The Reviews:
Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel, at Nerdy Book Club
Bye For Now, by Kathleen Churchyard, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Changeling, by Delia Sherman, at The Book Smugglers
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, by Frank Cottrell Boyce, at Back to Books
Circle of Cranes, by Annette LeBox, at A Backwards Story
Eye of the Storm, by Kate Messner, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Bibliophilia-Maggie's Bookshelf
Giants Beware! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre, at Slatebreakers
The Grimm Legacy, by Polly Shulman (audio book review) at The Reading Date
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy, at Poisoned Rationality
Into the Wild, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Books Beside My Bed
Kat, Incorrigible, by Stephanie Burgis, at Books & Other Thoughts
Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls), by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, at Somewhere in the Middle
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, at Anita Silvey's Book-a-Day Almanac
Peaceweaver, by Rebecca Barnhouse, at Charlotte's Library
The Prince Who Fell From the Sky, by John Claude Bemis, at The Intergalactic Academy
Quests and Kingdoms, by K.V. Johanson, at Carole Anne Carr (this is a non-fiction book for adults, from 2005. Have any of you all read it? Should I read it?)
Remarkable, by Lizzie K. Foley, at Waking Brain Cells
Renegde Magic, by Stephanie Burgis, at Sonderbooks
The Rock of Ivanore, by Laurisa White Reyes, at Project Mayhem
Seeds of Rebellion, by Brandon Mull, at Guys Lit Wire
Storybound, by Marissa Burt, at A Backwards Story
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner, at Susan Dennard
Whisper, by Alyson Noel, at Urban Fantasy
Winterling, by Sarah Prineas, at books4yourkids
Two time travel books at Time Travel Times Two--The Book of Story Beginnings, by Kristin Kladstrup, and Time for Andrew, by Mary Downing Hahn
Two from Ms. Yingling-- A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle, and Chronal Engines, by Greg Lietich Smith
And three from Kate (aka The Book Aunt)--Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood St. by Peter Abrahams, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy, and Storybound, by Marissa Burt.
Giveaways:
Return to Exile, by at Middle Grade Maffioso
Neversink, by Barry Wolverton, at A Thousand Wrongs
The Rock of Ivanore, by Laurisa White Reyes, at Project Mayhem
Scary School, by Derek the Ghost, at Young Readers
The Battle Begins, by Tony Abbott, at The Write Path
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, at Charlotte's Library
And I've extended my giveaway of The Time-Traveling Fashionista on Board the Titanic another day, till midnight tonight.
Authors and interviews
Sarvenaz Tash (The Mapmaker and the Ghost) at My Brain on Books
Sarwat Chadda (Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress), at The Book Zone
Barry Wolverton (Neversink) at A Thousand Wrongs
Jennifer Nielsen (The False Prince) at From the Mixed Up Files
Christopher Healy (The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom) at Muggle-born.net
Richard Ungar (Time Snatchers) at Cynsations
Stephanie Burgis (Renegade Magic) at The Enchanted Inkpot
Liz Kessler (A Year Without Autumn) at Cynsations
Other Good Stuff:
The winners of the E.B. White Read-aloud Award have been announced, and the winners in the middle grade category are two fantasies (by a sister and brother!):
- The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) (Putnam Juvenile)
- Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (Balzer + Bray)
It's Fairy Tale Fortnight, and although I haven't been able to contribute myself, here's Joanne Harris talking about the Pied Piper at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles
Holly Black and Cassandra Clare have teamed up to write a 5 book middle grade series! The Iron Trial comes out in 2014, which seems a long way away...
Here's the blurb: "...twelve-year-old Callum Hunt has grown up knowing three rules by heart. Never trust a magician. Never pass a test a magician gives you. And never let a magician take you to the Magisterium. Callum is about to break all the rules. And when he does, his life will change in ways he can’t possibly imagine."
The movie rights have already been picked up.
Another collaboration of note--the grandchildren of Tolkien and Dickens are teaming up to write two fantasy books...
A miniature book from Queen Mary's dollhouse-- a story by cartoonist Fougasse about a fairy called Joe Smith--is to be published (in an edition large enough to read)
Don't forget to check out the stops on the Diane Wynne Jones blog tour! Here, at Greenwillow, for instance, is what Megan Whalen Turner has to say.
And finally, not exactly mg sff related, but important, Guys Lit Wire has organized another book fair for Ballou Sr. High School--these kids need books!
Thanks for sharing all the reviews and news. It's exciting about Holly Black's and Cassandra Clare's books. Cassandra also has a MG series coming out with Kelley Armstrong next year that I'm excited about.
ReplyDeleteIt'll also be interesting to see what the grandsons of Tolkien and Dickens brings.
I'll definitely be interested in the Black/Clare series. It's always a relief when a series stops at five books!
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this every week! I learn so much! :D
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