Synopsis What do you do when your mother feels that you don’t trust her? If you’re Samira Joshi, and your mother is an elite spy who works for RAW, the first thing you do is … hide the knives. After that, you go straight to the therapist that she has […]
Category: Young Adult
The 8th Island Trilogy includes Above the Star, Below the Moon, and Inside the Sun. Over the three books, we follow the adventures of a quirky family, the Wellsleys. The main characters are frumpy senior citizen Archie, his daughter-in-law, Tessa, and his ill fourteen-year-old granddaughter Ella. Archie, searching for his missing son, accidentally […]
Synopsis A tragic mystery blending sleuthing and spirituality An exploration in grief, suicide, spiritualism, and Inuit culture, Winter of the Wolf follows Bean, an empathic and spiritually evolved fifteen-year-old, who is determined to unravel the mystery of her brother Sam’s death. Though all evidence points to a suicide, her heart and intuition compel her […]
The Nightjar’s Promise (Book 4 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 130 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April, 2020 Synopsis Jennifer Torres, one of the three FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) who […]
Asbury High and the Thief’s Gamble: (Asbury High YA Cozy Mystery Series) Young Adult Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Publisher: Purple Milk Publishing (February 1, 2020) Paperback: 260 pages Synopsis Asbury, although a haven to shoobies (tourists) in the summer, is a divided coastal town. With the rich half living […]
Synopsis In October 1939, Albert Einstein warns President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Nazi Germany is actively pursuing an atomic bomb and urges him to make sure that the United States develops the bomb first. Roosevelt heeds the warning and launches the “Manhattan Project” in June 1942. In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein […]
Wizard for Hire: Magic Required by Obert Skye Publication Date: 4/7/20 Hardcover Page Count: 416 Middle Grade Fantasy Book Design: © Shadow Mountain Cover Illustration: Brandon Dorman Art Direction: Richard Erickson Design: Sheryl Dickert Smith Synopsis The final answer to the existence of magic. Ozzy and his friend Sigi […]
Selah’s Stolen Dream (Dream Horse Adventures) Young Adult 4th in Series Publisher: Hastings Creations Group (January 1, 2020) Paperback: 262 pages Digital Publisher: Hastings Creations Group (March 1, 2020) Print Length: 217 pages Synopsis One girl’s victory is another’s tragic defeat. Thirteen-year-old Selah’s perfect life unravels when her beloved horse […]
Synopsis Jason Lex and Sadie Callahan are together again in their hometown of Salton recovering from personal tragedies and bearing the burden of new secrets. Both are wishing for nothing but normalcy, but when Skyfish swarm and a rogue Bigfoot attacks, Jason and Sadie know looming danger can’t be ignored. Their friendship is […]
Brown Books Publishing Paperback: 200 pages April 23, 2019 Genre: YA, Sci-fi, paranormal Synopsis Eric Horton sees fire. When he sleeps, he dreams of a world screaming in the midst of devastating explosions. These dreams terrify him, and as more strange happenings unfold around him, he’s unable to shake the feeling that what he’s seeing isn’t just a dream. […]