Music Is All Around Me by Heather Jack, illustrated by Eileen Vuorinen, is a lovely children’s book. It is an ode to music, to learning with the five senses, and to being oneself and enjoying all the small pleasures we can. It is also about...

My Name is Luke by Jim Ruddle is about a young boy caught in the middle of an unfortunate trip out at sea on a bad day. It all starts when he is awakened on his grandpa’s moored boat by the movements of two men...

Mother Knows Best is a short story by Valerie Allen. Bobby has finished high school and is working as a dishwasher in a restaurant to pay for his car insurance while he continues to live at home. His parents Maggie and Jimmy are extremely agitated...

My Boys, by Ronald L. Ruiz, is a fictional YA drama. Abel Mendoza finds himself at the end of an unfulfilling career as a Public Defender. He has been passed over for promotions and as he feels more and more unable to help his young...

Growing up is hard enough without the added stress of being an introvert, a book lover, and being what everyone dubs ‘the Professor.’ Joshua has always been an outsider, bullied and tormented by his peers. To add to the dilemma he faces, now in high...

Cooper just wants to be a normal teenager, but having the secret gift – or curse, as he sees it – of telekinesis makes that impossible. My Unusual Talent by Jenna Marcus presents Cooper’s unique journey into self-discovery and self-acceptance of his skills. When cleaning...

Sixteen-year-old Stevie Albie was happy before she started seeing Mary, the mother of Jesus, in her visions as it comes with a price: a brain tumor. Consequently, a disagreement ensues between her mother and her. Stevie's mother wants the tumor out, but Stevie considers that...

Mechcraft: Disruption is a work of fiction in the science fiction, action, and adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author Brian Fitzpatrick as a sequel to the original Mechcraft novel. The newest installment is intended for mature young adult readers and upward, owing to the...

Andrew J. Brandt's Mix Tape for the End of the World is a coming-of-age tale about growing up and finding friends and first love. Derrick Townsend is a high school sophomore who's trying to get accustomed to the town of Mount Vernon and his new...

Milcreek Pond by Kay Carroll is a true-to-life story about fourteen-year-old Molly, an African-American/Native American girl in 1879 Mississippi who refuses to “stay in her place”. Molly’s mother, Enola, worries constantly that her daughter is headed for trouble if she continues to want more out...