The Reviews
11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass, at Wandering Librarians
The Ascendance Trilogy (The False Prince et seq.), by Jennifer Nielsen, at Tales of the Marvelous
Bad Magic, by Psuedonymous Bosch, at Log Cabin Library
Bravo Victor, by Jemima Pett, at The Ninja Librarians
Chase Tinker and the House of Destiny, by Malia Ann Haberman, at This Kid Reviews Books
Deep Blue, by Jennifer Donnelly, at Boarding With Books
The Forbidden Stone, by Tony Abbott, at The Hiding Spot
The Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer Holm, at Sharon the Librarian, Teen Librarian Toolbox, and Oh Magic Hour
Frostborn, by Lou Anders, at Mom Read It, Librarian of Snark, and Wondrous Reads
Furies of Calderon, by Jim Butcher, at The Book Sphere
The Glass Sentence, by S.E. Grove, at Icey Books
The Iron Trial, by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, at What a Nerd Girl Says and The Bibliomaniac
Loki's Wolves, by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr, at Booked Till Tuesday
The Magic Thief, by Sarah Prineas, at Hidden In Pages (audiobook review)
Memory Maze (The Hypnotists 2), by Gordon Corman, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier, at The Hiding Spot
The One Safe Place, by Tania Unsworth, at The Book Monsters
The Path of Names, by Ari Goelman, at Kid Lit Geek
The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud, at Geo Librarian
Storybound, by Marissa Burt, at The Cheap Reader
The Time of the Fireflies, by Kimberley Griffiths Little, at Middle Grade Mafioso
The Time of the Ghost, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Here There Be Books
Treasure of Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston, at Tor
Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George, at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow
Winterling, by Sarah Prineas, at My Precious
The Wrath of Siren, by Kurt Chambers, at Annie McMahon
Authors and Interviews
Mary G. Thompson (Evil Fairies Love Hair) at The Enchanted Inkpot
N.D. Wilson discusses Boy of Blur in a Sneaky Peeks Video #1 at Wild Things
Other Good Stuff
Disney takes the first steps toward making a movie of A Wrinkle In Time, via Waking Brain Cells
Rocket and Groot reimagined as Calvin and Hobbs. Love. (via Tor)
You know that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory cover with Veruca as creepy doll on it? Travis at 100 Scope Notes took that approach to a logical conclusion of brilliance....you will never think of The Secret Garden the same way again.
Ursula Le Guin talks to Michael Cunningham about "genres, gender, and broadening fiction" at Electric Lit
Thoughts on having to teach The Lightning Thief for a 6th grade mythology unit, at Teach the Fantastic
An article in the Applied Journal of Social Psychology suggests that reading Harry Potter can teach kids empathy (there's a lay-person friendly summary here at Science of Us
"7 Black Women Science Fiction Writers Everyone Should Know" at For Harriet, which is made more specifically MG SFF relevant by the news that the film rights to Akata Witch have been optioned. And indeed, it would make an awesome movie....
The Call for Cybils Judges begins August 18th! I am returning as organizer of Middle Grade Speculative Fiction, and please all of you who love MG SF think hard about throwing your hats into the ring to be panelists! Here's how I chose panelists:
--I check to make sure they are in fact enthusiastic about MG SF (don't send in a sample post that says "I don't read much middle grade" as has happened in the past), and check to see if there's some thought to their reviews
--I try to balance tried and true veterans with new folks, try to include teachers, parents, librarians, authors, general fans etc, so a range of background and experiences are included in the mix
--I try not to have too many of my top candidates siphoned off by other needy categories.
If you want more information or have questions, please feel free to email me (charlotteslibrary at gmail dot com)
And finally, in an effort to encourage my kids do make things this summer, I brought out the boxes of miscellaneous junk and hardware such as result from having an old house and huge barn full of stuff, and this is the robot my 11 year old made (with a bit of tool-using help, because of it being his first time). Its eyes are holograms from expired credit cards. (The picture was taken in an unsalubrious corner of my semi-subterranean, 250-year-old office. My own walls aren't quite that bad).
I did not know Disney was going to make A Wrinkle in Time. I am curious beyond belief about this. Ooooooo.
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE that little robot guy. Looks like he'd make a cool MG novel cover character. Just need to write the novel to go with him. ;)
Thanks for listing my review! And I love your little robot with hologram eyes. I want one!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat creation by your son! My 12-yr-old son and I have been collecting all kinds of junk for future steampunk creations, but so far we're just hoarding it while we imagine all the wonderful possibilities. One of these days we need to stop waiting for the perfect time or the perfect idea and just start in creating.
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