Swiftly-paced and thorough fun… A page-turner. Cupps’s endearing 12-year-old heroine finds herself on a quest to locate a stolen Mayan artifact in her latest installment in the Harley James Adventures series. Amateur cryptologist Harley James is excited to be in… Read More ›
Middle Grade
Antuna’s Story (The Antunite Chronicles Book 1) by Terry Birdgenaw
Engrossing and addictive… Unquestionably solid. Well-crafted prose, deft characterization, and a precise eye for details mark Birdgenaw’s debut installment in The Antunite Chronicles series. A wormhole appears out of nowhere in Earth’s atmosphere, transporting several Earth insects to an alien… Read More ›
Snakeheads: A Chelmin and Spaulding CID Mystery by Marvin Wolf
A taut military investigation parable… Wolf’s latest installment in the A Chelmin and Spaulding CID Mystery is a taut and action-packed page-turner that offers plenty of military tension and political intrigue. Military tensions with North Korea are on the rise…. Read More ›
Crossing the Pressure Line by Laura Anne Bird
A poignant tale of loss, grief, family, friendship, and self-discovery… Healing and self-realization come from unexpected places in Bird’s outstanding debut middle grade novel. Twelve-year-old Clare Burch is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her beloved grandfather… Read More ›
Mystic of the Midway by A.A. Blair
A thorough page-turner… Blair plays on themes of self-discovery, bullying, trauma, family ties, and friendship while taking readers on an exhilarating journey laced with supernatural intrigue in his highly engrossing debut. When a sudden accident left Effie feeling different, she… Read More ›
Bosco and the Bees by Cat Ritchie
Authentic, relevant, and utterly immersive… Ritchie’s immersive debut blends a hefty dose of magic and intrigue with adolescent dilemma to create a solid fairy story. Bosco, a young fairy, is content living in the mountains of the Continental Divide. But… Read More ›
Jacky the Brave by Jim Sellers
Gentle and raw at once… A fresh take on middle school and adolescent drama. A young boy struggles to navigate his middle school years in this beautiful story of survival, perseverance, and hope by Sellers. Jacky’s life has been easy…. Read More ›
FAIRWAYS by Lani Gavin
A funny, poignant, and hopeful tale… Lusciously readable. A kind-hearted boy, golf, and an innate community bond are among the fascinating threads that Gavin cleverly weaves into her latest Ingo-novel. Fourteen-year-old Pat is keen to help his best friend Cliff… Read More ›
The Munchkins (The Munchkins Book 1) by Candice Zee
Magically mesmerizing and moving… A thrilling ride. Zee’s debut installment in The Munchkins series is an emotional roller coaster of a close-knit family in crisis, tempered by a touch of magic and resilience and highly likable protagonists. With their past… Read More ›
The Joyous Adventures of Whizzojack by David Bush (Author), Jack Zarb Adami (Author)
A charming, intriguingly plotted superhero adventure… In this engaging superhero adventure, David Bush and Jack Zarb Adami examine belongingness, courage, duty, and the idea of heroism through their eight-year-old endearing superhero’s superpowered adventures. Jacktown is a great city, and the… Read More ›