With a mesmerizing vision of life among the stars, wherein space’s endless horizon only seems limited by the expectations of a small, blue-collar community, Rebecca Thorne’s middle grade novel "The Secrets of Star Whales" is deft in... Read More

In Erin Soderberg Downing’s winsome novel "The Great Peach Experiment", a bucket list road trip upends the Peach family’s typical summer plans. Lucy is the sensible older sister of Freddy, who’s ten, artistic, and loves to spout... Read More

The otherworldly fairy tales collected in "Tales by Moons-light" are imaginative and charming. Ruthy Ballard’s imaginative short story collection "Tales by Moons-light" adds a modern to touch to fairy tales. The book introduces Urth, a... Read More

Filled with friendship, adventure, and a lot of puppy charm, "Finding My Yip" is an entertaining children’s story about what it means to be brave. In Christine Isley-Farmer’s sweet children’s book "Finding My Yip", a girl and her... Read More

In the uplifting fantasy novel Ida and the Unfinished City, memorable characters move through a world that’s directed by natural disasters. Carolyn Cohagan’s Ida and the Unfinished City is an enchanting middle grade fantasy in which... Read More

In Dan Allen’s humorous coming-of-age tale, social expectations are balanced against the need for personal freedom. Peter Barnes is fed up. From the day he was born, his and Jaylee Yates’s lives have been linked together for no other... Read More

In Donna Galanti’s adventure novel "Unicorn Island", magical secrets and a family legacy inspire a twelve-year-old who’s far from home. Sam is capable, bright, and sensitive. Just as she’s about to celebrate the first anniversary... Read More

In Kate Albus’s wonderful novel "A Place to Hang the Moon", terrible times lead to gutsy solutions for three orphaned children who take a chance to find a new home. William, Edmund, and Anna live with their atrocious grandmother in... Read More