Happy Spring Forward Day, if you can muster any enthusiasm for it, and welcome to this week's round-up of middle grade (ages 9-12 ish) fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs. I have a nagging feeling that somewhere bloggers are blogging prolifically about mg sff and I'm not finding them, so do please let me know if a. you have a post I missed or b. you saw someone else's post that you think is worth sharing.(I have been thinking for a while about creating a mgsff round-up icon; this is my first attempt. I think the nose cone/tower roof needs to be more defined).
The Reviews:
The Battles of Ben Kingdom: The Claws of Evil, by Andrew Beasley, at Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books
Beswitched, by Kate Saunders, at alibrarymama
The Cabinet of Earths, by Anne Nesbet, at Kristen Evey
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, by Charles de Lint, at Tor, Fantasy Literature, and BooksYALove
The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper, at Sonderbooks
Dark Lord: The Early Years, by Jamie Thomson, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Dead Kid Detective Agency, by Evan Munday, at That's Another Story
Deadweather and Sunrise (The Chronicles of Egg), by Geoff Rodkey, at GreenBeanTeenQueen and Akossiwa Ketoglo
Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey, at alibrarymama
Emily Knight I am..., by A. Bello, at Fantastic Reads
The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Becky's Book Reviews
The Fellowship For Alien Detection, by Kevin Emerson, at Candace's Book Blog
Freaks, by Keiran Larwood, at Charlotte's Library
Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, by Mike Jung, at Finding Wonderland
George's Secret Key to the Universe, by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, at Maria's Melange
Icefall, by Matthew J. Kirby, at Mister K Reads
The Little Secret, by Kate Saunders, at Beyond Books
The Runaway King, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Ms.. Yingling Reads, Finding Wonderland, Book Nut, Small Review, Charlotte's Library, and In Bed With Books
A Tangle of Knots, by Lisa Graff, at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia (giveaway)
Unlocking the Spell, by E.D. Baker, at Charlotte's Library
W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin, by Eoin Colfer, at Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin, at Postcards From La-La Land
and at Tales of the Marvelous, at look at the first three Oz books
Authors and Illustrators
Frances Hardinge (A Face Like Glass) at Tor
Anna Staniewski (My Epic Fairy Tale Fail) at Literary Rambles
Robin LaFevers (Nathaniel Flood--Beastologist series, Theodosia series)--
"The Play's The Thing," at Writer Unboxed
The Chronicles of Egg is on tour--here are the stops
Kit Grindstaff (The Flame in the Mist) at Corsets, Cutlesses, and Candlesticks
Other Things of Interest
Not middle grade, but of interest (especially for those of us looking to expand our age ranges, reading-wise)--the James Tiptree Jr. Award winners have been announced!
The SLJ's Battle of the Kids Book's is about to begin, with three mg sff contenders--Starry River of the Sky, Splendors and Glooms, and The One and Only Ivan. Of these three, my favorite is Starry River....The Undead Poll (where readers can vote for a book that was eliminated early to rise from the dead and fight in the final round) closes tomorrow.
Ah!! So excited to see the cover for The Real Boy! I hadn't seen it elsewhere yet. Loved Breadcrumbs so much, really looking forward to reading Ursu's next book.
ReplyDeleteMe too! Her pre-Breadcrumbs series, about kids confronting Greek mythology, is very good too; the first one is called The Shadow Thieves.
DeleteThe Runaway King sure is making the rounds.
ReplyDeleteIt was a very nice little gathering of us, wasn't it? All favorite bloggers of mine!
DeleteHello there... thanks for all the links to follow! Please put my student blog on your radar. They've been busy writing reviews and many fall into the fantasy and science fiction genre. We'll add a link to your blog on our blog roll!
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