Mech: Heart and Soul is a middle-grade book by Ken Deeprose. Orin is a young teenager who is intelligent enough to work in a tech-savvy department in Cambria, the Depot. The Mechs, large robots that have artificial intelligence, have been developed to defend the Cambrians...

Luck of the Draw by Diana Tuorto reminds readers that every living creature has a purpose, although sometimes it’s difficult to find that purpose. Luck of the Draw, or Lucky as everyone called him, was bred, born, and raised to be a racehorse. The only...

Dolores Lanson, otherwise known as Dee to her friends, is a young girl going through the rigors of the academic calendar. She feels the subjects she has to contend with are boring. This gets her into trouble regularly with her teacher who takes a dim...

FastFlight 540 is the first book of the Bump in the Night series by M.M. Mesldorf. Wishing to help her friend Tucker Sullivan escape the cruel misery of Whippoorwill Children's Home, Anslie Dawn takes over his identity and arrives at the ancient orphanage of Nocturnan....

In Princesses and Mermaids: A Taryn and Kevin High Seas Adventure by Terry Boucher a snowstorm strands siblings James and Taryn. Enter Prince Kevin of Athanasia. Through this disaster, Kevin and Taryn become very close friends. Can a commoner enter the ranks of the nobility?...

Walter and the Giant Vegetables by Barbara Hyslop is a short story about Walter, a farmer's dog. Walter is afraid of something, but it is not a mythical creature that nightmares are made of. Instead, he is afraid of giant vegetables. Walter dreams of vegetables...

Joseph's 3-in-1 Superhero Odyssey Squared by Jospeh Lupton is an all-around fun read. Likely, if you are on book ten, then you have read the previous adventures involving this persistently heroic fella! This was my first time with him, and I must say that he...

The Translucent Boy and the Man Who Walked to the Moon is a work of fiction in the fantasy adventure subgenre, and it forms the fourth novel of the Translucent Boy series. It is best suited to young adult and mature middle-grade reading audiences and...

Branden's Ghosts: The First Hunt by Linda Anthony Hill is the story of nine-and-a-half-year-old Branden, who arrives home from school expecting to meet his babysitter/tutor, Shelly. When Shelly isn't there to open the door for him, he finds the spare key and lets himself into...

Have you ever wondered how a butterfly flies? How does it manage to lift off? Putney is studying her butterfly image in an attempt to improve her butterfly stroke in swimming. She has a swim meet in about a week’s time and she has to...