Yearly Archives: 2024

MMGM for October 14, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of MATT SPROUTS AND THE DAY NORA ATE THE SUN by Matt Eicheldinger. Jemima Pett has a review of Awful Auntie by David Walliams. She calls it brilliant, scary, hilarious…. Susan Uhlig … Continue reading

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MATT SPROUTS AND THE DAY NORA ATE THE SUN by Matt Eicheldinger

Matt Sprouts returns in his second book after the successful Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes. There are references to the first story, but this one reads fine on its’ own. Twelve-year-old Matt has a new … Continue reading

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SOPHIE

This new graphic novel series has enough charm and humor to entice even the most reluctant reader. Sophie, a lovable chocolate lab, is the star of the series. The first two volumes are set to be released next Tuesday, October … Continue reading

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MMGM for October 7, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of SYLVIA DOE AND THE 100-YEAR FLOOD by Robert Beatty. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett . Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal is reviewing … Continue reading

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SYLVIA DOE AND THE 100-YEAR FLOOD

Sylvia Doe is 13 and her favorite place is the home she has known for 9 years: The Highground Home for Children in North Carolina. She especially loves the horses and helping Mason, the caretaker of the property. Most kids … Continue reading

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Poppy and Marigold

Blue citizens are absolutely superior to all others, especially ignorant, uncivilized Orange. Poppy has been taught this relentlessly for twelve years. But when she accidentally crosses the forbidden border and is befriended by Marigold—a tangerine-skinned girl—and her kind-but-quirky family, Poppy … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 30, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of THE SERPENT RIDER by Yxavel Magno Diño. Susan Uhlig loved the duel timeline in Code Name Kingfisher. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Thea and the Mischief Makers by Tracy Badua. … Continue reading

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THE SERPENT RIDER

Tani is the main character, a brave girl readers will enjoy. She dreams of becoming a Serpent Rider to defend her village from monsters. The main one is Great Bakunawa, a sea serpent feared by all. Six of the world’s … Continue reading

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THE STAR HORSE

The third book in the engaging ONCE UPON A HORSE series is on the shelves this month . The first two were released last year including THE FLYING HORSE and THE JOCKEY AND HER HORSE. They each can be read … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 23, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of HANNAH EDWARDS SECRETS OF RIVERWAY by Ashley Hards. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles has an interview with debut author Dionna … Continue reading

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