Set in St Louis and London, Far From Home is a short Christian fantasy work (96 pages on Kindle) that has the feel of a post-apocalyptic world with one religion. If you are told about the faith, you must either accept or essentially be terminated,…
Try Not to Breathe is creepy in a realistic way. Although the story line concerns events in the past for Amy, the victim beaten and left to die, it is a crime that occurs all too often. Seddon to this reader shows why it…
WWII has fueled many books. Some would say that the WWII has consumed them by fire and in a way it did. For some the consummation was not total; for those lucky souls, they were able to move on, not forget about the war, Hitler,…
Although there are those who disagree that John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things is a YA book, to this reader it was. Ever since reading the Harry Potter series, I have loved the magical world of fantasy. Most of the books in…
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman is not a book that evokes good feelings, at least not for much of the time. That being said, the narrative is well-written, tight without any parts that could have been excised. Neither is Illumination Night a long book…
I Heard The Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven is a super good Young Adult (YA) book about the creeping, not the clashing, forces of modernity into tribal life. It is not a heartwarming story, nor a tearjerker, but simply a tightly written…
Sixteen people are named by a paper products owner, a Mr. Westing, as his heirs. He gives them a challenge to find who killed him. Also riding on the solution is a pile of money; the heir who correctly solves the puzzle inherits Mr. Westing’s…
Lie by Caroline Bock is a compelling short read for all ages. It is in Young Adult (YA) genre. The story revolves around a teenager’s angst at having to choose between her boyfriend and her friends and telling the police (and probably, a jury later) what she…
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