Heart and Soul

Feelings Forecasters/ Relationship Navigators by Maria Mercé Conangla & Jaume Soler Feelings Forecasters/ Relationship Navigators by Maria Mercé Conangla & Jaume Soler is comprised of five chapters teaching children about ’emotional ecology’. The lessons teach children how to recognise what they are feeling, what it might mean, and how to handle it, along with the […]

WTF, Dorkus/ Suicide Tango by Tripsy South

South’s Suicide Tango, previously title WTF, Dorkus, is an illuminating, gallows humour look at teen suicide via dialogue between Tripsy and the psychiatrist she decides to claim as a confidant. She waltzes into Dr Jon Moore’s office one day, changing his life forever. Over the course of a year, she and the doc have some […]

Inferno by Kat Ross

“In the fifth and last volume of the Fourth Talisman series, the worlds of the living and the dead collide in a final confrontation that will leave Nocturne and Solis forever changed…. Three talismans adrift. Two mad kings. One poisonous crown. As dark forces gather at the Rock of Ariamazes in Samarqand, Nazafareen discovers that […]

End of the Lie by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

“With her harrowing tale of espionage and near death experiences finally out in the open, Anastasia Phoenix thought things would be better. That she and her friends had outsmarted Department D, the criminal empire her parents helped create. She thought wrong. Former friends have turned to enemies, causing more innocent lives to get swept up […]

Poetry

Child of the Moon by Jessica Semaan ‘In between being your mother and father, I forgot to be your daughter And became the child of the moon “In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront &moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey”–Amanda Lovlace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself […]

Crow Flight by Susan Cunningham

‘The curious flight patterns of crows lead a teen computer programmer down a path of mystery and romance. Gin trusts logic a little too much. She even designs programs to decide what to eat and how to spend her time. All that changes when she’s paired with a new transfer student, Felix, on a computer […]

Book Review: A Mortal Likeness by Laura Joh Rowland

A Mortal Likeness is second in Laura Joh Rowland’s Victorian Mysteries series. In the aftermath of the Ripper case, Miss Sarah Bain and Lord Hugh Staunton set up a detective agency. Cases are sparse, and funds sparser. While tracking an adulterous husband, the pair stumble upon evidence that may be of help regarding a prominent […]

Book Review: The Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick

Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick is a touching story about two young teens journeys to find themselves, and to find acceptance. Back in elementary school, Eric and Joey used to be friends. Children grow up though, and what a child accepts, teenagers don’t. The Baker Street kids, who all used to be Joey’s […]

That Don’t Impress Me Much

Noah Gets Naked by Xanna Eve Chown Noah Gets Naked by Xanna Eve Chown is a very short collection calling attention to some of the more unusual myths of the Old Testament not usually talked about. Most of these stories were familiar to me. Still funny, though. Most amusing was the notion that the only […]

Book Review: The Water Tower Club by BK Mayo

The Water Tower Club follows Darryl Coombs back to Grotin,  the town of his childhood, and a past he’d hope to erase from memory. His younger sister Libby has been arrested on a charge of attempted murder. With Libby not talking, Darryl has to play amature private detective. His searches dredge up all his miserable […]

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