Books published by publisher JS Publications, LLC

For Mer handler Finn Jarvis, the feral mermaid performers at Oceanica Marine Park are nothing more than ruthless aquatic predators, violent and unpredictable. That doesn’t stop the public from flocking to one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions. To them, the Mer are magical entertainment, too beautiful to be dangerous. They don’t see what happens to the ones who dare swim out of line. Newly caught Erie doesn’t know what the evil landfolk want from her. Alone and voiceless, she watches the other merfolk from the confines of her tank. Broken into submission, they’ve become shells of the once vibrant creatures she knew. But Erie refuses to be subjugated. She’ll get the crowds to see her as something more than simple entertainment—starting with her captor, Finn.While Finn trains Erie in her routine, she secretly teaches herself the air-words he and the other trainers speak. And when the language barrier falls, Finn starts to realize that the gap between human and Mer is smaller than he thought, and maybe it’s not the Mer who are monsters, after all.Set against the backdrop of a familiar and beloved fairy tale, this stunning debut, as brutal as it is beautiful, explores the morality of subjugating other species to the whims of entertainment, daring readers to find humanity in the inhuman.

For Mer handler Finn Jarvis, the feral mermaid performers at Oceanica Marine Park are nothing more than ruthless aquatic predators, violent and unpredictable. That doesn’t stop the public from flocking to one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions. To them, the Mer are magical entertainment, too beautiful to be dangerous. They don’t see what happens to the ones who dare swim out of line. Newly caught Erie doesn’t know what the evil landfolk want from her. Alone and voiceless, she watches the other merfolk from the confines of her tank. Broken into submission, they’ve become shells of the once vibrant creatures she knew. But Erie refuses to be subjugated. She’ll get the crowds to see her as something more than simple entertainment—starting with her captor, Finn.While Finn trains Erie in her routine, she secretly teaches herself the air-words he and the other trainers speak. And when the language barrier falls, Finn starts to realize that the gap between human and Mer is smaller than he thought, and maybe it’s not the Mer who are monsters, after all.Set against the backdrop of a familiar and beloved fairy tale, this stunning debut, as brutal as it is beautiful, explores the morality of subjugating other species to the whims of entertainment, daring readers to find humanity in the inhuman.

Welcome to the sixth book in the Wilderness Adventures series. Join Sadie, a greater sage grouse, as she takes her three chicks throughout the Colorado Plateau and tells them stories about the ancient ruins and the monumental rock formations. Sadie wants to protect her chicks from the desert predators and teach them how to search for water. On their journey Sadie will reveal secrets to her chicks passed down by the Ancestral Puebloans. The chicks will learn survival skills. Will they find enough water to mature into adults? Open the pages filled with magical illustrations to learn more about the desert southwest.

Amara has always lived a good and sheltered life, but as she enters high school she begins to question who she really is. Growing up, her mother and grandmother have always placed her on this pedestal. Amara is an academic genius and above all her peers, especially after an early promotion. She grew up with her classmates and even though she is exceptionally smart, she didn’t stand out. Upon entering into a new private high school for the wealthy and extremely gifted, Amara gets more than she bargained for. Amara is now walking the halls with children whose parents are on television weekly, have more money in their trust funds than her parents make in a year, and children who have nannies that raise them and not their parents. Which means anything goes! Amara is faced with peer pressure, bullying, and even drugs. She experiences depression and feels all alone, which leads her to following the crowd just to have friends. Meeting Sky seems like a gift from above, but does she have ulterior motives? Amara will go through many lessons before she understands what her grandmother means by always telling her, “Sometimes friends are enemies in disguise”. Depression, being overly conscience of her self-image, fitting in with the cool crowd, and adjusting to high school are just some of the issues young Amara will face in the search of finding out who she truly is.

Johanita wants to have beautiful hair like the other girls at school. Johanita’s hair is very short. When her mother takes her to the hair salon, Johanita tries a series of wigs out each day at school, but she can’t decide which one makes her look beautiful. After a new girl starts at school, Johanita discovers that beauty comes in many forms and it isn’t your hair that makes you beautiful.

Children with cognitive impairments are unable to learn through play or to utilize books in the same way that typical children are able to. After many years of struggling to find materials that are at an appropriate level for teaching and parenting children with severe disabilities (including cognitive, visual, and neurological), Author Debra Toymil decided to create her own materials to promote growth and learning. I Love My Bear is appropriate for this population of children with special needs, as these children readily respond to its rhyming, tactile, and kinesthetic components

Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. The title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael,about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man.