This is a wonderful story. You can’t really help but be interested when the opening chapter is the death of a piano teacher on Lucy and Gus’s living room floor. What follows is a beautiful story of a girl growing up, and growing into the...

The Apple of my Eye by Christine McGreggor is about Michelle and her grandmother with whom she shared a special relationship. When her grandmother dies, she leaves the house to Michelle. The apple trees in the yard remind Michelle of her times with her grandmother...

In The Jewish Ninja, Allegra Coleman has given young adult readers a taste of living and growing up in a Jewish community. Following the death of her parents in an automobile accident, twelve-year-old Alexia is forced out of her comfortable world of friends, family, and...

The Not Wholes by Giovanna Pezzulo is about an Italian teenager who has been castrated. The story deals with how a certain strata of the society accept him and how the rest do not. The backdrop of the story is a music conservatory in Italy. For...

The Last Time by Elodie Parkes is a hot and romantic story about lonely Bethany Snow and actor Seth Carbery. The two meet on a movie set and fall head over heels in love. Seth Carbery had sworn to stay away from relationships and Bethany...

The Silent Swan by Lex Keating is the story of a family of seven children fighting to stay together despite being thrown into the foster care system after the sudden deaths of their parents, one of whom was a major league baseball player. Tam Swann...

The Earth Painter Book 1 of The Painter Series is written by Melissa Turner Lee, a stay-at-home mom with a degree in journalism and marketing. This YA novel stars Holly Scruggs, a strong female protagonist, who discovers Immortals that painted reality into existence: Theo, the...

Hartslog Valley has for long been haunted by a violent past. In 1754, while out hunting, Captain Jack’s wife and his two children were butchered by Indians. Filled with revenge, he started to hunt and kill Indians. In 1780, south of Harstlog in Woodcock Valley,...

“The Victorian House” by Dr. Karen Pirnot is a story that will tug at the heart strings of readers bringing both tears and smiles. Twelve year old Silky and Sly were visiting Sly’s grandparents for the summer when they decided to explore the old Victorian...

There are no cliches in this story about Ethan and Carrie. Jana Krause writes "The Orbiter" with no ordinary boundaries or expected plot conflicts. There is also a cosmic darkness to this unconventional tale. The story begins in the womb and it ends at the...