Tag Archives: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

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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THE BLACKTHORN KEY (The 2015 Cybils Winner)

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. This week I have a review of each title: TODAY: … Continue reading

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SOAR for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

Many parts of this new story will likely make you soar with the touching narration by Jeremiah, a 12-year-old baseball fanatic and heart transplant survivor. He is funny, perceptive, and sees the world in ways others only understand after he … 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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CRENSHAW for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

This book has been on my TBR pile for several months, added there after reading reviews by two other MMGM bloggers (Ms. Yingling Reads and Andrea Mack). Removing this book not only lowered my future read count but also helped … 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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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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CHASE TINKER and the HOUSE OF MAGIC for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

I’ve arrived a tad late to the party, but with books that doesn’t matter as the stories are always there for you to pick up and enjoy. This book is the first in a three book series. CHASE TINKER and … Continue reading

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A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

This engaging first book in a new series has a cast of great characters. As the story unfolds it’s a new fifth grade year for Rip and Red. Everything is going as planned until they arrive and find out they … Continue reading

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BRIDGET WILDER: Spy-in-Training for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

This smart new series charms with humor and a determined attitude from literature’s newest heroine, Bridget Wilder. She’s the only adopted child, a middle, and worries her family doesn’t connect with her like they do with an older brother and … Continue reading

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