Yearly Archives: 2024

BEHIND MY DOORS-The Story of the World’s Oldest Library

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

Here’s a story about a library most people probably never knew existed (including me). Founded by a Muslim woman (Fatima Al-Fihri) in 859, the Al-Qarawiyyin Library is located in Fez, Morocco. The library is the perfect narrator to tell its … Continue reading →

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MMGM for MAY 20, 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE has a review of DRAWING DEENA by Hena Khan Rebecca Douglass is featuring Nic Stone’s Clean Getaway. Brenda @ Log Cabin Library reviews Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea#5) by Thomas Taylor. Sue Heavenrich has a fantastic … Continue reading →

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DRAWING DEENA

Posted on May 19, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

Anxiety and depression can often be frequent visitors for those in the middle grades. Deena isn’t sure what to do about the knot in her stomach. It’s there when her parents argue about money or when facing the realities of … Continue reading →

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MOUNTAIN OF FIRE

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

My first look at the cover made me assume this was fiction– a story of two boys desperately trying to escape the devastation brought on by the Mount St. Helens volcano in 1980. Their tale is included but MOUNTAIN OF … Continue reading →

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MMGM for MAY 13, 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE has a review of LOUDER THAN HUNGER by John Schu. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles shares a guest post by Sandy Deutscher Green and a GIVEAWAY of her MG horror in verse Ghost Writers: The Haunting of Lake … Continue reading →

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LOUDER THAN HUNGER

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

Thirteen-year-old Jake has an eating disorder. The voice in his head seems to control every choice he makes in life. His condition get so bad that Jake’s parents place him in a residential treatment facility. Louder Than Words is an … Continue reading →

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THE ADVENTURES OF THE FLASH GANG-Episode Two: Treasonous Tycoon

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

Streeters Pearl and Lewis are back despite their untimely death in Episode One-Exploding Experiment (See my review here). Okay, they really didn’t die, but that’s not what the bad guys believed. Set in Pittsburgh, 1935, it’s a time of fear … Continue reading →

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MMGM for May 6, 2024

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE has a review of Fortune Tellers by Lisa Greenwald. Brenda @ Log Cabin Library also reviews Fortune Tellers by Lisa Greenwald. Susan Uhlig enjoyed THE FIRST STATE OF BEING by  Erin Entrada Kelly.  Carol Baldwin has … Continue reading →

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Fortune Tellers

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

Best friends Bea, Millie, and Nora live in Manhattan and do everything together. This includes slumber parties, exploring the neighborhood, and making those hand-held paper fortune tellers to fill their time. That is until they stopped talking to each after … Continue reading →

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MAKE YOUR MARK, MAKE A DIFFERNCE

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Greg Pattridge

All of us including kids are bombarded with the many problems facing our society and world. Young people are often passionate about certain issues but don’t know how to help make things better. MAKE YOUR MARK, MAKE A DIFFERENCE is … Continue reading →

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