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Moshe    by Adrien Leduc
Price: Free! 21060 words. Published on June 18, 2012. .

Ottawa. 1949. Moshe Silverstein doesn't quite fit in. A Type 1 diabetic and one of the only Jewish students at school, the diminutive eleven year old has few friends and is tormented on a daily basis. With the help of a classmate and a former Golden Gloves boxer, Moshe gains the confidence to confront his tormentors and win back his dream.
Automatons for Peace -The Amazi Chronicles Book 1    by Hallett German
Price: $2.99 USD. 15610 words. Published on June 19, 2012. .

Return to the past of New York, where a young man arrives seeking a fresh start. A rapid series of events unfold, leading him from darkness into light, from remorse to creating instruments for peace, from the sweatshop to starting his own business designing devices to make a difference in the world. He is ahead of his time in creating a robotic human. An inspiring story of rebuilding one's life.
The Cisco Kid in the Bronx    by Miguel A. Ortiz
Price: $4.99 USD. 59590 words. Published by Hamilton  Stone  on June 20, 2012. .

In the Bronx, on a street called Rogers Place, Mario Ortega grows up remembering his childhood in Puerto Rico. We follow him into early manhood as he weaves the cultural strands of the past with those of an urban present in New York City.
The Suicide Garden and Other Stories    by Shvaugn Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 16280 words. Published by insaneangel on June 20, 2012. .

In her first short-fiction collection, Shvaugn Craig weaves stories of love and breakdown, longing and remembrance, and all the turbulent emotional landscape in between. Painting pictures of the world through a young woman’s eyes and as rendered by “notes on a life in progress,” THE SUICIDE GARDEN AND OTHER STORIES introduces a fresh fictional voice whose insight and promise ring loud and clear.
Falling In Between    by Devon Ashley
Price: $2.99 USD. 60720 words. Published on June 21, 2012. .

"Finally! A private conversation. And all I had to do was throw myself off a cliff, drown in a pond in my undies and let him put his hands on my breasts to bring me back to life. Yay me!" (yeah, that’s sarcasm)
Sarah Smiles    by Seanpaul Thomas
Price: $0.99 USD. 61510 words. Published on June 21, 2012. .

Trials and tribulations of two British school children growing up on an army base in Cyprus during the early nineteen nineties. During their summertime adventures they must come to terms with domestic issues at home, school bullies, exciting new friendships, first loves and settling into new uncharted territories of becoming a teenager. All set up against the climatic back drop of Cyprus.
Back to Bataan    by Jerome Charyn
Price: $4.99 USD. 21510 words. Published by Tribute Books on June 21, 2012. .

Hiding out in Riverside Park after lashing out at the boy who stole his girlfriend, Jack joins ranks with a group of vagrants and is soon under the sway of a man called the Leader, a charismatic ex-convict.
The Heir of Barrad    by Veronika J. Stevens
Price: $3.99 USD. 97480 words. Published on June 21, 2012. .

An Elf-girl with no magic, Teeka Bezem is shunned by her own. Until she discovers the healer for whom she works is plotting to murder the King. Can Teeka stop her in time to save the King, her country and her world?
Taking Hart    by M.A. Noble
Price: $2.99 USD. 68080 words. Published on June 23, 2012. .

It's 2012: Cannons boom, and 16-year-old Corey must navigate the streets full of Bicentennial disguises--with an artifact someone would kill for! He must summon the courage to disprove a legend and find answers: Why did Mom disappear into the St. Lawrence, and who is the woman wearing her earring? Corey must save someone he loves in this "War of 1812" town...where the real threat is here and now.
"The Flamenco Academy"    by Sarah Bird
Price: $3.99 USD. 153600 words. Published on June 23, 2012. .

“Bird captures the staccato passion of flamenco in a rapturous love triangle.” –People “The stuff bestsellers are made of . . . funny and beautifully structured to create anticipation and suspense, with lush moments of romance ...” –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) . A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next.” –Houston Chronicle