••ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is where you can find my review of ROWAN + GEMMA by Sally J. Pla.

••Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles has an interview with Jackie García-Morales and a giveaway of her MG contemporary bilingual novel,
Pesky Roots / Raíces fastidious.

••Carol Baldwin reviews RIGHT BACK AT YOU by Carolyn Mackler.

••Linda Browne is back with her most recent edition of Bookcase Bizarro with ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY and ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. Two books upper middle graders might find appealing.

••Jenni Enzor is featuring Snoop by Gordon Korman.

••Susan Uhlig recommends the novel in verse, KESTREL TAKES FLIGHT by Joy McCullough.

••Isabelle Knight reviews The Imagitorium, an upcoming MG fantasy by Sarah Beth Durst.

••Jennifer at YA Book Nerd reviews RUMOR HAS IT, a book about blended families and new beginnings.

••Katy Kramp at alibrarymama has LITTLE MONSTERS by Marie Roche.

••Charlotte at Charlotte’s Library takes a look at Children of the Black Glass (series review), by Anthony Peckham.

••Rosi Hollinbeck has her next review of a Gary D. Schmidt classic with . Rosi also shares three links of interest for her writing friends.

••Karen Yingling at Mrs. Yingling Reads has a book to share every day. Check out Karen’s MMGM review for today and all her posts from this past week including Thursday’s review of The Drowning Game and The Hardy Boys: Fall Mysteries.