KidPub Book Recommendations

I’ve decided to recommend KidPub books that deserve to be read more. These books are amazing, and it’s hard to believe they are written by kids and young teens.

Dictionary of Themes: Ami

Written by Claire

Link to first chapter: http://www.kidpub.com/book-page-or-chapter/dictionary-thieves-ami-prologue-2144124901

The original idea was to create a short story about thieves, one for each letter of the alphabet, and compile them in a short story collection. However, Claire decided to forgo the short stories and make a series of twenty six novels based on each story. We wish her good luck in her ambitious endeavor. If the rest of the Ami is as brilliant as the first several chapters, then I will sure to read each and every book.

Stealing a scroll landed Ami in more trouble than she could have ever imagined. Struggling to keep her and her brother alive in a world ruled by a cruel, monstrous entity called IT; Ami is thrown into a horrible prison. In her cell, she meets a terrified young girl, the daughter of the leaders of a failed resistance. She and Drya decide to band together as their execution draws near.
In a stunning twist of fate, seconds from the chopping block, Ami, her brother and Drya manage to make a run for it, leaving all they have ever known. Or, perhaps death might have been the better choice.

Persephone

Written by Veritas

Link to first chapter: http://www.kidpub.com/book-page-or-chapter/persephone-ch-1-rated-m-mature-997125402

Warning: Persephone isn’t for the faint hearted. Viewer discretion in this haunting, beautiful, tragic tale is advised.

Alana refused to take the knife to her heart when she was captured and forced into modern day slavery. The sixteen year old girl from California was helpless to stop her best friend’s death before Alana herself was kidnapped and taken across the Pacific to Russia, as a modern day slave.

Her mother hails from the Philippines, her father from Haiti, resulting in Alana’s beautiful complexion- her downfall. As she adjusts to the life as a slave, she wonders if she should’ve have ended it. Or maybe, just maybe, Alana might see the bonds of her captivity lift one day, just as Persephone saw the meadows once more.

“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. ‘Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.’” Jeremiah 29:11, the inspiration for Persephone.

I encourage you to check out Ami and Persephone. Both are amazing tales with a gift with words.

Happy writing and reading!

~Reine~