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TPiB: STEM Projects with Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab
| High-Voltage Danger Lab, Middle Grade Fiction, Mysteries, Nick and Tesla, Quirk Books, STEM Education, TPIB
Just as I was thinking to myself, “self, you need more sciency things in your programming”, Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab by “Science Bob” Plugfelder and Steve Hockensmith showed up on my doorstep. It was like a gift from the STEM fairies. And the Tween spawn of me saw it and immediately grabbed it […]
Scholastic Book Fair: September
| Collection Development, Middle Grade Fiction, Reader's Advisory, Scholastic
Now that school is back in session, it’s time to resume our Scholastic Book Fair here on TLT. Here are five new titles from Scholastic. Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine “So everyone just sits there and says nothing? How’s anything ever going to get better?” Red Porter’s daddy has died. While Red and his mom […]
MG Book Review: Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
| Book Reviews, Graphic Novels, Jeffrey Brown, Middle Grade Fiction, Star Wars Jedi Academy, Star Wars Reads Day
So much fun! As a casual enthusiast of Star Wars, I was fully engaged by this story of Roan, a young boy from Tatooine (sound familiar?) Roan comes from a family with a long history of serving as Star Pilots. His Father and Grandfather are Star Pilots, and his older brother is attending Pilot Academy. […]
Book Review – A Summer of Sundays by Lindsay Eland
| A Summer of Sundays, Egmont USA, Lindsay Eland, Middle Grade Fiction
Sunday Fowler is the middlest of middle children from Middlesburg, Middletonia, Middletown. At 11 (almost 12!) she is too young for her two older sisters, and too old for her three younger brothers. Everyone in her family either dismisses her, forgets her, or takes her for granted. In fact, in the first couple of chapters, […]
For some reason when I picture summer evenings, I often think of porch lights—that little glow in the evening dusk and on into the thick night. Porch lights are a little smile on a house, a twinkle that blinks a warm welcome to neighbors or passersby. My parents have talked about these. How […]
Take 5: Creepy reads for the MG crowd
| Collection Development, Creepy Tales, Middle Grade Fiction, Reader's Advisory
Today we are reviewing the subtly creepy ghost story Dolly Bones by Holly Black, a great read for Middlge Grade readers. So I thought I would share 5 more of my favorite creepiest reads for the MG crowd. The School for Good and Evil by Soman ChainaniThe family and I are reading this out loud […]
Book Review: Doll Bones by Holly Black
| Book Reviews, Doll Bones, Holly Bones, Middle Grade Fiction
Goodreads Synopsis:A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids […]
How is Middle Grade fiction different than YA fiction? The simple answer to this question is that in middle grade, the protagonists are usually between ages 9-13 or 14. With young adult, the protagonists are in their mid to late teens. You tend to see a lot of them at about 16 or 17. TLT […]
Top 10: Middle Grade Fiction, Graphically Speaking
| Artemis Fowl, Babymouse, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, Graphic Novels, Lunch Lady, MG Lit, Middle Grade Fiction, Nerds, Origami Yoda, Reader's Advisory, Top 10s, Tween
If your job description is anything close to what I’ve seen, you get to fill in the blanks for the nebulous population known as the “tweens”- that 10-12 year old scary time where they can’t quite fit in with the teenagers because they’re “little” kids but they want to DO everything the teenagers do, from […]
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