Enjoy all these great posts from our line-up this week!

••ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is where I review THE FREE STATE OF JAX by Jennifer Nielsen.

••Natalie Aguirre @ LITERARY RAMBLES shares a guest post by Claudia Mills and a giveaway of her MG contemporary The Last Apple Tree.

••Isabelle Knight reviews Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson.

••Jemima Pett has a pharaonic time travel adventure with a twist: Kiwi in the Realm of Ra, book 5 in the Kiwi series (of 6) but is definitely on age for young historians.

••Brenda @ Log Cabin Library reviews Growing Up Beth by Beth York, illustrations by Treana Latese Newsome.

••Rebecca Douglass is back with a review of The Peach Thief by Linda J. Smith.

••Jennifer Rummel @ YA Book Nerd features The Trouble with Heroes, a novel in verse about hiking and grief .

••Kasey Giard at THE STORY SANCTUARY has a review of The Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder – another perfect book for the Halloween season.

••Tonja Drecker @ Bookworm for Kids reviews The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Francis Hardinge.

••Valinora Troy is on a blog tour with Twinkl and Wildcat Summer this week.

••Maria Antonia pops in this month with Violets are Blue by Barbara Dee.

••Jenni Enzor features Superpuzzletastic Mysteries by Chris Grabenstein (a short story collection with other authors) and a nonfiction title, How to Create Your Own Secret Language by David Peterson.

••Charlotte’s Library reviews The Winter of the Dollhouse, by Laura Amy Shlitz.

••Karen Yingling at Mrs. Yingling Reads has a book to share every day. Check out Karen’s MMGM choice for October 20th and all her reviews from this past week.