Blog of a Bully by Stephen Zanzucchi is about Bradley Duncan, a 13-year-old nerd who transforms himself from a nerd to a bully when he is forced to move to another state and join a new school. This story reminded me a lot of Diary of...

There are as many definitions of poetry as there are poets. Poetry is an artistic expression unlike any other. Some research suggests that poetry predates literature, starting out as songs and oral traditions of storytelling. Why poetry? The art of a few simple, well-chosen words...

“Beyond a Black Hole” by Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot is a highly entertaining and imaginative standalone novel in the “Skymasters” series. Although it works quite nicely as a standalone, it has me wanting very much to read the previous and subsequent episodes. In “Beyond a...

As an owner of two young dogs, along with being a parent to two young boys, I am always looking for new and exciting children's books, mostly those with animals in them. When I read the description of K Anne Russell's "Buddy's Tail", I was...

Our heroine in this story is Verity, a twelve year old girl. She doesn’t like to wear shoes, preferring to give her toes room to wiggle and breathe. Around her neck is a necklace. It is a stone shaped a bit like an arrow head...

Battling the Unknown is the story of sixteen year old Katrina Rawl.  She lives with her aunt Helen.  She doesn’t remember her father, he died when she little.  Her mother died just a few years earlier.  Katrina lives in Umbrodia, a land ruled by an...