Author: Tricia Stewart Shiu Forget all that you know. Remember everything else. In the third book of the Moa Series, Hillary, her sister, Molly, and niece, Heidi, have each lost themselves literally. After saving the Hawaiian Islands with Moa and discovering the Statue of Ku in Egypt, a malevolent force has separated them from their…
Corr Syl the Warrior Winner
2015 Great Southwest Book Festival
Author: Garry Rogers “Corr Syl the Warrior” is the story of a young rabbit descendent on an Earth where Humans are only one of the intelligent species.
“BONZER!” Honorable mention
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author: Sandy Thorne Hilarious (bonzer) adventures of a very naughty girl – always in trouble at home and at school – growing up in rural Australia in the different world of the 1950’s and ’60’s. Laugh! Cry! Gallop along with this tomboy who can ride anything!
A Story of Becoming Winner
2015 Paris Book Festival
Author: Ayn Cates Sullivan A Story of Becoming, by Ayn Cates Sullivan, Ph.D. is an exquisitely illustrated story which speaks on many levels to the hearts of readers of all ages who will relate to the hopes, fears and dreams of the apple tree as she struggles to survive and fulfill her purpose.
The Old Gun – Finding Sundance Honorable Mention
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author:Randal Benjamin Thirteen years after he and Butch Cassidy were supposedly killed, Sundance is alive and living on an Oklahoma ranch with his wife, son and daughter. It is 1921 and oil production in Oklahoma is on the rise. A New York gangster turned oil baron has moved in with hired gunmen to force the…
How to Save the World and Still be Home for DinnerRunner-up
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author:D’Angelo An ode—and even a bit of a passport—to living a mindful life.The themes of walking lightly, lovingly and alive in the world, questioning self-appointed—or any other—authority, living in the present,are well wrought. D’Angelo(Sandra Bradley)is a force for good. Guidance in that direction should never go begging.
The Alchemist’s LegacyHonorable Mention
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author:I S Hassan When Niall Roberts and his family move to the sleepy village of Oakhill to open a traditional sweet shop, all is not as it first seems within their new home. Niall discovers a secret that teases his curiosity, leading him to a hidden world full of possibility.
Samson: A Savior Will Rise Winner
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author:Shawn Hoffman Based on a true story and inspired by real events: An American Jewish Olympic Boxer is sent to a Nazi Death Camp and forced to fight to save the lives of his entire family.
A Fox in the FamilyHonorable Mention
2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author:Jane King Rescued from an old barn that is being demolished, two gray fox cubs are captured and raised in a family with terriers, a cat, and two small boys. As the cubs mature, the family experiences many heartwarming and hair-raising moments that are illustrated in pen and ink. There are also many photos.
The Greenwich Streets AZHonorable Mention
2014 New England Book Festival
Author:Lev Vozchikov Paperback The Greenwich Streets AZ is the printing version The reenwich Streets AZ database. Compact edition useful for the field trip reading to contact local map resources. Second edition developed to improve gained driver street onnection. Handbook end user guide embedded, included at least thousand streets of the geographic infrastructure.