Bereft is a haunting and emotionally-charged tale aboutone man’s desperate quest for redemption. With poetic wording and vivid scenery, readers will find it easy to envision battle-worn Quinn as he re…
Nouri is a Shiite who has just lost his favorite uncle to one of the many martyr bombings. The martyr was a Sunni. Nouri’s cousin, Talib, is half Sunni. Now Nour…
Boston Jane: An Adventure is the first book in an excellent three-part series. Teenage Jane longs to be prim and proper, but she doesn’t know the slightest thing about being a lady. After some hu…
The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War when it was fought in 1862. Because of the communication of the time those in the east were only told that there was a victory by t…
Crack open Battle Cry and find yourself transported to the wild Minnesota frontier. Tensions between the whites and Dakotas are high, and sixteen-year-old Johnny suddenly finds himself in th…
Sophie is afraid of everything. Germs, natural disasters, violence, and awkward social situations all strike terror into her heart. At school, she feels like an amoeba: Solitary and shapeless, unable …
In a novel that is as haunting and lyrical as the songs it features, Caroline Cooney weaves together the stories of four teenagers whose paths cross in a small South Carolina town. Lutie Painter is st…
This book was so much fun! Despite the violence and gore, the story is fast-paced, layered, and different from anything I've read before. I instantly liked the main characters. They …
Alison wakes up in a mental hospital, unable to remember anything about the last few weeks. The memories she does have are jumbled and confused. She couldn't really have killed her classmate, the beau…
Meet Sadie Hoffmiller: 57 year old sleuth with a little spunk and a whole lot of refreshing reality. The seventh book in the Culinary Mystery series starts slowly, especially for a reader new to the …
Mary feels like a misfit in her town of Word Weavers. Although her mother can weave stories that leave listeners spellbound, nobody wants to hear Mary's pathetic attempts at word weaving! That is, unt…
Most of us know all too well what it feels like to have a friend abandon us for someone else. That's exactly what Nathalie is experiencing in "Best Friend Thief," Laurel-Ann Dooley's spunky preteen no…
