David Tish's book Madame Charmaine (The Sheldon Beasley Series) takes an all-too-familiar story line and adds some interesting twists that make the book enjoyable. Nebraska youths Sheldon Beasley, Jimmy Blaze, Bull Evenshot, and Tabby Moore discover a rusty old padlocked trunk and assume they have...

Robby Shelton has a hot temper and he gets kicked out of his football team. His girlfriend also leaves him. He tries to escape from his current situation by going to Idaho. He then ends up in the midst of a disaster that leaves him...

Moonglow Avenue by Gary Pettigrew is a fun story filled with mostly friendly werewolves, vampires, witches, ghosts, and so on, living in a magic place called Moonglow, which is only reached by going through a portal. Normally humans could not access the portal, but when...

Moore Field School and the Mystery by Liam Moiser is the first book in a new series for middle grade students. It is reminiscent of the Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys series. Moore Field School, a private boarding school in England, run by a...

The Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, written by Lorraine Carey, began in 1884 on Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction in Arizona. The Apache savagely murdered the Peralta family and burned their cabin. Juha, aka ‘Eagle Eye, saw a vision of a red coyote leading...

Middle School Millionaires by Roderick J Robison is the story of Kirk and Tommy who are allowed to keep their recycling barrels in the school. The thirteen-year-olds intend only to make some pocket money but their business takes off. Trouble starts when the principal of...

To protect both the magical and non-magical world from evil, The International Bureau of Wizards and Witches forges The Treaty of Earthly Peace with the non-magical communities of the world. The goals are to create a world where both sides could live and work together...

"Mary Baker and the Eye of the Tiger" by D.M. Cherubim tells the story of little Mary Baker aged 10. Mary lives with her mean and very abusive mother, Anna. For Mary, this usually means that she sometimes gets hit and slapped by her mother,...

"Morgan and Clive" is another book in Karen Pirnot's thoughtful and inspiring 'Ordinary Kids series' which is intended for pre-teen kids. The main characters in these stories face hurdles. Here we meet Clive, short for Clivinia, who has just moved to the States from England...

“Martin McMillan and the Secret of the Ruby Elephant” by Elaine Russell is the second book in the author’s middle-grade adventure series. It follows “Martin McMillan and the Lost Inca City”. Ms. Russell seems to have made a great deal of research in the writing...