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Category Archives: Middle Grade Book Reviews
Marvelous Middle Grade Monday for 10/27/2025
HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK! Enjoy all these great posts from our line-up this week! ••ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is where I review THE SPIRIT OF LOUGHMOE ABBEY by Megan Wynne. ••Susan Uhlig loved AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS. ••Natalie … Continue reading
THE SPIRIT OF LOUGHMOE ABBEY
The setting of 1980’s Ireland provides the perfect backdrop for a ghost story. THE SPIRIT OF LOUGHMOE ABBEY though isn’t a setup to scare readers. Instead, the tale is an endearing look at a home schooled, neurodivergent girl as she … Continue reading
Marvelous Middle Grade Monday for 10/20/2025
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 … Continue reading
THE FREE STATE OF JAX
Jennifer Nielsen is known for writing historical fiction and fantasy but now she steps into the world of contemporary fiction. THE FREE STATE OF JAX brings an often amusing and touching story that will have young readers asking for more. … Continue reading
Marvelous Middle Grade Monday for 10/13/2025
Enjoy all these great posts from our line-up this week! ••ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is where I review OUTSIDE by Jennifer L. Holm. ••Natalie Aguirre @ LITERARY RAMBLES interviews Lynne Kelly with a giveaway of her MG contemporary, Three … Continue reading
OUTSIDE
Looking for laughs? You won’t find many here. What you will find is a page-turning tale about a girl being raised in a secret compound. Razzi’s parents and other adults at the former mansion have a rule to never go … Continue reading
Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem
Just by the cover it is apparent you are in for a fun, exciting, fantasy graphic novel. I’m here to report that it doesn’t disappoint. Sidney Poblocki is a foster kid never staying in one place too long before his … Continue reading
Marvelous Middle Grade Monday for 10/6/2025
Enjoy all these great posts from our line-up this week! ••ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is where I review WAR GAMES by Alan Gratz. ••Linda Browne is back with her October Bookcase Bizarro and a review of The Creepening of … Continue reading
WAR GAMES
Alan Gratz is back with another gripping historical fiction story. This time the setting is the 1936 Olympic Games set in Berlin, Germany. Thirteen-year-old Evie Harris is a gymnast and a competitor just like the more well-known Jesse Owens. Her … Continue reading
THE HOUSE ON RONDO
The year was 1963 and Rondo Avenue in St. Paul was the home of a proud Black community. That quickly came to an end as the houses on that street were set to be demolished so the new Interstate 94 … Continue reading
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