the Life of Andrea Coe. But here’s the good news: each book in Clarke’s series is so well...

Invisible Magic Wand to the Rescue (narrated by Eric Wickstrom) is a story of magic for the elementary school crowd. Rafael Jacimin’s engaging tale of magic wands, waffles, and an earthquake begins over the breakfast table, when Grandpa makes waffles for Caspian and his sister...

Princess Katherine of Barana knows that once the king arrives, her life will never be the same. She must put her faith in what her parents have emphasized to her for years: Katherine must marry to save the kingdom. They did not tell her about...

Timothy is staying with his grandparents for the summer and attending a summer day camp. The first morning he heads out but is greeted by two boys, Josh and Zack, who demand his lunch money. When Timothy resists, they push him to the ground. The...

"How many more pandemics, how many more 9/11s, genocidal massacres, bombings, and mass shootings will it take for us to begin living by the values of love, generosity, and cooperation rather than fear, greed, and competition?" Awakening the Soul of Power by Christian de la...

Panda Pat and the Rat Called Cat by Neil Ballard is an educational picture book for young children. In the area of Panda Peak, friends Panda Pat and Cat the rat were sitting and eating lunch. The topic surrounding Cat's name comes up as Panda...

Pansy Finster lives in Brimstone Horror where the weather normally included grey clouds blocking the sun and thunder rolling in the distance. Normally Pansy would not be concerned by the notice she received in the mail, but she had been trained to never ignore such...

Falling Under The Mistletoe by Evelyn Mae tells the captivating story of Callie Parker, who is recovering from ending a relationship with Jake. After returning from a holiday in Jamaica, Callie decides to focus her energy on expanding Honey, her bakery in Hopemeadow. Callie meets...

Stepping Into the Fire: A Journal about Growing-up in Appalachian Ohio by Steven P. Keller is an incisive book that explores the author’s memoirs and experiences of Ohio. The story features some of the favorite people in the life of the narrator and presents their...

I’m sure we’re all afraid of something at some time or other. Sometimes our fears take over our lives and that’s never a good thing. That’s what happened to Paulie. He’s a plover, a shorebird (or beach bird) who spent the warm summer months at...

In Reforming the Duke, Laura Beers takes us back to the early 1800s where we meet three sisters who are very good at matchmaking couples with the emphasis on a ‘love match’ and not the usual status and financial matching of the time. They have...

Everyone gets angry. In Tame the Beast, D.K. Brantley has written a rhyming story about how you can handle that beast. Several colorful beasts – including a werewolf, vampire, mummy, and swamp thing - demonstrate what it looks like to feel angry and they are...

When Jade’s mother turns out the light and says good-night, Jade’s room becomes very dark. It’s so scary, Jade doesn’t know how she’ll sleep, or, for that matter, get through the night. She wonders what creatures lurk in the shadows, and what might be underneath...

How do you measure love? Do you love someone in your family as tall as the trees? As high as the mountains? As far away as the desert? As deep as the ocean? Love is a feeling that can run deep and far. It’s not...

The inhabitants of Little Sister Island have grown accustomed to the ancient magic that lingers in the bedrock, entwining the island and the islanders together. When an unexplainable quake hits the island, they believe it foretells some future event, although no one is certain what...

A secret hidden deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean sets into motion a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a clandestine Nazi organization and a team of retired Navy SEALs, a billionaire, and a young woman in the exciting thriller, Beneath the Dragon's Triangle...

Monster in the Water: Fighting Back Against Harmful Algal Blooms, written by Dylan D'Agate and illustrated by Maria DeCerce, is about a small coastal town called Seaville and the summer when everything changed. As the children race to the beach on the last day of...

Betrothed: Beyond the God Sea is a work of fiction in the dystopian, science fiction, and romance sub-genres, and was penned by author Elora Morgan. The work is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains no explicit content. Our protagonist is Zaria, a...