2/26/17

This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (2/26/17)

Here's this week's roundup--please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

100 Cupboards (series review) by N.D. Wilson, at Redeemed Reader

Audacity Jones Steals the Show, by Kirby Larson, at Charlotte's Library

Ben the Dragonborn, by Dianne Astle, at Middle Grade Munch

The Burning Bridge, by Roy Carter, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood and Co. book 4), by Jonathan Stroud, at The Bookshelf Gargoyle

The Crooked Sixpence, by Jennifer Bell, at My Brain on Books

The Doll's Eye, by Marina Cohen, at Mom Read It

The Dragon with the Chocolate Heart, by Steaphanie Burgis, at The Book Smugglers

The Evil Wizard Smallbone, by Delia Sherman, at GeoLibrarian

The Fearless Traveler’s Guide to Wicked Places by Peter Begler, at Sharon the Librarian

The Goblin's Puzzle, by Andrew Chilton, at GeoLibrarian

The  Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, at Imaginary Reads

If the Magic Fits (100 Dresses #1) by Susan Maupin Schmid, at Redeemed Reader

The Inquisitor's Tale, by Adam Gidwitz, at Book Nut (audiobook review)

A Little Taste of Poison, by R.J. Anderson, at Redeemed Reader

The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez by Robin Yardi, at Redeemed Reader

The Nest, by Kenneth Oppel, at Nerdy Book Club

Palace of Stone, by Shannon Hale, at Leaf's Reviews

A Pocket Full of Murder, by R.J. Anderson, at Redeemed Reader

Saturdays at Sea, by Jessica Day George, at Reading Violet

Time Travelling with a Hamster, by Ross Welford, at The Bookshelf Gargoyle

Authors and Interviews

Carter Roy (The Blood Guard Series) at Always in the Middle and the Children's Book Review

Other Good  Stuff

The Cooperative Children’s Book Center 2017 best of the year book  list

The Alsc 2017 Notable Children's book list

The Nebula Awards List has been announced, and I'm pleased to see that Evil Wizard Smallbone is in contention for the Norton Award (for "YA" books) .  Here's the whole Norton list:

      The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)
  • The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin’s)
  • The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK; Abrams)
  • Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor)
  • Railhead, Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch)
  • Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Kathy Dawson Books)
  • The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick)

  • And finally, after twenty years, the world of Megan Whalen Turner's books has a map, created by artist Maxime Plasse

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