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LISTEN, SLOWLY (A Cybils 2015 Finalist)

Four female – one male protagonist. The settings: London, San Francisco, Vietnam, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Together they make up the five finalists for this year’s Middle Grade Fiction Cybils Awards. Each day this week I’ll have a review of each … Continue reading

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BLACKBIRD FLY (a 2015 Cybils Finalist)

Four female – one male protagonist. The settings: London, San Francisco, Vietnam, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Together they make up the five finalists for this year’s Middle Grade Fiction Cybils Awards. Each day this week I’ll have a review of each … Continue reading

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FOOTER DAVIS PROBABLY IS CRAZY (A 2015 CYBILS Finalist)

Four female – one male protagonist. The settings: London, San Francisco, Vietnam, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Together they make up the five finalists for this year’s Middle Grade Fiction Cybils Awards. Each day this week I’ll have a review of each … Continue reading

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RUBY LEE & ME for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I won an ARC of this book last year courtesy of THE WRITE STUFF. Rosi Hollinbeck is the creator of that blog and shares many of the reviews she does for the San Francisco and Sacramento Book Reviews. Go check … Continue reading

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I DON’T KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

Adults will likely swoon over this story while most kids will just shrug, never giving the book a chance. It’s a period piece set in early Hollywood during the time of World War I. An undergraduate elective class I took … Continue reading

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A BLIND GUIDE TO STINKVILLE for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I’m continuing my trek through Middle Grade sadness, but this time feels different. Yes, there is plenty to pull you down here: An almost sightless MC, a depressed mother, an angry older brother, and a father wrapped up in his … Continue reading

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THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

First things first – I have a winner of my new year’s contest:  The Book Owl. Congratulations! I’ll whisk the three books and Starbucks gift card off to you once I get an address. Now, here’s this week’s MMGM selection … Continue reading

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BREAKING THE ICE for Marvelous Middle Grade Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING with this bonus review! I know very little about figure skating… Isn’t a double axle on a semi-tractor trailer and a triple salchow an exotic Hawaiian drink? Obviously not after reading this story about the world of competitive … Continue reading

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THE DIAMOND LOOKING GLASS for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

This intriguing title comes from Dorine White, a fellow MMGM poster and author of numerous books. THE DIAMOND LOOKING GLASS is the third in the Cleopatra’s Legacy series, stories that follow magic gemstones once belonging to Cleopatra, the Last Pharaoh of … Continue reading

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MOONPENNY ISLAND for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I wasn’t hooked at first… another story about the friendship of two girls.  I sighed and by the end of the first chapter a single string kept tugging. Read more. So I did. The string continued to wrap itself around … Continue reading

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