100 Scope Notes
May 8, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
I started making up this story with my brother when I was in middle school, and it’s taken all these years to finally finish it.
May 7, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Here’s the thing that took me awhile to learn: suppressing our feelings, or berating ourselves for having them in the first place, only makes those difficult feelings worse.
May 6, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
This great read is a real page-turner and will especially appeal to readers who love family stories and readers who (like me) like their fantasy to be quite grounded in reality. An absolutely smashing read that everyone should pick up this summer!
May 3, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
We are lucky to live in a time where there is just so much wonderful middle grade coming out. There's no reason to hear a middle schooler say "I'm bored" this summer.
May 3, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
I’ve finally been able to reach into that drawer and grab some panache. CJ and the soccer-princess-sprite deserve a lot of thanks for that.
May 2, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
In 1999, almost everyone was worried about a computer flaw or bug nicknamed Y2K for year 2000. Now Erin Entrada Kelly has put the subject in a middle grade novel, The First State of Being.
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May 1, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
This month kicks off a celebration of books featuring or by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders. I am excited to shine a spotlight the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander portion of that lengthy acronym.
April 30, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
The bar and bat mitzvah—or, to use the modern gender-neutral term, bnei mitzvah—occurs at such a perfect, middle gradey moment. And new stories grounded in bnei mitzvah are being told all the time.
April 29, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
52 (!!!) new and forthcoming books to build your TBR ever taller!
April 26, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
These kinds of books are a great way to "taste" stories from a bunch of authors and discover new favorites!
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