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It’s easy to get a spot in the lineup. Email me the title of the book or feature for any middle grade book, author or giveaway, and a link to your blog. Send it to: gpcolo[at]gmail[dot]com Make sure you put MMGM or Marvelous Middle Grade Monday in the subject line so it gets sorted accurately–and don’t forget to say what you’re featuring) You MUST email me your link by Sunday evening (11 PM Eastern Time) in order to be included in the list of links for that week’s MMGM. *Please note: these posts are not a reflection of my own opinions on the books featured. Each blogger is responsible for their own MMGM content and I do not pre-screen reviews ahead of time, nor do I control what books they choose. I simply assemble the list based on the links that are emailed to me.
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Tag Archives: Middle Grade Book Reviews
MMGM for October 21, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of THE SHAPE OF LOST THINGS by Sarah Everett. Carol Baldwin welcomes a new young reviewer! Lucie B. reviews The Swamp of Doom. Kasey Giard @ The Story Sanctuary reviews From the … Continue reading
MMGM for October 14, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of MATT SPROUTS AND THE DAY NORA ATE THE SUN by Matt Eicheldinger. Jemima Pett has a review of Awful Auntie by David Walliams. She calls it brilliant, scary, hilarious…. Susan Uhlig … Continue reading
MMGM for October 7, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of SYLVIA DOE AND THE 100-YEAR FLOOD by Robert Beatty. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett . Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal is reviewing … Continue reading
Poppy and Marigold
Blue citizens are absolutely superior to all others, especially ignorant, uncivilized Orange. Poppy has been taught this relentlessly for twelve years. But when she accidentally crosses the forbidden border and is befriended by Marigold—a tangerine-skinned girl—and her kind-but-quirky family, Poppy … Continue reading
MMGM for September 30, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of THE SERPENT RIDER by Yxavel Magno Diño. Susan Uhlig loved the duel timeline in Code Name Kingfisher. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Thea and the Mischief Makers by Tracy Badua. … Continue reading
MMGM for September 23, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of HANNAH EDWARDS SECRETS OF RIVERWAY by Ashley Hards. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles has an interview with debut author Dionna … Continue reading
THE GHOST RULES
It’s the season for ghost books and there have been plenty of them this year. Thankfully they are all different. THE GHOST RULES is a captivating story that will keep middle grade readers tuned in. Twelve-year-old Elwood P. McGee knows … Continue reading
MMGM for September 16, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of ELEPHANT TOUCH by Susan R. Greenway. Susan Uhlig, like many of our MMGM reviewers, is recommending HALF MOON SUMMER by Elaine Vickers. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles interviews author Callie Miller … Continue reading
MMGM for September 2, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of GRETA by J.S. Lemon. Jennifer Bohnhoff has One Big Open Sky, a beautiful verse novel about former slaves moving west to settle Nebraska. There is also a GIVEAWAY. Natalie Aguirre at … Continue reading
MMGM for AUGUST 26, 2024
ALWAYS in the MIDDLE had planned to feature another book, but its release was delayed. I moved up a review scheduled for next month with HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS by Kate Messner. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles … Continue reading
