Colin W. Sargent/strong> “The Boston Castrato” does for 1920s Boston what E.L. Doctorow did for New York in “Ragtime:” it grabs a city out of history, mixes in some fiction and makes it vivid. Be it the high style of Boston’s Parker House Hotel; the flagrant, fragrant set who dance attendance on the poet Amy…
One Hot Mess, A Child’s Environmental FableHonorable Mention
2016 Boston Book Festival
J.E. Rogers FITZROY, a young kangaroo, lives in Australia’s outback. It’s beautiful, except for a pile of trash by the railroad tracks. Fitzroy will find a way to clean it up and ensure that it never collects again. It will take many paws and claws working together to get the job done!
Hold On, TobyHonorable Mention
2017 Florida Book Festival
Janet Boucher This engaging tale of little maple leaf Toby presents an opportunity to experience the joy and delights of each season, and to glimpse an understanding of the cycle of life as expressed through the seasons of Toby’s life.
One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch HangingHonorable Mention
2016 New England Book Festival
Beth M Caruso Alice, a young woman with healing abilities, fascination with the new American wilderness, and damning personal secrets, encounters the blinding fears of Puritan leaders in colonial Connecticut, ushering in and influencing New England’s gruesome witch trial history.
Roxie the Doxie Finds Her Forever HomeHonorable Mention
2017 Florida Book Festival
Jody A. Dean, Ph.D. Book To Help Children through Adoption. Join Roxie, a dachshund, as she makes the transition from “Foster” home to her new “Forever” home. Based on a real dog’s story, the book is designed to help children through complicated process of adoption. Includes Parent and Therapist Guide to aid the process.
Jamie’s Journey Cancer from the Voice of a SiblingHonorable Mention
2016 New England Book Festival
Sharon Wozny Cancer is a family journey. Discover the emotional rollercoaster the siblings experience. Tell your story in the journal part of Jamie’s Journey. Express your feelings! Validate that you are a Sibling Superhero!!
Delivering DreamsHonorable Mention
2016 London Book Festival
Lori Preusch One magical day, into the remotely quiet and peacefully serene world of one precocious little girl, comes a special delivery letter from her globe-trotting Grandpa. The moment she opens that letter, she opens her heart and ponderings to the spectacular adventures, exotic worlds and unbounding thrills to come with every one of his…
The Fool’s TruthHonorable Mention
2016 New England Book Festival
Loretta Marion The Fool’s Truth is a twisty tale of mystery and suspense with whispers of romance. A desperate woman’s dream for a new life in a safe haven with her toddler daughter quickly becomes a nightmare when she takes a reckless detour through backwoods Maine, where dark and dangerous secrets lurk.
Greenbeard the Pirate PigHonorable Mention
2016 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival
Andrea Torrey Balsara Greenbeard is a guinea pig with a nose for adventure! At first, Greenbeard is content to farm his garden of lettuce and carrots, until one day a salt breeze swirls in from the ocean, up the hill, through his garden, and up his nose. He changes his garden gear into pirate garb,…
The Velvet Thorn – A NovelHonorable Mention
2016 Southern California Book Festival
Olivia Villa-Real The Velvet Thorn” is a riveting story that poignantly captures the desperate struggle of two lovers against the unforgiving shackles of tradition and religious belief, epitomizing the unparalleled capacity of the heart to endure excruciating pain in the name of love.