Jay-Jay was an old double-decker bus (a bus with a downstairs and an upstairs), who was sent to the scrap yard because he was no longer used. In the scrapyard, children would play on him occasionally before the yardmaster began to scold them and say,...

The synopsis for A Hero’s Curse, by P.S. Broaddus, intrigued me. To find a fantasy story for young readers with a blind protagonist conjured up all sorts of thoughts and ideas and Broaddus did not fail to deliver. The story is written from the perspective...

In Professor Kompressor Out of This World by Nils Andersson, Professor Kompressor is bored. That's not a healthy way to be for someone as brilliant as the Professor. He's always studying ways to understand the universe and he's constantly inventing some new contraption, like the...

In Cale Thornsbe - The Boy Who Could See by Cassie Williams, Cale is an unusual boy who was adopted by his parents in an unusual way. He came with a golden seal and was delivered by a lady in black. Though the circumstances were...

The Clockwork Mechanical (Mechanical Book 1) is a short fantasy by Peter Stone. Brad Milner wakes up in a space station with memory loss. An orb tells him that he was sent to space to defeat The Mechanical, which intends to destroy Europe in exactly...

Christopher has been kidnapped! If that's not bad enough, the nasty Captain Redblade also managed to make off with a beautiful young lady and her father too. It's up to Christopher to find a way out of his predicament and save them from danger. It's...

The Lost Boys of Lampson is a contemporary fantasy book for children and preteens written by P. Neil Holland. Billy's in the seventh grade now and a senior at Lampson Street School, but the first day is getting off to a very spooky start. First,...

A PinkBoat Adventure by Kathleen Ivan revolves around the adventures of two young girls, Kathlean and Crustina. Both girls go sailing one day in Crustina's pink boat. They sail a bit farther away from the shore and, strangely enough, the story takes a different turn...

Ian and Callie are back at their brother and sister bickering but when cooperation is needed, they are certainly there for one another. The Ice Orphan of Ganymede, Book 2 of The Jupiter Chronicles by Leonardo Ramirez, picks up with Jupiter in turmoil and major...

Bobo the Pirate's Cat by Lisa Jones takes readers on a journey with Bobo the cat who comes across an abandoned ship on the wild seas. He tries to scan the entire length of the vessel and can see no signs of life. Suddenly he...