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It’s easy to get a spot in the lineup. Email me the title of the book or feature for any middle grade book, author or giveaway, and a link to your blog. Send it to: gpcolo[at]gmail[dot]com Make sure you put MMGM or Marvelous Middle Grade Monday in the subject line so it gets sorted accurately–and don’t forget to say what you’re featuring) You MUST email me your link by Sunday evening (11 PM Eastern Time) in order to be included in the list of links for that week’s MMGM. *Please note: these posts are not a reflection of my own opinions on the books featured. Each blogger is responsible for their own MMGM content and I do not pre-screen reviews ahead of time, nor do I control what books they choose. I simply assemble the list based on the links that are emailed to me.
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WILLIAM for 48 Hour Book Challenge
WILLIAM by Anne Welsh Guy READING TIME: 80 minutes PAGES: 124 PUBLISHED: 1961 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: “We’ve come to school and we’re going to stay! said William. Miss Howard, the teacher in the white school welcomed the boy of … Continue reading
THE LAST BEST DAYS OF SUMMER for 48 Hour Book Challenge
THE LAST BEST DAYS OF SUMMER by Valerie Hobbs READING TIME: 2 hours 50 minutes WORDS: 40,011 PUBLISHED: 2010 READING LEVEL: 3.8 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: For twelve-year-old Lucy Crandall, the last week of August is the most perfect … Continue reading
THE JACKET for 48 Hour Book Challenge
THE JACKET by Andrew Clements READING TIME: 45 minutes WORDS: 9,533 PUBLISHED: 2002 READING LEVEL: 4.1 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: Phil is on a mission. His absentminded little brother forgot his lunch money. All kinds of thoughts are running … Continue reading
THE MAN WITH THE RED BAG for 48 Hour Book Challenge
THE MAN WITH THE RED BAG by Eve Bunting READING TIME: 2 Hours, 40 minutes WORDS: 38,709 PUBLISHED: 2007 READING LEVEL: 4.0 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: Nine months after 9/11, everyone wanted life to return to normal. But when … Continue reading
THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE for 48 Hour Book Challenge
THE FAMLY UNDER THE BRIDGE by Natalie Savage Carlson READING TIME: 80 minutes WORDS: 17,375 PUBLISHED: 1958 READING LEVEL: 4.7 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: This is a delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished … Continue reading
FREEDOM CROSSING for 48 Hour Book Challenge
FREEDOM CROSSING by Margaret Goff Clark READING TIME: 2 hours WORDS: 30,868 PUBLISHED: 1980 READING LEVEL: 4.6 BOOK JACKET DESCRIPTION: COULD HE TRUST HER WITH HIS LIFE? Laura is furious when she overhears her brother, Bert, and an old friend … Continue reading
48 Hour Book Challenge- Ready, Set, GO!
I’m starting out my day as the designated driver for a few teens attending a football camp at a local high school’s stadium. By the time I get them checked in I’ll have 5 straight hours of free time to … Continue reading
Favorite Middle Grade Reading Moments 2013
I’ve read more middle grade books this year than any other genre and even wrote two of my own (currently going through some serious final editing). My final reading tally sits at 19 middle grade reads and 14 of those … Continue reading
Finding the Right Time to Write
In my past I’ve written research articles and created curriculum units. I found that the energy to do technical type of writing could occur at any time of the day. If I had a few hours I could plunge right … Continue reading
More Than a Dog Story
Another MMGM and who doesn’t love a dog story? Okay, I can think of a few. But maybe if they read Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo their feelings would change. Date of Publication: 2000 Page count: 22,123 Publisher’s description: … Continue reading
Always in the Middle... 