Young Adult

Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

Leigh's life has been ripped apart. Orphaned, she goes to live with incredibly wealthy relatives she never knew she had. Struggling to fit into her new world, she can't let go of her grief. When the police tell her the investigation into her parents' murder has hit a brick wall, she knows the only way she will ever know peace is to solve the mystery herself. With new family and friends, which includes a ghost with multiple personality issues, Leigh risks everything to find her answers.

True Colors

In True Colors, author Krysten Lindsay Hagar took me time traveling. She took me back to a time (back more years than I care to count), when all was not right with the world, when I was so focused on fitting in and trying to be part of a group, I lost me. The early teen years can be fun, full of joy and laughter or they can be full of tears, heartbreak and confusion. Hager writes about Landry and her journey toward finding who she really is and the pain of getting there.

Why is Pono not Pono Today

Why is Pono not Pono Today? Is a delightful book that from the cover appears to be a children’s book, but is actually a book for everyone. Lewis is a facilitator guiding people on how to handle stress, no matter its form. Making her home in Hawaii, she has incorporated words from the Hawaiian language each having more than one meaning. This gives the reader a better understanding of why her central character’s name is Pono and his sidekick is Kuleana.

Figure Eight

The Math Doesn’t Add Up for Young Max, Who Has Dyscalculia Figure Eight is an insightful book for young readers that tells the story of why Max can’t do math as easily as his friends. At 11 years old, Max is struggling in school because the numbers he sees in class get all jumbled up in his head. He explains: “An eighty-one might look like an eighteen to me like they were switched at birth. I’m sure you get it by now. I am numerically challenged. I have dyscalculia, a disorder that (they tell me) means I have a problem grasping numbers.

Dylan McFinn & The Sea Serpent's Fury

Synopsis: Dylan McFinn is an ordinary twelve-year-old with a keen nose for adventure, he lives deep under the Pacific Ocean with his Sea Captain Father and Lapatian Mother (or more commonly known...a Mermaid) in the ancient sunken fishing village Lapatia. For Dylan's birthday, the Sea Captain arranges for a surprise camping trip back to his home island Maloto. Most teenagers get something memorable for their Thirteenth birthday, Dylan certainly did.

Why Is Pono not Pono Today? Bring out the best when someone is stressed

Set in Hawaii, this heartwarming book and its lovable characters offer adults and children helpful ways to discuss and handle stress."Why is Pono not Pono Today?" is a book where kids of all ages easily identify with the normally happy Pono the Bull. Pono snaps after others are mean to him. His friend Kuleana notices what happens and helps to quickly bring back the best in Pono.

Siegfried and the Vikings

One day young Siegfried is fetching water from the river when he receives the fright of his life! A fierce dragon’s head looms through the mist in front of him. The mist clears revealing a longship containing more than forty grim-looking men, covered in chain mail, hefting swords and battleaxes. Who are these men? Why are they here? Siegfried discovers that they are Vikings from Norway and is so fascinated by these warriors and their leader,  Odo the Dragon Slayer, that he stows away with them on their departure.

The Mystery of the Lost Avenger

The wreckage of a World War II plane is found in the mountains of Appalachia. It mysteriously crashed in 1943 on its way to a naval base. Inside the plane is a note, written by Annie Tillery's great-grandmother, Charlotte, who was in love with a fighter pilot. Young Charlotte tested the planes and flew them to naval bases; her fiancé flew the planes in battle.  While investigating the crash site, NCIS finds the note in the plane, which they trace to Charlotte and then to her surviving family members, Annie and her mother Carol. The mystery begins.