Tag Archives: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

STONE MAN AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS

IT’S ANOTHER EDITION OF MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! Driven to Stone Man’s trail… After U.S. soldiers attack twelve-year-old Tsatsi’s Cherokee village, his family flees to the Smokey Mountains. Facing storms, flood, and hunger, they’re forced to go where Stone Man, … Continue reading

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MMGM for 9/30/2019

              Click the happy face to reach a blogger’s feature. ALWAYS in the MIDDLE (that’s me) features a new fantasy novel, A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY by Nicole Valentine. June McCrary Jacobs (Reading, Writing, & Stitch-Metic) has a S.T.E.A.M. … Continue reading

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A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity

Welcome to another edition of MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY and my review of a new fantasy novel. BACKGROUND for A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY  by Nicole Valentine Twelve-year-old Finn is used to people in his family disappearing. His twin sister, … Continue reading

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MMGM for 9/23/19

                     IT’S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY and the FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN! CLICK ON A FALL(ing) LEAF TO REACH A BLOGGER’S POST. ALWAYS in the MIDDLE (that’s me) features a special book, MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU by Barbara … Continue reading

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MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU

WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY with a very special and timely book for the beginning of the school year… For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. … Continue reading

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THE 12th CANDLE

It’s another Marvelous Middle Grade Monday at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE and what better way to celebrate than a featured review of THE 12th CANDLE by Kim Tomsic. Middle school meets magic in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about a … Continue reading

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MMGM for 9/9/2019

             It’s National Teddy Bear Day! Click on one of our cuddly guests to take you to a blogger’s middle grade post. I don’t have a teddy bear story at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE, but I do have a review … Continue reading

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THE FIRE STALLION

Welcome to another edition of Marvelous Middle Grade Monday! I’ll be back Friday with another fantastic new book, MALAMANDER. Today though is devoted to THE FIRE STALLION. Twelve-year-old Hilly has landed her dream job, riding on the set of Brunhilda, … Continue reading

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SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS

Welcome to another edition of MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY and a look at Renée Watson’s newest contemporary story. BACKGROUND (From Barnes & Noble): All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father’s family in New York City—Harlem, to … Continue reading

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MMGM for 8/19/2019

           School is already back in session for many. Click a school bus to reach a blogger’s post! Here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I have THE HAUNTING OF HENRY DAVIS by Kathryn Siebel. Joanne Fritz at My Brain on … Continue reading

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