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DOG DRIVEN (With a Giveaway)

IT”S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! Stargardt disease causes progressive damage to the center of the retina, the area responsible for sharp straight-ahead vision. Usually discovered during childhood or adolescence, the disease has no cure. Driving a dog sled doesn’t … Continue reading

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MMGM for 11-25-19

                   IT’S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK! Click on the tasty dessert to round out your holiday reading. Here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I’m reviewing OGRE ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine. June McCrary Jacobs at Reading, … Continue reading

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MMGM for 11-18-19

                     IT’S ANOTHER  MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! Click the to reach a blogger’s post Here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I’m reviewing CRUSHING THE RED FLOWERS by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan. Joanne Fritz at My Brain on Books has a post … Continue reading

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MMGM for 10-28-2019

                      IT’S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! I’m flipping the switch back to graphic icon mode. Here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I’m reviewing I CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE by Christine Day. Dorine White at The Write Path features a … Continue reading

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MMGM for 10-21-2019

                Several months ago I received a note from a blogger asking for a more streamlined MMGM list. Your wish has been granted. On future MMGM posts I can either continue doing my graphic version or use the new format … Continue reading

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The Rubicus Prophecy

It’s Marvelous Middle Grade Monday! This second book in The Witches of Orkney series could be read without having knowledge of the first story, THE BLUE WITCH. You may not even know the books are a prequel to the previously … Continue reading

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MMGM for 10-14-2019

         IT’S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY! CLICK ON A MARBLE TO REACH A BLOGGER’S POST Here at ALWAYS in the MIDDLE I’m reviewing WEIRD LITTLE ROBOTS by Carolyn Crimi. Natalie Aguirre has a guest post by debut author Jennifer … Continue reading

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WEIRD LITTLE ROBOTS

It’s another edition of MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY with a new middle grade book on the shelves this Fall. THE PLOT (From Penguin Random House) Nine-year-old Penny Rose has just moved to a new town, and so far the robots … 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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