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Sneaky the Hairy Mountain Monster

by Norma Fleagane

Sneaky the Hairy Mountain Monster, How I Lost my Parents is part of a series of books about Sneaky, a fury, three-eyed, green monster who has been misjudged. This is my sixth book about the hairy monster, and it was written to answer most of the questions children have about Sneaky. My writing style is to get children to think and ask questions, creating a dialogue between the child and parent. Why does Sneaky have three eyes? Do any other species have three eyes? Why does he hide from people... more

A Town's Nightmare

by Alan R Martin

Pastor Albert mentioned a minister who was slain in 1846 during the proclamation of changing religious beliefs. He was educated and tortured during his departure. The man changed indoctrination during his tenure. He went from Catholic to Protestant. This was when the frightful adventure started, in 1847, and his name was Pastor Matthew. Hendrick Elias Leckner was a former pastor of the Catholic faith, the one who made a pact with the devil.

Fate, Coincidence, and Other Curse Words

by Kenneth Creech

Lachesis, the immortal responsible for keeping everyone on the right path in life, has long believed that she knows exactly how things should happen to the mortals around her. She can see the paths their lives are on and how those paths will lead them to what is meant to be. Although she typically chooses not to get involved with their day-to-day lives, she has been known to guide someone on their path. Caerus sees patterns in the world that move, twist, and merge into the things that happen ... more

eMortal

by Steve Schafer

eMortal is a young adult novel that explores the value of life, in all forms. Teen coder Liv Smithwick has inadvertently created Breck, the first sentient AI, but nobody believes her…and his virtual world is about to be unplugged. The twisting path to save him shatters all that once mattered to Liv.

Soxkendi: A Family of Dragons

by Camilla Tracy

Fate can be cruel. Alexius has been ignored for centuries. He’s quietly taken the blame for his sister’s death and simply tries to get by unnoticed, until his heart won’t let him ignore his mate. Will she bring him closer to his family or pull him away? Aexie is trying to figure out why she’s turned into a raging, angry dragon that can’t express what she wants to while not letting her anxiety control her. Jaxon fights to decide how best to keep the family together or if he should jus... more

The Tale of Oknytt & Gray Gnomes

by Catarina Hansson

The Tale of Oknytt and Gray gnomes is the first book in the Ella trilogy about the girl Tora. Tora is the daughter of the former king and queen of Nordanland. In addition, Tora is a powerful seer and healer who is slowly discovering her powers. The story is set in Nordanland where evil forces are trying to take over. In the Ella trilogy we follow Tora and her friend Wolf in their fight against gray gnomes, oknytt and black magic, all spiced up with a few splashes of Aesir faith. The name of the ... more

Remember Pompeii

by Kika Emers

She's lived 200 lifetimes. And never turned 17.

Kali Brewster isn’t like other teenage girls. She can’t be because her qi, her immortal soul, is 3623 years old. It’s what makes her a wanshiqi, part of an immortal race who can reincarnate into any form. But Kali’s different, even among her kind.

She’s serving her sentence for what happened in Pompeii. As punishment, she and her family are forced to reincarnate into human bodies, sh... more

The God Squad: Thunder and Pomp

by Devan Deyerin

The Clarke brothers had grown accustomed to the monsters only they could see, but confronting gods is proving to be a far graver challenge. The two ran away from home to shield their family from the menacing creatures, but a twist of fate sees them lose their magical protection. The duo soon find themselves caught in a celestial war over the fate of the gods. Loathe to be pawns in divine schemes, they discover gods are as petty and flawed as humans. Just as the Clarke brothers find a safe pla... more

Tale of the Unlikely Prince

by Dr. Bill Senyard

18-year-old Prince Yeled desperately wanted to prove to his adoptive father the King that he was worthy of being the prince heir. But what could he possibly do? He asks for a quest—no, a great quest—no, a heroically astonishing quest—challenging enough to prove his enoughness and finally earn the King's respect and love. But what happens if all does not go as planned? Yeled will learn through thrilling, quirky, and sometimes unbelievable twists and turns that not all quests are what they might s... more

Songweaver Lost

by David E. Gaston

An astonishing friendship. A cascade of mysteries. A snarl of secrets. And a couple steps away from disaster.

All Jessica wanted was to keep things from getting worse. With her family shattered, her older brother vanished, and an outcast at school, she stalked through her days with a simmering anger that was never far from exploding.

But her world turns inside-out when she encounters a “lost girl” in a lonely place, an ordinary barefoot kid dressed in ... more

Illusion of Stars

by Sarah Marie Page

She’s stealing more than secrets. As the royal physician of a tiny, windswept island, Isabel spends her days trying to keep the queen from dying and spying on passing ships from the brutal and secretive kingdom of Volgaard. But when her best friend is found murdered on the beaches, her world is ripped apart. Desperate for answers, she discovers a stash of letters that reveal a terrifying truth: the Volds possess a kingdom-shattering weapon and are poised to conquer everything in their path. ... more

Magic, Mystery and Adventure On Juniper Farm

by Glenn Brentnall

Ten-year-old Jake and his younger sister, Grace, have just been invited to spend two weeks at Juniper Farm in Buckinghamshire with their mother’s longtime friends, Melissa and Jack. Anxious to explore and have fun, the excited siblings count down the days until they leave. After their parents drop them off on the farm, Jake and Grace become friends with Ellie, a twelve-year-old worker who helps during the summer. When Ellie tells them that fairies and tree elves used to exist in the area at one... more

Eclipse 8

by Jack Hammond

In the near future, humanity has exploited Earth’s resources to the brink of ruin. Global leaders know that they must find a new planet to inhabit or face extinction. Knowing that no planets within the solar system will be able to adequately sustain human life, they realise they must take on an unprecedented challenge: they must travel into a black hole in the hopes that on the other side will be planets which are able to offer humanity an opportunity to start again. But as the crew for this dan... more

Song of the Dark

by Bryn Suddarth

In a siren-infested sea, Thomas is the last survivor on a sinking ship, the only sailor unaffected by the sirens’ song. Before he meets his end, the god of the ocean, Mariana, saves him in exchange for his help. Mariana believes Thomas is the only person who can help her find a cure for the siren plague that has infected mermaids around the world. On his journey, Thomas is thrust into the unfamiliar world of magic and discovers it is nothing like he believed it to be. The memory of his first lo... more

Our Future Selves

by Graham Dix

This is the story of three people, caught in a love triangle, sharing a secret that no-one else will believe, that when we die we form a connection with a future self, who shares our reincarnated soul. A connection so strong that sometimes we can become that future person and they can become us. We can swap bodies across time.

Night Highway

by Allen Coskerie

One Friday afternoon, Steve and Mark Cross head off on an adventurous father and son weekend in the Australian bush. The long drive provides plenty of time to shake off the weekday woes, have a few laughs and soak up the rugged landscape. In the early hours of the morning, as they near their destination in a remote part of the country, through the endless darkness of the ‘night highway’, they notice a dull light on the road up ahead.

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