In a beautifully written and fascinating guide by author Joanna Romer, Passing On: How to Prepare Ourselves for the Afterlife is a book that will keep readers' minds and hearts engaged from the start all the way through until the very end. The book is...

The Emerald Isle Princess And The Silver Tiara by Beverly Banfield revolves around thirteen-year-old Morgan who likes the sun and bare feet and not rain and rubber boots. Morgan and her family are moving, along with her beloved goldfish. The new house was big, but,...

A French Quarter Alphabet by Christine Achille Gunter is a colorful book that captures the beauty of New Orleans’ French Quarter in alphabetical order. The beautiful verses and watercolor paintings will captivate readers as they flip through the pages. The author not only teaches the...

I loved Broken Dolls by Tyrolin Puxty! I was first drawn by the strange cover; it had a sci fi-ish look, yet an innocence hidden in the form of a partial ballerina—a broken doll. Hmm, I thought. What could this be about? I was very...

Art is Alive at Lakewood School! by Beverly Banfield is a fun children's book about art coming to life. On a beautiful day, Ms. Wood's class abandons their art projects to go play outside, but while they're gone, their art projects spring from their papers...

Suspicion is a young adult coming-of-age mystery novel written by A. Neville. Joe was feeling lost and alienated as he watched his best friend, Seb, playing for Trenwith High in the Secondary Schools’ Football Cup quarter-final. It was important to Seb; his future as a...

Colt Harper: Esteemed Vampire Cat by Tyrolin Puxty is a stunning fantasy novel about a vampire cat named Colt. A vampire cat always feels the need to avenge cats who have been treated badly. Colt has possessed a human named Sean for two years. But,...

The Hidden Genes of Professor K by Gabriel Farago is a medical mystery thriller novel that would appeal most to a mixed audience of adults and young adults who enjoy fast paced mystery books. Professor K is a world renowned scientist who is close to...

Hogan’s Hope: A Deaf Hero’s Inspirational Quest for Love and Acceptance is the true story of a dog rescued from abuse, written by Connie Bombaci. Born the runt of the litter in a puppy mill and christened Number 10, the tiny Dalmatian pup hardly stood...

El Camino De Santiago by Simon Green is a diary of his journey across northern Spain. For some people this experience is a religious journey, for others a trip perhaps of general interest. Simon begins on day one, and continues right up to the end,...

Air Force Major Richard Hartman and his co-pilot Captain Deana Crown are given a simple mission; fly six nuclear missiles back to the United States on board the most advanced Stealth bomber in the world. The B-3 Boomerang is nearly invisible to radar and very,...

Swordpoint by David Crane is a historical novel set against the backdrop of a turbulent period in French history, the 18th century; a story that follows the path of an unusually skilled character, Eugene Francois Vidocq, a thief and a hunted man in search of...

Price of Life by David Crane starts in France in 10,000 B.C. A young tribesman named Ru was the only survivor of his people when they were attacked by another tribe. With the help of a sacred crystal, a strange remnant from a meteorite, Ru...

The Eagle and The Dragon is a charming novella by Steve Zimcosky, subtitled A Reiki Tale as it cleverly weaves the history and basic techniques of Reiki into a work of fiction. The tale starts with a grandfather telling his grandson how he had been...

Charley's Horse is a coming of age novel for children and preteens written by Judith Shaw. Charley’s best friend, Sally, had weekly riding lessons, but Charley, whose world seemed to revolve around horses, had never even seen a horse up close. Her family didn’t have...

The Good Night Knight by Josh Will is a humorous, beautifully illustrated book written in rhyme. A knight who guards the city at night keeps the townspeople safe and happy. He knows each of them and treats them like friends. They repay him with...

The Jericho Prophecy by Fiona Tarr is biblical fiction based on the fall of Jericho. It has been forty years since the Israelites wandered in the desert, and they arrive in the land of the Canaanites, ready to claim the Promised Land under the leadership...

Joy, sorrow, suffering, tragedy, loss – the entire spectrum of human emotions can envelop a person for either good or evil. Nothing expresses the magnitude and infinitesimally emotional power of music and art than the story surrounding the lives that both created them and those...

Broken, Tales of a Titanium Cowgirl by Michelle R. Scully is an inspirational story of a woman who rose up from the ashes of her dreams to finally conquer them. I found Michelle’s story emotional yet very motivational. While what happened to Michelle was tragic,...

Livia Stone’s life will never be the same again, not since her twin brother, Jasper, was tragically killed while on a college visit. It seems that everyone is trying to help—her mother, best friend, teacher-mentor, and even her dead grandmother—but no one understands the nightmare...