Category: Middle Grade

Excerpt – Whisper by Alison Bellringer

    Synopsis At five years old, Britney is used to living in an abusive household when repeatedly seeing her mother being beaten for reasons she can’t even begin to understand at such a tender age. But the day this frightened little girl is forced to run away from home and consequently stripped from the […]

Review – Secrets of the Broken House by Taryn Souders

  Synopsis In the small, southern town of Everson, goats can run for mayor, the mail is always late, and nothing all that bad ever happens. That is, until thirteen-year-old Tucker finds Miss Geraldine dead at the bottom of her stairs. At first glance, it looks like an accident. But Tucker has always had a […]

Review & Giveaway – Flight Test 101 by Amanda Thrasher

  Flight Test 101 By Amanda M. Thrasher   Genre of Book: Children’s Chapter Book, Fantasy, Adventure Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Pages: 169 Publication Date: 10 June 2025     Synopsis Join Lilly, Boris, and Jack as they embark on another thrilling adventure that will test their courage and friendship! Excitement fills the air […]

Mystery Spotlight & Giveaway – The Adventures of Margo by Wendi Schuller

    The Adventures of Margo: Girl Detective Children’s Mystery/Detective/Spy 9 – 11 Years 1st in Series Setting – Ohio Publisher ‏ : ‎ Austin Macauley Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 21, 2025 Hardcover Print length ‏ : ‎ 182 pages Synopsis Margo is not your average ten-year-old. She’s a junior detective with a […]

Review – Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow by Christopher Bodmann

  Synopsis Superpowers don’t always solve your super problems. The hardest part about being a superhero isn’t the punches, the powers, or even the secret identity. It’s getting back up when everything tells you to stay down. Josh Jacobs, Jr. wasn’t looking for trouble—he’s had enough of that already. New town, new school, and after […]

Excerpt – Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow by Christopher Bodmann

  Synopsis Superpowers don’t always solve your super problems. The hardest part about being a superhero isn’t the punches, the powers, or even the secret identity. It’s getting back up when everything tells you to stay down. Josh Jacobs, Jr. wasn’t looking for trouble—he’s had enough of that already. New town, new school, and after […]

Review – Sour Apples by Paul Jantzen

  Synopsis Imagine, if you will, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others would use a compass. Our hero, Jimmy Hamilton, loses his fort on three separate occasions all in the span of one summer. He must battle both his wits and unwanted squatters. He comes to discover […]

New Release – My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast by Zoje Stage

  Synopsis Nine-year-old Pru has many hobbies: inventing things, collecting stuff, and learning new and interesting words. But her newest passion is discovering the source of the weird sounds she hears at night-coming from beneath her bed. Ever since she was very little, Pru suspected there might be a special kind of creature making a […]

Excerpt – Secret Sky by T. Alan Horne

    Synopsis The stars speak in a language of secrets, yet their stories cannot remain hidden forever. Billions of years ago, on one of the first-ever Earths, a boy named Skylar will walk away from his home for the last time. Beset by dreams where he flies through the early universe as a sentient […]

Review – Pintsized Pioneers by Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis

    PINTSIZED PIONEERS: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time By Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis Young Adult / Nonfiction / History Publisher: Bariso Press Pages: 184 Publication Date: September 24, 2024   Synopsis Children tread lightly through the pages of Old West history. Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at […]