17-year-old Cassandra Leung has worked her entire life to become a Reckoner trainer, one of those entrusted with managing the “ruthless killing machines” used in her world to protect boats as they navigate pirate-infested waters. The... Read More

Twelve-year-old Thomas Adkins Johnson finds his world changed forever when he goes on a sixth grade field trip to a local planetarium. Expanding and contracting, the field trip marks his transition into a new adulthood full of issues... Read More

In a compact and powerful novel, Molly Best Tinsley describes the family dynamics and escalating conflict of the Eaglemans. Twins Chetan and Nashota Eagleman are tired of moving to a different town every year, as is their sister Shyla.... Read More

Supernatural elements transform this mystery into a riveting and intriguing read. "Preordained" is an expertly plotted and executed mystery, shot through with supernatural elements. Blurring the line between genres, David Wallace has... Read More

The Arab-Israeli conflict is distilled through personal battles in this thriller with a poignant edge. In a thoughtful and fast-paced thriller, Dennis A. Nehamen introduces Zach Miller, a writer thrust into a deadly plot from almost the... Read More

An enchanting and beautifully illustrated story features a young girl’s shipboard adventures. "The Adventures of Piratess Tilly" is a beautifully put together picture book that uses haiku poetry to convey its story. The book follows... Read More

"The Note" is a multilayered work that moves between continents and perspectives, all while maintaining its focus on the dynamics of one particular unusual family. In Christopher Cromwell’s "The Note", a potential inheritance divides a... Read More

Eighteen-year-old Julie finds love, mystery, and adventure when she moves to Paris the summer after graduation to take a job as a nanny. Still recovering from her painful rejection from the Art Institute of Chicago, Julie soon becomes... Read More