Here's what I found in my leisurely perusal of/obsessive combing through the internets that's of interest to us fans of speculative fiction for kids! Please let me know if I missed your post.
The Reviews:
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig, by Chris Kurtz, at Between These Pages
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander, at Tor
The Clockwork Three, by Matthew Kirby, at J.S. Webster Mind Voyages
Curse of the Broomstaff, by Tyler Whitesides, at Geo Librarian and LDS Women's Book Review
Doll Bones, by Holly Black, at Never Ending Story
The Dream Catcher, by Monica Hughes, at Views from the Tesseract
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine, at Stray Thoughts
Frogged, by Vivian Vende Velde, at Sharon the Librarian
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, at YA Asylum
Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault, by Adam-Troy Castro, at Akossiwa Ketoglo
Hollow Earth, by John Barrowman and Carole E. Barrowman, at Book Nut
How I Became a Ghost, by Tim Tingle, at Charlotte's Library
The Invisible Tower, by Nils Johnson-Shelton, at Book Twirps
Invitation to the Game, by Monica Hughes, at Retro Reads
Island of Silence (The Unwanteds Book 3), by Lisa McMann, at Xander's Middle-Grade Book Reviews
Janitors (series reviews), by Tyler Whitesides, at Julie Coulter Bellon
Joshua Dread, and its sequel, The Nameless Hero, by Lee Bacon, at Random Acts of Reading
The King's Ransom (Young Knights of the Round Table), by Cheryl Carpinello at Mother Daughter Book Reviews
Magic Marks the Spot, by Caroline Carlson, at Librarian of Snark
The Magic Thief series, by Sarah Prineas, at Bibliophilic Monologues
The Monster in the Mudball, by S.P. Gates, at Middle Grade Ninja and All the World's In Words
Mousemobile, by Prudence Breitrose, at Sharon the Librarian
No Passengers Beyond This Point, by Gennifer Choldenko, at Next Best Book
Other Worlds (Guys Read), edited by Jon Scieszka, at Tales of a (Formerly) Reluctant Reader and Maria's Melange
Persephone the Daring (Godess Girls), by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, at The Children's Book Review
Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean, at The Cheap Reader
The Real Boy, by Anne Ursu, at Bookalicious, Ms. Martin Teaches Media, and Ms. Yingling Reads
The Rock of Ivanore, by Laurisa White Reyes, at Sharon the Librarian
Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell, at Bookyurt
The Ruby Key, by Holly Lisle, at Pages Unbound
The School For Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, at Feminist Fairy Tales
The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud, at Book Yurt and Random Musings of a Bibliophile
The Shadow on the Dial, by Anne Lindbergh, at Charlotte's Library
Sky Jumpers, by Peggy Eddleman, at Akossiwa Ketoglo, Kid Lit Frenzy, Michelle Devon, and The Haunting of Orchid Forstythia
The Time Fetch, by Amy Herrick, at In Bed With Books
Wake Up Missing, by Kate Messner, at Wandering Librarians and The Write Path
The Watcher in the Shadows, by Chris Moriarty, at Good Books and Good Wine
Wild Born (Spirit Animals 1), by Brandon Mull, at Geo Librarian and Charlotte's Library
You Can't Have My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please! by James Mihaley, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Zoe and Zack and the Ghost Leopard, by Lars Guignard, at My Guilty Obsession (audiobook review)
More than Reviews
"Moral Ambiguity in Percy Jackson and the Olympians" at Tor
"The Economy as Villain in The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand" at Teen Librarian Toolbox
Revisiting Catherynne M. Valente's Fairyland series, at Tales of the Marvelous
Authors and Art and Interviews
Oliver and the Seawigs, by Philip Reeve, illustrated by Sarah McIntyre--The Thurlestone art and story, at Wondrous Reads
Kathi Appelt (True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp) at Through the Wardrobe
Holly Webb (Rose) at Hidden in Pages and Oh, For the Hook of a Book!
Shannon Hale, on writing a story for Other Worlds, the latest installment of Guys Read
Sharon Ledwith (The Last Timekeepers) at Carpinello's Writing Pages
H.B. Bolton (The Serpent's Ring) at The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
Bobbi Miller (Big River's Daughter) at Smack Dab in the Middle
Other Good Stuff
Ten fantasy/sci fi books for kids set in New York, at Views from the Tesseract
Ten Titanic time travel tales, at Time Travel Times Two
Not MG SFF, but great fun none the less--blogging advice from L.M. Montgomery at Becky's Book Reviews
For those of you who hadn't noticed the number of space stories for kids is on the up-tick, the Guardian says this is so (but without giving many examples...)
"Disenchanting the Fairy Godmother" at The Book Wars
SCBWI creates an award for Kid Lit published non-traditionally
The call for program proposals for the 7th Annual KidLitCon (Austin, Texas, November 8-9) has gone out! I am going to be there, and I hope you are too. If you have never been to a KidLitCon, it is a wonderful thing to be in the company of so many like-minded folks.
I am thinking of putting a proposal together for a session on the challenges and opportunities of blogging about middle grade books, that would be heavy on audience participation (more brainstorming and sharing than two or three people doing all the talking). If this sounds like a good idea, I would love collaborators--please let me know at charlotteslib at gmail dot com.
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