Category Archives: Uncategorized

                  It’s National Rescue Dog Day and another Marvelous Middle Grade Monday! A perfect combination. I don’t have a dog book to share, but I do have a review of ZENOBIA JULY by Lisa Bunker. Click … Continue reading →

              It’s National Apple Pie Day. Enjoy a slice while you read my review of A DROP OF HOPE by Keith Calabrese at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE. Click the piece of pie for this post and do the same for … Continue reading →

                   Welcome to this week’s Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. I have a review of AMAL UNBOUND by Aisha Saeed.  Click the colorful MMGM logo on the left to reach my post and do the same for each of … Continue reading →

Well, I can’t say just yet. The past month I’ve been a part of a five-member panel of judges critiquing the seven finalists for the CYBILS 2018 Middle Grade Fiction award. Here’s the wonderful lineup we were presented with: Stay … Continue reading →

Author Cara Bartek has a goal “…to empower girls in the STEM fields during that tricky age range of 9-13 when many young women begin to lose interest in science.” What better way than to write books that will hopefully … Continue reading →

                   I’m ringing in the New Year at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE with a review of WATCH HOLLOW by Gregory Funaro. Click on the bell for the review and do the same for each of the other sites below. June … Continue reading →