The Stage Is Set “What’s up, dude? Name’s Hector,” said the offbeat rabbit, his long ears stuffed in a bulging cap. “I am Tobias Oakwood Ball,” replied the young hedgehog, puffing out his spines. Newfound… Book Review of T. Ball and the Rise of the Worldspinners, middle grade fiction by Stephen James Moore
Kyle & Corey Holley (15 and 12) live in Fairly Springs, a small southern beach town. Kyle is a budding engineer; Corey is impetuous, funny and sports-crazy. Like most brothers, they fight often, but they… Book Review of Kyle and Corey and the Game-Store Mystery, a YA fiction story by Joe Stephens
When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade Sixth-grader Sophie Washington and friends learn lessons about entrepreneurship and team work when they sign up for a city-wide, Lemonade Day event. Sophie wants to buy her mother something… Book Review of Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day, a contemporary middle grade by Tonya Duncan Ellis
Lots of kids have imaginary friends, but Kate had an entire imaginary world to visit when she was a girl. When she keeps insisting that her friends are real, she ends up in an institution,… Book Review of In Daylight and Darkness, a romantic fantasy by Dana Ardis
It’s Halloween season in small town San Borromeo, and Abigail and Hyperion are determined to make Beanblossom’s Tea & Tarot spooktacular. But when Hyperion’s boyfriend, Detective Tony Chase, is arrested at Beanblossom’s for murder, the… Book Review of Never Say Chai, a cozy mystery by Kirsten Weiss
Like most siblings, Tuesday and Zed don’t always get along. Unlike most siblings, their arguments are over things like whether their parents are hiding a life of crime, or are simply the weirdest adults on… Book Review of Relatively Normal Secrets, a middle grade mystery by C.W. Allen
Olivine, the fourth of seven sisters, has been hiding a secret as she travels to K’ba to meet her artist friends. Others assume she has fallen in love with another artist, and it’s not a… Book Review of She’s the One Who Doesn’t Say Much, a historical fantasy by S. R. Cronin
If only your dreams could come true with a Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo… Becoming the legal guardian for his half-sisters puts a wrench in Drew’s college plans. Photo-shopped nudes of Seraphina threaten her promising singing career. Sounds like… Book Review of A Fairy Godmother’s Redemption, a paranormal romance by Maya Tyler
Congressional staffer Kit Marshall is looking forward to a much-deserved summer vacation in the Outer Banks. When the mayor of the beach town turns up dead, Kit and her friends need to put their fun… Book Review of Dead as a Duck, a cozy mystery by Colleen J. Shogan
Kept hidden by the United States government for decades, the Site is a place where magic is real. But that doesn’t mean that everything happening there is sparkly. Soul-sucking policies and layers of stifling bureaucracy… Book Review of The Conjuring of Zoth-Avarex, a humorous fantasy by K.R.R. Lockhaven