Though heralded as a romance, The Lightkeeper’s Ball has something for everyone. Author Colleen Coble masterfully weaves actual historical tidbits into the novel (the likes of Haley’s comet, the first…
Kipling’s masterful way with words makes it easy to see why The Jungle Book has been a classic for so long! In this collection of fifteen stories (originally published as The Jungle Book and The Secon…
Twins Diello and Cynthe are excited to turn thirteen and come of age—but their birthday doesn't shape up quite how they'd hoped. Instead of a celebratory breakfast and a day spent at the market fair, …
Baby’s First 100 Days contains some great practical advice on how to care for a newborn. First-time parents are sure to find some tips that they will use and be grateful for. Although this book is ch…
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff is a beautiful tale of a young girl’s experiences one summer during World War II. Giff has a great talent for making the characters in her stories feel very au…
In the Hall of the Dragon King brings the times of kings, queens, knights and darklords to life with its engaging plot of good versus evil. An urgent message that is brought forth by a wounded kn…
The Last Archangel is a novel completely out of this world. Xandir is an important angel who is forced to choose between the fate of the world or of his own life. The author weaves two separate s…
Shadow Magic is a cute, simple story about a girl trying to help her cousin. The imagination sprinkled though out the story is perfect for a young girl who may also wish her toys came alive and she c…
The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game by John Feinstein is definitely a sports book first with the mystery playing second fiddle. The story follows two, fourteen year-old, aspiring reporters, S…
A very simple read yet with a thought-provoking twist is exactly what Lois Lowry's book The Giver offers to the reader. Care, trust, unity and happiness dwell in the dystopian town that Jonas lives in…
Airborn is narrated by Matt Cruse, the 15 year-old protagonist and resourceful cabin boy on the airship Aurora. Set in a world that echoes ours, where oceans named the Pacificus and the Atlanticus are…
After reviewing the third book in this series, I sought out the first book to see how it measured up. I am delighted to report that The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade did not disappoint. Spy…
