Tag Archives: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

MMGM for January 31, 2022

Click on the young readers below to access each blogger’s post! ************************************ At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of THE RIVER BETWEEN HEARTS by Heather Mateus Sappenfield. Carol Baldwin has another look back at Joyce Hostetter’s book … Continue reading

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MMGM for January 24, 2022

Click on a young reader below to access each blogger’s post! ************************************ At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of KINGSTON and the ECHOES OF MAGIC by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles interviews … Continue reading

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KINGSTON AND THE ECHOES OF MAGIC

I’ve BEEN HERE before. Every sight and every sound feel as familiar as yesterday Whenever that was. *********************************** Those three lines begin our second journey with young Kingston. I reviewed the engaging first book last year, KINGSTON AND THE MAGICIANS … Continue reading

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MMGM for January 17, 2022

Click on to reach a blogger’s post. _________________________________________________ At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of TIDESONG by Wendy Xu. June McCrary Jacobs has today’s blog tour stop for Author Gwen Richardson’s Boss Women:  Seven African-American Women Who … Continue reading

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TIDESONG

Although I prefer the more traditional way of storytelling, kids often have a preference for graphic novels. For one, they are easy to read. And two, they are visual just like this generation of middle grade readers. When I saw … Continue reading

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MMGM for January 10, 2022

It’s NATIONAL CLEAN OFF YOUR DESK DAY! That task would take me all day so I’m reading another MG title instead. Click on a book to find one for yourself. _________________________________________________ At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review … Continue reading

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MMGM for January 3, 2022

It’s another year of MMGM—my 5th year hosting! Click on a party hat to get the party started: _________________________________________________ At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have a review of THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER by Shawn Peters. Patricia Tilton at Children’s … Continue reading

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THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER

I was looking for something fun and different to begin my review year and THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER came through in super hero ways. The cover alone is enough to make one curious. Logan is a twelve-years-old orphan who narrates … Continue reading

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MMGM for 12/20/2021

It’s the Final MMGM for 2021. We’ll be back on January 3rd for another great year of features and reviews from the middle grade blogging community. Click on any ornament to read a post: At ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I … Continue reading

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STUCK

I reviewed Jennifer Swender’s previous MG title, SOLVING FOR M, two years ago. I was happy to see her with a new title worthy of my time. STUCK is one I enjoyed. Austin is changing schools again. This time it’s … Continue reading

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