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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
1-2 spots that need work

5/5

Excellent!
Must-read.

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IR Approved
December 23, 2022

INCA WRAITH

By S T Cameron
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Simple to follow, with frequent scenes of action and tension, ST Cameron's INCA WRAITH is a perfect quick read for middle-graders enthralled by the past.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Elizabeth R. Jensen's THE HAWK’S FLIGHT (Book Two of the Three Brothers Trilogy) is a beautifully designed and thoroughly entertaining sword and sorcery fantasy that...

October 10, 2022

TIME PROBLEMS

By Jason R. Lady
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

With a compelling main character, TIME PROBLEMS is an interesting, if chaotic and contrived, middle grade coming-of-age novel.

IR Approved
September 16, 2022

DAVID MASSEY AND THE HIDDEN UNDERWORLD

By Andrew M. Nehring
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Featuring an ever-resourceful eighth grader, a temporal warrior who’s the last of his kind, and a healthy dose of time travel, Andrew M. Nehring’s DAVID...

IR Approved
September 16, 2022

LOVE SNAGGS

By Melanie Joy Mezzancello
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Playful, humorous, heartbreaking, and fast-paced, Melanie Joy Mezzancello's LOVE SNAGGS blends adventure with heartfelt sentiment to illustrate the limits to which both a dog and...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN SHOELACE is an exciting story for middle-school readers that plays for laughs more than swashbuckling high seas adventure, with an endearing...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

R.L. Fink's MICKIE MCKINNEY: Boy Detective, The Case of the Absent Answers is a clever, fast-paced novella introducing a schoolboy private eye and setting the...

IR Approved
May 18, 2022

THE FAITHFUL DOG: A Civil War Novel

By Terry Lee Caruthers
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Captivating sensory imagery elevates Terry Lee Caruthers' well-researched historical story, THE FAITHFUL DOG, featuring a lovable canine protagonist, whose minimal anthropomorphization endears and intrigues and...

IR Approved
February 16, 2022

FINN O’BRIEN AND THE SMALL GODS

By Scott Wagner
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Twists and turns abound in Scott Wagner’s FINN O’BRIEN AND THE SMALL GODS, a superb series debut pairing magic and Celtic folklore with a timeless...

IR Approved
January 10, 2022

ROOTS IN IRAN: Stories of Visionary Women

By Yasmine Mahdavi
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

A useful, informative, and inspiring text for preteens and teen, ROOTS IN IRAN offers a wide range of intelligent, creative, and determined female role models,...

IR Approved
November 1, 2021

LOUIE AND THE DICTATOR

By Lisa Bournelis
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

LOUIE AND THE DICTATOR is an impactful and heartwarming story about a boy learning to live with OCD during the COVID-19 pandemic that may empower...

October 6, 2021

FEVER DREAMS AND THE END OF ALL THINGS

By A.J. Massey
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

An imaginative and energetic fantasy novel, FEVER DREAMS AND THE END OF ALL THINGS draws the reader along with its teenage protagonists into a colorful...

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