by Barb Langridge | Sep 26, 2011 | Historical Fiction
16-year-old Reet’s father has lost his job in New Delhi, India, and leaves for America in search of work. Before he leaves, Baba extracts a promise from Reet that she will take care of her mother and older sister, Asha. The independent, tomboyish teenager takes this...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 26, 2011 | Paranormal
Thrilling and electric (yes, pun intended, you’ll see) Michael Vey is a great read! And what a character! Michael is an ordinary high school boy with extraordinary powers–he’s electric! Somehow, he is able to direct electricity and shock others with...
by Ciara Stout | Sep 25, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
11-year-old Julie Welsh keeps getting involved in her younger brother’s wild ideas–and getting in trouble with her parents because she is older. If that weren’t bad enough, for a school project she must correspond with an elderly resident of a nursing home, and the...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Fiction
In this Southern Gothic novel, Alexandria Lee has spent her entire young life with her free-spirited mother far from Grandma Lee’s home in Savannah, Georgia. They grow herbs on a commune in Mendocino, California, which also produces a modest amount of pot. But...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Picture Book
The author’s “DOT” takes you through a whole day of dots!! The simple design and bold colors convey to the visual learners all the emotions and feelings that one might experience in one day. The young readers can easily pick up the simple words by...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Daphne Davis has just started 4th grade and her mom has given her a pink notebook to keep a diary of the new school year. Daphne loves to daydream of daily disasters and has fun adding doodles to the notebook. Unfortunately, the first day of school presented a REAL...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 24, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. With the support of her family and world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine, she rose to the top of her art form to become America’s first prima ballerina....
by Barb Langridge | Sep 23, 2011 | Humor
A pants hamster? Accidentally taking too much of a laxative and getting the natural results at the worst possible time? It’s summer time and three 15-year-old boys have created a life goal. Before school starts again, they will have seen a naked girl. These...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 23, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Young Bond is back. The sister of one of his school mates has been kidnapped while the father was murdered. During a vacation in Sardinia, James uncovers an art theft ring and what seems to be a plot to take over Europe. When his Uncle’s house is robbed, James...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 23, 2011 | Paranormal
Captivating, mesmerizing, romantic, and steamy, girls who loved the Twilight and Shiver series have something new to devour. Paranormal fans who have craved a satisfying and scorching new romantic read need not search further. This is not just another vampire book,...
