The Reviews:
Beswitched, by Kate Saunders, at Book Nut
The Boneshaker, by Kate Coombs, at Random Musings of a Bibliophile
The Brightworking, by Paul B. Thompson, at Semicolon
The Coming of the Dragon, by Rebecca Barnhouse, at Chachic's Book Nook
Constable and Toop, by Gareth P. Jones, at The Book Zone
The Cup and the Crown, by Diane Stanley, at Book Nut
Darkbeast, by Morgan Keyes, at Semicolon
The Drowned Vault, by N.D. Wilson, at Book Nut
Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones, by Christopher Krovatin, at Geo Librarian
Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green, by Helen Phillips, at My Precious
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy, at Jean Little Library
Horten's Incredible Illusions, by Lissa Evans, at Challenging the Bookworm
Ivy's Ever After, by Dawn Lairamore, at 300 Pages
Liesl and Po, by Lauren Oliver, at A Library Mama
The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, at Tales of the Marvelous
Malcolm at Midnight, by W.H. Beck, at Page in Training
Margaret and the Moth Tree, by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen, at Book Nut
Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant, by Mark Jeffrey, at Time Travel Times Two
Ordinary Magic, by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, at Leaf's Reviews
The Ordinary Princess, by M.M. Kaye, at The Book Smugglers
Princess of the Silver Woods, by Jessica Day George, at Karissa's Reading Review (labeled YA, but I've always thought George's princess books were perfect for upper mg)
Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird, by Eleanor Hawkin, at Nayu's Reading Corner
The Seven Tales of Trinket, by Shelley Moore Thomas, at Semicolon
The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy, by Nikki Loftin, at Charlotte's Library
The Spindlers, by Lauren Oliver, at Challenging the Bookworm and Lily's Book Blog
Tilly's Moonlight Garden, by Julia Green, at Sharon the Librarian
Whatever After: Fairest of All, by Sarah Mlynowski, at Semicolon
The Whispering House, by Rebecca Wade, and A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle, at Semicolon
Authors and Interviews
Helen Phillips (Here Where the Sunbeams are Green) at From the Mixed Up Files
A video clip of M.T. Anderson talking about Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children’s Literature can be seen at Fuse #8
Other Good Stuff
The books for 2013's World Book Night have been announced--representing mg sff are The Phantom Tollbooth and The Lightning Thief.
Hobbit tourism in New Zealand, at the Guardian
Goblin Secrets, by William Alexander, wins the National Book Award
U is for Unicorn, with Katherine Roberts, at Scribble City Central
And just because nothing says Thanksgiving like cute hedgehogs (?), here's a festive dessert idea from The Cupcake Blog:
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Thanks for the links Charlotte. And the hedgehogs are cut.
ReplyDeleteNow I want some hedgehog cupcakes. But honestly, I'll accept any cupcakes.
ReplyDeleteI think the hedgehogs would be even cuter with chocolate spines...but I can't think of how to get chocolate spiny enough.
ReplyDeleteI reviewed WHAT CAME FROM THE STARS at Kid Lit Geek ( http://kidlitgeek.blogspot.com/ ). Thanks for the roundup -- I didn't realize there was a new Diane Stanley until I saw it here!
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