Kaleidoscope Me, by Hillary K. Grigonis, is about how a family copes with the tragic loss of a mother and wife. The book moves back and forth between the present and moments of time before and slightly after the tragedy. Jadyn, the main character, must...

Tex, The Witch Boy by Stuart R. West is the story of a teenage boy and his journey through one year in his life. His father suffers from MS and his mother, who once fought and beat cancer, was taken from them in a freak...

It’s summer and what’s on the mind of a group of kids nicknamed The Golden Boys? Little League Baseball and hanging out. Cooper, Gooby, Chuck, Cliff, Bolo, and Scooter are friends, actually closer than friends. Just a normal summer, right? Suddenly, with one swing of...

The Pineville Heist by Lee Chambers portrays a group of young male teens who discover a backpack full of money and decide to try to hunt down the thieves. They all get more than they bargained for when the local sheriff and his deputy get...

In The Ghostly Grammar Boy by Sandra Thompson, Fiona has to deal with her sister and her sister’s new boyfriend’s problems. It’s a typical teenager’s life, except for the fact that her sister and her boyfriend are both dead. When Fiona’s twin sister, Ella, died...

The sense of adventure is as strong as the salty sea air in Johnathan's Locket by Lorraine Carey. Orphan Jonathan Palmer has waited 15 years for this day. Today, he will sneak out of the Anglican school for boys that has been his home for...

Sir Laurence Dies is a detective mystery, written by Christopher D. Abbott, featuring Dutch psychologist, Dr. Pieter Straay, who has a keen interest in crime. He's on his way to England from Amsterdam when he's approached by Sir Laurence Gregson, a retired Lieutenant Colonel. Sir...

David Tish's book Madame Charmaine (The Sheldon Beasley Series) takes an all-too-familiar story line and adds some interesting twists that make the book enjoyable. Nebraska youths Sheldon Beasley, Jimmy Blaze, Bull Evenshot, and Tabby Moore discover a rusty old padlocked trunk and assume they have...

Knowing Jack by Julie Elizabeth Powell is an intriguing, suspense-filled story for children. Jack has a premonition that something bad is going to happen on their planned trip to the Lake District. He does not know how to dissuade his parents from taking that trip....

Brylee Branson is about to turn seventeen but her life is far from typical for a seventeen-year-old. She's a dead talker, or medium, someone who can see and talk to the dead. It's a gift she didn't realise she had until her parents moved her...