Welcome to this week’s Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. I have a review of AMAL UNBOUND by Aisha Saeed. Click the colorful MMGM logo on the left to reach my post and do the same for each of the features and reviews below.
The blog tour stop for Author Tonja Drecker’s fantasy novel, Music Boxes, arrrives at ‘Reading, Writing, & Stitch-Metic’ with June McCrary Jacobs. There’s an author interview and two different giveaways for readers to enter!
Michelle Mason at Musings of a Young Adult Writer features FAMILY GAME NIGHT AND OTHER CATASTROPHES by Mary E. Lambert.
Maria Antonia at Of Books, Photography, and Tea has a timely post with Three MG books for Black History Month.
Beth Mitchell at Imaginary Friends features a review of Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier.
Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal reviews The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman about four heroic children surviving the streets of India.
Dorine White at The Write Path honors Black history month with -Fighting for Justice: Biddy Mason Speaks Up , by Arisa White and Laura Atkins.
Rosi Hollinbeck reviews ONE WEEK OF YOU by Lisa Williams Kline with a GIVEAWAY! Rosi also has some not to be missed helpful links for writers.
Karen Yingling at Ms. Yingling Reads has another informative MMGM post. Be sure to check out today’s feature and all of her reviews the past week.
Janet Smart at Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch takes a look at HOOT by Carl Hiaasen.
If you would like to join in the MMGM fun and get your own spot in the parade, all you have to do is blog about a middle grade book you love on a Monday (contests, author interviews and whatnot also count–but are most definitely not required) and email me the title of the book you’re featuring and a link to your blog at gpcolo (at) gmail (dot) com
(Make sure you put MMGM or Marvelous Middle Grade Monday in the subject line so it gets sorted accurately–and please don’t forget to say what book you’re featuring)
You MUST email me your link by Sunday evening (11 PM Eastern Time) in order to be included in the list of links for the coming Monday.
Thanks for spreading the middle grade love and for being a part of this awesome tradition begun by Shannon Messenger and carried on here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE! (CLICK HERE FOR PAST MMGM POSTS)
*Please note: these posts are not a reflection of my own opinions on the books featured. Each blogger is responsible for their own MMGM content and I do not pre-screen reviews ahead of time, nor do I control what books they choose. I simply assemble the list based on the links that are emailed to me.
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Hi Greg. Just wanted to let you know that I did post this morning, but I forgot to let you know. In case you want to take a look, you can find my post on Hoot here: https://creativewritingintheblackberrypatch.blogspot.com/2019/02/mmgm-hoot.html