Cristobal was a newborn when he was abandoned at the orphanage. As he grew up, he knew he was different, but it wasn’t until his thirteenth birthday, when he received a mysterious letter informing him that he is a wizard, that his true journey begins....

Kayla is 16 and has been to more foster homes than she can count on one hand. Strange things happen around her, some might call it a talent, some a curse. But no matter what you call it, her talents are the reason no family...

In the years following the Flare, an electrostatic disaster that literally fried all technology on Earth, people had to relearn the basic art of living. Some did; many didn’t. And the repercussions saw many children abandoned and placed in government-sanctioned homes. Saylor, so named because...

The In-Between Years is a thriller by A.B. Plum. While this is the third book in Plum’s series, the author gives enough background information for this book to be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. Twelve-year-old Michael and his step-brother, Dimitri, were still stunned by the...

It isn’t surprising that Tears and Trombones is the winner of the Independent Publishers medal for “Best Fiction in the Western Pacific Region” because of the great storytelling craft and the exceptional prose readers will find as they begin to read the story. Nanci Lee...

The Investor is an historical young adult adventure novel set in the Alaskan Arctic, written by Paul C. Ho. The little village of Noatak was experiencing the massive changes that affected nearly all of Alaska with the discovery of gold. Not only was there the...

On her first day at Delwick High, sophomore Faith Ticknor is experiencing a mixture of anticipation, fear, and excitement. Being the “new girl” is not fun, but at least she could hope for the best. She had friends in Brownsville and was confident she would...

Always Here is a young adult/new adult coming of age novel written by S.L. Mauldin. They were best friends, and always had been, ever since Miranda and Christian first met in grade school. The two had always sworn that they’d eternally be together and that...

As of last week, Dylan was your typical teenager with loving, normal parents, about to finish her senior year of high school. This week, she is now all alone in the world, her parents killed in a tragic car accident. She is floundering, not sure...