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Middle Grade Fiction

April 13, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A Round of MG/YA Book Duos: Creepy Edition

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some MG and YA book recs inspired by some creepy popular culture moments

November 29, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Great Reads for Younger YA, or Upper Middle Grade – whatever it is we are calling 12-14 year olds these days

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highlights 5 titles that hit the sweet spot for readers in between middle grade and young adult

April 21, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Come Learn About Middle Grade Graphic Novels with Me!

Teen and Collection Development Librarian Karen Jensen set to host online discussion about middle grade graphic novels

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Take 5: 5 of the Best Books I’ve Read in 2020, Middle Grade Edition

December 21, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen librarian Karen Jensen continues her countdown of the 20 Best Books of 2020 with a look at 5 Middle Grade Fiction titles

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Guest Post: Five Things I’ve Learned from Being an Advice Columnist by Carol Weston

April 3, 2017 by Robin Willis

I’ve been “Dear Carol” at Girls’ Life since the magazine’s first issue in April of 1994. For 23 years, I’ve been hearing from tween and teen girls. What have I learned?  1. School Can Be A Refuge When I was 28 and Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You was first published, I […]

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The Secret Sea Blog Tour – Interview with Barry Lyga

August 16, 2016 by Robin Willis

Author Barry Lyga has a new middle grade novel, The Secret Sea, coming out August 23. It is a complex and fascinating story of three friends who travel to a parallel universe. From the publisher: Twelve-year-old Zak Killian is hearing a voice. Could it be a guardian angel? A ghost? No, that’s crazy. But sometimes […]

#LastListEgmont: Jaguar Stones, Pirate Adventures, and a New Publisher, Matt Myklusch and Jon and Pamela Voelkel interview

March 7, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Matt Myklusch and Jon and Pamela Voelkel first met on a panel at the Texas Library Association. At the time, the Voelkels were promoting their action-packed Jaguar Stones series, and Matt was doing the same for his superhero adventure books, The Jack Blank Adventures. Now, a couple years later, with Jon and Pamela Voelkel releasing […]

Middle Grade Monday – The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud

December 29, 2014 by Robin Willis

I am honestly delighted with this second entry in the distinctly well written Lockwood & Co. series by Stroud. It has so many elements to recommend it to my middle school readers! In case you missed it, I recently reviewed the first book in the series, The Screaming Staircase. When I opened the library’s latest book shipment, […]

In My Mailbox: Looking for Middle Grade Fiction that Deals with Sexual Violence

September 8, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I often get emails and comments in regards to The #SVYALit Project asking about Middle Grade titles that deal with sexual abuse and violence of pre-teen kids. And each time I get a question, I go looking for some great recommendations. I have even tried to ask author and Middle Grade champion Anne Ursu and […]

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