The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Shades of NYX (Scholar and the Sphinx, Book 1) by A.R. Cook is a fantasy novel for younger readers (children and teenagers, maybe also really young adults) which combines the real world with a world that lies behind a...

Easy Does It is book one of the Haurenthian Chronicles, a young adult fantasy/science fiction series written by Lisa Landtroop. Sara and Brandon have been best friends since they were little kids. They’re both in college now. Brandon’s a rich kid and never had to...

Time Square: UFO by S.W. Lothian is the fourth straight winner from this author. I thoroughly enjoyed Lothian’s The Quest series, so I approached this first volume in the new Time Square series in anticipation of another literary treat. I was not disappointed. Time Square:...

Three Little Gnomes and a Boy Named Orion by Rhonda Paglia is the charming story of three gnomes. They live in Papa and Grammy's garden with its twisty paths, mile high ferns, and brightly colored flowers. The gnomes are always busy in the garden and...

Riley has a passion for music. Not just classical music, which she performs brilliantly on her grandmother's old, upright piano, but also every twentieth-century and contemporary popular form of music available. It's understandable, in a way, when Riley discovers that her real father, her natural...

Moon Jump (The Boy Who Bounced to the Moon) is a nice fantasy by Aviva Gittle and Mark Megson. Timmy enjoys learning about the moon. His teacher, Mr. Garcia, tells him that the moon contains a great treasure. If Timmy finds it, Mr. Garcia will...

Brendon and Carson’s Ninja Training and Adventures by Rod P. Stoner is an interactive puzzle book which not only tells the story of Brendon and Carson (B and C) as they begin their training in Ninjutzu, but also integrates word search puzzles, crosswords and a...

Bink and Stink Meet King Solomon by Stanley G. Buford is an interesting story of an unusual adventure. After listening to their dad read the well-known Bible story of King Solomon, these little boys have an amazing dream in which they actually meet the real...

The Cat’s Maw is a fantasy/mystery for preteens by Brooke Burgess. Billy Brahm is a lonely young boy who lives with his parents. He is extremely accident prone and always manages to seriously injure himself. This frustrates his parents who think he is just as...

Iris Brave's world turned upside down when she learned that what she thought she knew of souls was entirely untrue. When Iris heard of her father Micah being alive within another person's body, the whole thing seemed unreal and impossible. Iris was taken to a...