Tag Archives: Middle grade

THE GOBLIN’S PUZZLE for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday

The winner of the five Cybils Middle Grade Fiction finalists is…. Kevin Gerrard – author, college professor, and a brave cat owner. In the past I’ve enjoyed his Diego’s Dragon series.  Congratulations, Kevin! I will send out your winning package … Continue reading

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LISTEN, SLOWLY (A Cybils 2015 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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BLACKBIRD FLY (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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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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BOOK SCAVENGER (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 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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