Tag Archives: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

MMGM FOR 12/18/2017

  It’s That Holiday Season! The LINKS for December 18, 2017 (Click on an ornament to take you to their site) IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT—MMGM is open for business next Monday on Christmas Day. I’ll have my favorite MG moments to share. … Continue reading

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REFUGEE for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

Thanks to Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal for recommending this one several months ago. It took a long time to reach the top of my to read pile but the wait was worth the time spent turning the pages. … Continue reading

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MMGM for 12/11/17

It’s That Holiday Season! The LINKS for December 11, 2017 (Click on an ornament to take you to their site) Welcome to another great set of links. Below are my thoughts on MAGNUS CHASE and the GODS of ASGARD: THE … Continue reading

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MAGNUS CHASE and the GODS of ASGARD: THE SHIP OF THE DEAD

It’s MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! We come to the final book in this epic North Mythology series. Magnus is 16 and I would have put his character solidly in the YA category. But rules are made to be broken and … Continue reading

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THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST PROPHECY for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I featured the first book in the Horace j. Edwards and the Time Keepers series last Friday. THE SECRET OF THE SCARAB BEETLE kicked things off with a trip to ancient Egypt. The time travel mystery continues with THE SEARCH … Continue reading

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CROSSING THE LINE for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

On July 27, 1919 Eugene Williams, an African American teenager, was stoned to death by white men when his raft crossed the line to the whites only beach. It set off what is known as the Chicago race riots. This … Continue reading

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MMGM LINKS—11/13/17

MMGM LINKS FOR November 13, 2017 (Click on a star to take you to their site) Zoie at Whisked Away By Words joins the MMGM walkway with a feature on a graphic novel by Na Liu and Andrés Vera Martínez … Continue reading

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RESTART for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I’m not a big fan of multiple viewpoints in books. I don’t mind two alternating narratives, but beyond that it breaks up the flow of the story for me. Gordon Korman though is the master of this technique in writing. … Continue reading

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MMGM LINKS (11/6/17)

   MMGM LINKS FOR November 6, 2017 (Click on a star to take you to their site) The Boy’s Read Blog is thrilled to present the final results of the World Series of Reading Contest Natalie at Literary Rambles is … Continue reading

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BOBBY LEE CLAREMONT AND THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT

It’s Marvelous Middle Grade Monday! Take a journey back in time with Bobby Lee as he flees his orphanage in 1923 New Orleans and boards a train to Chicago. His goal—a new life as a criminal. A full blown murder … Continue reading

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