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Primary Paintsville

by stacey waldman

A new color named Gary Green comes to a primary town of colors that consist of only red, yellow and blue. Gary green is not accepted and is bullied by his classmates. Discover what he needs to do to fit into this pint sized, peculiar, paints town .

Miss Someday: A Young Adult Novel

by R.J. Ryker

It's funny how one stupid little mistake can change your life forever. Okay, maybe what I did was slightly more serious than your average slip-up. But still... As far back as I can remember I've had one goal in life: get into the vocal performance program at the Vanderbilt Conservatory of Music in New York City. It's the crème de la crème of music schools. Guess what. They accepted me, a practically anonymous girl from the other side of the continent. And they even offered me a p... more

Short Term Memory

by Ahlia Demas

A collection of short stories that tie into the life of the person recounting her life. Some are an autobiography and some are total fiction; thus the short-term memory,

Fifth Street Bridge

by William Wendell Walters

For most people on the Eastern seaboard, the words ‘Fifth Street Bridge’ have become a metonymy for disaster, pain, sorrow, greed, cruelty, and murder, but, for those people who lived it, the Fifth Street Bridge has become so much more. All Richard Mitchell wanted from life was to teach, until he was too old to do so, and then retire to a spot down by a slow stream that he and his wife, Fancy, loved. It was his dream, one that was obliterated by a drunk driver going the wrong way, wrenching his... more

A Nest for the Savior: An Interactive Christmas Tradition

by Didi Zayas

A Nest for the Savior is more than a children’s book – it’s an interactive Christmas tradition that teaches children about the best adventure of all – following Jesus. The story follows Sadie, a sparrow who builds a nest for Jesus after finding the manger empty, while the Advent Activity Guide (on the opposite side of the book) provides instructions for kids to make their own nest for the Savior using 12 symbolic elements. A Nest for the Savior is really two books in one – with a picture b... more

Splat! A Quirky Cat Audio Book

by Adele Park

Skitters the Cat seems to have it all, but when his twitchy teen handlers get tangled up with a polygamist cult in Utah, the fur begins to fly. For Brandon Spinkle, the son of the lead singer for a band called the Rectal Surgeons, dating a polygamist girl is hardly a pleasure cruise through the love canal. Especially after Brandon's mother becomes a contestant on a reality TV show called Celebrity Cougars. Narrated by a full cast of characters, this outrageous comedy is highlighted with sna... more

Touched By Evil

by D'Ann Turner

TOUCHED BY EVIL, set in current day New England, is a tale of spectral horror: the lives of three associates of a Realty Office become entangled by physical and psychological terror inflicted on each of them by a vengeful spirit who occupies a historic home which they are trying to sell. What follows, is a young woman left fighting for her life, conflict between local law enforcement, medical professionals and the clergy - each drawing their own conclusions, desperately trying to stop the perpe... more

Emma & Friends - Izzy the Bully

by Nipa Shah

One day a bear cub named Izzy, moves in to the forest where Emma and her friends live. Izzy is not a very nice cub. When the fed up neighborhood cubs ask Emma's help in handling Izzy the Bully, Emma comes up with a compassionate solution.

Bocage

by Charles Birmingham

CONSISTENTLY INVENTIVE…MARVELOUSLY CREATIVE – KIRKUS REVIEWS

A richly detailed historical novel and rollicking adventure that spans the Paris of today and 1944, the London Blitz, D-Day and the bloody hedgerow fighting of the Allied breakout from Normandy in World War II along with unforgettable characters like Churchill, Patton, Ernie Pyle and even Lady Di. With the help of time-traveling commandos, Charley Montgomery discovers the terrible secret beh... more

Blue Valentine

by Thomas Cummings

Nicki Valentine's life is wearing thin under the drag of her unchosen role as the bad girl, the slut, and the endless psychodrama of a small Oregon town. Then at an after-hours party in a house on the rich side of town, an old acquaintance has walked out of the darkness, dragging the past with him. The meeting is no chance affair, and it can only mean that someone is gunning for Nicki, someone who's used to getting what he wants and who has the means to take it, whatever the cost. In a town whe... more

The Great Pillow Sham: An allegory of the Donald Trump presidency

by Travis Dunn

The Great Pillow Sham is a read-aloud children's picture book that portrays an allegory of the current U.S. presidency. A pompous pillow is elected to resolve a family's bed head problems. His glorious promises enamor the family. Unfortunately, they ignore an ominous warning tag attached to his back. Is this pillow all he's stuffed up to be? Or, is he just a sham?

The Art of Being Remmy

by Mary Zisk

It’s 1965. In this funny, illustrated, coming-of-age novel, when mid-sixties attitudes kept girls in their place, 12-year-old Remmy questions what is fair and challenges rules that restrict her. She fights to be an artist in spite of Dad’s objections, a goofball boy rival, and the danger of losing her best friend to a rat fink.

Building Heaven

by Andrew Osborne

BUILDING HEAVEN is an existential thriller about atheism, blind faith, death, and one agnostic’s perilous journey through the afterlife. In the Cedars-Sinai coma ward, a law professor named Pete Herlinger miraculously regains consciousness five years after the car wreck that claimed his wife, child and parents. Grief-stricken, Pete wishes to see his family again and winds up in a supernatural realm where the dead create their own reality. Guided by the soul of his father (who, free of... more

Viking Warlord: A Saga of Thorkell the Great

by David K Mullaly

Thorkell inn ha′vi is a rarity during the late Viking Period. He is an old Dane who has survived many raids and two invasions, and he has lived to tell about battlefield triumphs, family dishonor, the defiance of a king, personal banishment, and being named regent of a country--twice. His only remaining desire is for his name and deeds to live on in the sagas of the Norse people, so he will share his story with his family and a famous story-teller. Then he wants to die with a sword in his hand. ... more

After The Benediction (After The Storm Publishing Presents)

by Sherabim Joy

After the Benediction will take you on an extraordinary journey… Evangelist Jacey Joyner is loved and admired by as many people who envy her. To the untrained eye, she appears to have it all together; a beautiful family, a thriving ministry, and people to fawn over her. However, after the benediction; she struggles immensely with her own reality, to the point that she is haunted by a suicidal presence. Her refusal to forgive her father, former Bishop Jason Loftin, for his thoughtless and scandal... more

The Handy Helpers

by Rosemary Morgan Heddens

The Handy Helpers are excited about going to summer camp?that is, everyone except Beth Anne. Her parents want her to go to a free camp for children with disabilities. Beth Anne begs them to let her go to camp with her friends. Finally, her parents admit they don?t have enough money to pay the camp fees. With help from some of the seniors, the Handy Helpers are able to raise the money Beth Anne needs. So why has Beth Anne suddenly changed her mind and wants to go to the special camp after all? ?I... more

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