MORE 'MIDDLE-GRADE' POSTS
Anne Shirley is right to be happy we have Octobers, but November through February sort of becomes The Great Blah around here. At least there are always new books to look forward to!
35 new and upcoming titles to check out.
In my latest book, We Are Not Alone, I wanted to challenge that notion of humor being “inappropriate” in a book about grief and illness head on.
Readers can let their imaginations run wild thinking about how different their days would be if they attended a school focused on honing magical skills.
Do we talk about these enough? I don’t know. I feel like I don’t hear about them a lot, but maybe that’s because they’re so miserable. But any time I bring up friendship breakups, people always have a story to tell.
The world can be a hard and terrible place, and the world can be a fantastically whole and enlivening place. It’s both, and it’s where we live. We can survive the first, and even grow. We can rejoice in the second, and practice empathy.
Are nerds having a moment? You might say that.
A powerful story about loss, justice, hope, and persistence. An important addition to library collections.
It’s important to address topics of death and loss in middle grade because children do go through those experiences.
Given that October means endless talk about spooky stuff, Halloween ideas, and all things ghostly, I figured why not round up a few booooks featuring ghosts?
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