Book Reviews – Middle Grade – Page 6

7 “Gentle” Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens Guaranteed to Make You Say “Aww…”

April 16, 2021 Rebecca Moody

We’ve all heard it before: conflict is what drives stories. This idea has led to a market where bestsellers are stuffed with ever-increasing stakes that

Reviews: Two Books that Inspire Hope

February 5, 2021 Joyce Audy Zarins

One book shows the edge habitat between a brown author growing up and the natural world that inspires her. The other is about four friends,

THE IN-BETWEEN by Rebecca K. S. Ansari

January 29, 2021 Kirsti Call

“Jess did as she was told. She moved like she was made of some unbendable material as she crossed to the other side of the

ROOT MAGIC, by Eden Royce

January 19, 2021 Kirsti Call

“I sucked in a mouthful of smoky, spicy air and held it in a while I lay on the ground. It was full of all

2020 Codas: Gifts and a Review

January 1, 2021 Joyce Audy Zarins

As 2020 ended, three picture books were given to me and I also read Gary Paulsen’s unusual memoir of his early years, written for 8

LET THE 2020 WRITERS’ RUMPUS REVIEW BEGIN

December 24, 2020 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Happy Holidays to one and all in what has been the most tumultuous year many of us have ever experienced. As 2020 draws to a close (phew!), at least one thing remains unchanged: it’s time once again for the annual Writers’ Rumpus Review!

MG Book Review: The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher

December 18, 2020 Rebecca Moody

For over a decade, Catherine Fisher, author of the New York Times-bestselling INCARCERON duology, has been a firm fixture of young adult fantasy. Now, Fisher

ON A GOOD HORSE

November 27, 2020 Marti Johnson

by Darby Karchut Released November 2020 by Owl Hollow Press, Utah Alex Nash is supposed to be living in Los Angeles with his mother, playing

Interview with Summer Rachel Short, debut author of The Mutant Mushroom Takeover

November 24, 2020 Laura Fineberg Cooper

The book is a lightly spooky STEM novel that features eleven-year-old aspiring naturalist, Maggie, and her conspiracy theorist/YouTuber best friend, Nate, who have to solve the mystery surrounding a strange glow-in-the-dark fungus that’s spreading through their small town. Kirkus Reviews called the book, “packed to the gills with fun.”