Four U.S. Presidents were born in the month of April, including Thomas Jefferson born on this date in 1743. While you let that sink in enjoy these outstanding posts from our MMGM family. Click on a gold star to read what they have to say.

At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of Misadventures of a Magician’s Son by Laurie Smollett Kutscera.

June McCrary Jacobs at Reading, Writing, and Stitch-Metic features  ‘Selah’s Stolen Dream’. Included is an excerpt, author interview, and review.

Michelle Mason at Musings of a Young Adult Writer again turns things over to her 6th grade son. Expect some humor as he shares his view on THE CHANGELINGS by Christina Soontornvat.

Jenni Enzor gives readers her thoughts on a book I enjoyed, Restart by Gordon Korman.

Maria Antonia at Of Books, Photography, and Tea celebrates Beverly Cleary’s 104th birthday with a post about the Ramona books. 

Michael Gettel-Gilmartin at Middle Grade Mafioso features Esther Hautzig’s classic memoir, The Endless Steppe.

Stephanie Robinson at Fairday’s Blog is back with a review of Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold by Lisa Schmid.

Alex Baugh at Randomly Reading tells us about Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly.

Patricia Tilton at CHILDREN’S BOOKS HEAL reviews The Case of the Missing Auntie by Michael Hutchinson, a story about the stolen Indigenous children of Canada.

Mark Baker at Carstairs Considers gives 5 stars to Tyrannosaurus Wrecks by Stuart Gibbs.

  Rosi Hollinbeck features a review of DOG DRIVEN by Terry Lynn Johnson. Rosi also has some not to be missed links for her writing friends.

Karen Yingling at Ms. Yingling Reads has another fantastic MMGM post. Be sure to check out today’s feature and all of her reviews the past week including NAT ENOUGH.