HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Here’s an extra course for your meal with some great Middle Grade reviews and features. Be sure to check each one out by clicking on a turkey.

At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of THE SWAG IS IN THE SOCKS by Kelly J. Baptist.

June McCrary Jacobs at Reading, Writing, and Stitch-metic features a biography, John Muir:  My Life With Nature.

Valinora Troy joins us today with a review of Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom. She also has a GIVEAWAY of her six favorite MG reads this year. Details on the giveaway are here.

Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal reviews Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar. It is a chapter book that features the Hindu baby-naming tradition.

Maria Antonia is raving about THE GENIUS UNDER THE TABLE by Eugene Yelchin. One of Maria’s favorite books of the year.

Rosi Hollinbeck has a review of  SAY IT OUT LOUD by Allison Varnes, possibly her favorite this year. (The debate can begin: Rosie’s choice or Maria’s?) Rosie also has three special links for her writing friends.

Karen Yingling at Mrs. Yingling Reads always has a fantastic MMGM book to share. Be sure to check it out along with her other reviews last week including THE ICE HOUSE.