MORE 'MIDDLE-GRADE' POSTS
Teen librarian Karen Jensen continues her countdown of the 20 Best Books of 2020 with a look at 5 Middle Grade Fiction titles
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
Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, new books, Uncategorized
|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 […]
In My Mailbox: Looking for Middle Grade Fiction that Deals with Sexual Violence
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Jacqueline Woodson, Lena, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Sexual Violence
|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 […]
Book Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Book Reviews, Jennfer L. Holm, Middle Grade, The Fourteenth Goldfish
|Publisher’s Description: Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. […]
2 New GNs Coming Your Way, and a look at Scholastic’s GRAPHIX imprint
Cleopatra in Space, Graphix, Middle Grade, Mike Maihack, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, Sisters, Smile
|This is how things go at my house . . . Me: Whacha doing?The Tween: ReadingMe: Oh, you’re reading SMILE again.The Tween: Yep So when news came out that there might be ARCs of SISTERS by Raina Telgemeier at TLA, I tweeted Christie: “Our one mission is to get ARCs of SISTERS at TLA and […]
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