Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
A worthy tribute to a classic book. With an interest in Geography, young Cygnus gets a sensible job working for an airline, hoping to see the world. Unexpectedly, he finds himself alone, tethered to buoyant airplane seats floating somewhere in the Pacific Ocean after his plane crashes. Salvation comes in a most unexpected form—a group […]
An imaginative debut novel, The Earth is My Prison by Richard Sean Clare is a dystopian delight! After an alien attack has ravaged the planet, the inmates of Highgate have made a life inside the relative safety of the prison. Chris ‘Tag’ Anderson is just turning 21. That means he’s seen only the inside of
A charming book that could easily become a bedtime-staple for curious children everywhere! Mollie’s Magical Tooth: A Tooth Fairy Magic Land Adventure is a vibrantly illustrated story designed for young children. Mollie is an adorable little girl with an active imagination. When the time comes to lose her first tooth, instead of leaving it for
An inclusive and educational storybook for all the little aspiring athletes around the globe. Clocking in at just under 40 unique words, “Hows That?” Let’s Play Cricket by Neil Nitin is a cheekily illustrated storybook for very young readers. The book is like a mini-lesson on the beloved game of Cricket. The text highlights all
A charming story about a beautiful doll that proves to be wise beyond her years. Nesting dolls are undeniably entrancing. There is nothing high-tech to the elegant designs and beautiful colors that these gorgeous dolls possess. The joy of discovering a smaller round figure inside the doll, and another smaller figure inside that one, is
A delightful storybook for young children, worthy of the most lively story hour. The jolly Bupbup lives in a cute little red house nestled at the edge of a ‘strange and marvelous wood field’ with a river close by. One fateful Wednesday, the rain begins to fall. The little Bupbup and her two cats enjoy
A suspenseful fantasy novel that will leave you breathless. Life is about choices. For young Sinisa Rizyr, she makes a choice that will forever change her life’s course. Sinisa is transferred to Veltuur, the realm of the dead, where she enters into a cheerless servitude as a Reaper. Despite the notoriously distasteful vocation, Sinisa takes
A fast-paced tale that whimsically hearkens a bygone era. Witches and werewolves and wizards, oh my! Dusk is the beginning of the epic Runemaster saga penned by Rey Clark. On the eve of adulthood, Mira Hultgren is met with a horrific tragedy. Her mother is dying in the middle of the ransacked apartment they share
Scidmore spares no detail in this chillingly realistic medical thriller. Health insurance is big business. In fact, insurance can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. But make no mistake… health care is, after all, a profitable business. Brad Pierson is a dedicated doctor completing his residency at Vanderbilt. Known to be responsible and
An awe inspiring journey through space and time. When a wormhole spits out an unexpected object, Captain Ekels just happens to be in the right place at the right time. Sure, he’s been shunned by the scientific community and his ship is not performing any glorious mission, but the discovery of a stasis pod with
A perfect book for the youngest aspiring athletes. Little Leo Loves Hockey tells the tale of a young boy passionate about a beloved national sport. It details the antics of Little Leo who just loves hockey. He spends as much of his time on the ice with his pals as he can, and spends the
A thoughtfully written fantasy novel. Tellie has lived a lot of life in her 14 years. She was orphaned and subsequently adopted by relatives who value Tellie only for her free labor at their Inn. But nothing could prepare her for the night a menacing group of men with dubious motives wanders into the Inn.
All Giels has ever wanted is to take his place as Lead Storyteller and marry his longtime love interest, Cleo. Lead Storyteller is a prestigious position and is accompanied with special privileges, meaning Giels isn’t the only person hoping to gain the title. So he spends his days practicing the Equis recitation in preparation for
Funny and heartwarming renovation-driven memoir. “One way to judge a good memoir is by its first chapter.” I found these words on a blog by the author. A high bar to reach, to be sure, but in Church Sweet Home: A Renovation to Warm the Soul, the bar has been exceeded! Tyler and Monica decide
The dazzling result of an inspired imagination! Emma Lie is nothing if not driven. She has worked hard to achieve her carefully laid plans, despite emotional turmoil caused years earlier by her father. In a few weeks, Emma is poised to leave home for Harvard with a full scholarship. And up until a handsome stranger
New readers will be entertained over and over again by the antics of Dan, a fire station Dalmatian. Adorable Dan wants to be a good fire dog, but he has one teensy problem. Cookies! Peanut butter cookies, ginger snaps… Dan just loves cookies! In fact, Dan spends so much time eating cookies that he can’t
Unexpectedly insightful and surprisingly poignant. If you choose to judge a book by its cover, Of Reality and Dream: Tales for Underground is an amazing read. If you choose to judge a book by its content, Of Reality and Dream: Tales for Underground certainly holds up under scrutiny! Although conceived when the author was but
A high-stakes adventure, filled with intense battle scenes. Connor Mackay has elevated alien fiction with this action-packed space novel. In The Albatross: Contact, Albatross is an ultra high tech spacecraft that brings Arthur, a leader of the Lumenarians, to the Earth to ask for help. A brutal and persistent war has been taking place among
If you’re looking for a delightful afternoon read, there’s hardly a better option than… Joshua: Breaking Free. Everyone’s favorite aliens, Josh and Mani, are in for more interplanetary excitement in Joshua: Breaking Free. After forming an uneasy alliance with a third Theosian living among humans on Earth, Josh and his friends come up with a
Flora Figglesworth is an adventurous young girl with one ambitious goal: Flora wants to broadcast shadow puppets on the moon for the entire world to enjoy! It’s a tall order, so she will need a little help and a lot of ingenuity. Moon Puppets uses a rhythmic method to convey a lovely story for young
There is a battle happening on the high seas. In the blink of an eye, four men, once at war, suddenly find themselves dazed in a small boat heading toward a lighthouse. Confusion reigns and the keeper of the lighthouse, Virginia, has few answers for the sailors. When Virginia presents a map of the area,
A perfect coming of age novel for anybody who has ever felt alone or like they didn’t fit in. “Why are Female Earthlings so illogical?” So begins the hilarious novel Joshua: Life after Theos. Joshua and his sometimes girlfriend, Mani, defy orders from their home planet, Theos, and take a one-way trip to Earth. For
The Nexus Mirror is as thrilling as it is creative. What happens when a comic book writer discovers that his creations are in fact a reality? For Raiden Williams, an ordinary human, this scenario lands him in the middle of a rebellion. A young girl at the school where Raiden works has a special gift.
The Order of the Key is a real treat for anybody. Jacklyn ‘Jacks’ Madison is at a milestone in life, her eighteenth birthday! After an emotionally exhausting day at school where she dominated at a track meet and then punched a bully in the face, Jacks hopes for a calm evening with her mom and
