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11/16/14

This week's roundup of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (11/16/14)

The good part about being the first one up is the peaceful house; the bad part is that there is never a roaring fire and toasty warm house waiting for me.  Today was the first day this fall when my hands were almost too cold to type...but I bravely persevered.

Please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews

The Battle Begins (Underworlds, #1), by Tony Abbott, at Hidden In Pages

Bliss, by Kathryn Littlewood, at Pages Unbound

Everblaze, by Shannon Messenger, at The Bookworm Blog and Rcubed's Reads and Reviews (with giveaway)

Faces of the Dead, by Suzanne Weyn, at The Reading Nook (giveaway)

Fat and Bones and Other Stories, by Larissa Theule, at Semicolon

The Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer Holm, at The Children's Book Review

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, by Sheila Turnage,  at Hope Is the Word

Hook's Revenge, by Heidi Shulz, at The Book Monsters, alibrarymama, and The Quiet Concert

The Jupiter Pirates: the Hunt for the Hydra, by Jason Fry, at Random Musings of a Bibliophile

The Lost City of Faar (Bobby Pendragon #2), by D.J. MacHale, at Twinja Book Reviews

Lug: Dawn of the Ice Age, by David Zeltser, at Sharon the Librarian and This Kid Reviews Books

Many Waters, by Madeline L'Engle, at Fantasy Literature

Odin's Ravens, by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr, at alibrarymama

The Orphan and the Mouse, by Martha Freeman, at Charlotte's Library

Pathfinder, by Angie Sage, at Charlotte's Library

Pennyroyal  Academy, by M.A. Larson, at Semicolon

The  Silver Bowl, by Diane Stanely, at Read Till Dawn

A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd, at Becky's Book Reviews

Spell Robbers, by Matthew Kirby, at Semicolon

The Thickety, by J.A. White, at Great Imaginations

Thursdays with the Crown, by Jessica Day George, at Semicolon

The Time of the Fireflies, by Kimberley Griffiths Little, at Semicolon

Time Square: The Shift, by S.W. Lothian, at YA Sleuth

Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George, at Leaf's Reviews

The Winter Wolf, by Holly Webb, at Wondrous Reads

A World Without Princes, by Soman Chainani, at Hidden in Pages and Readaraptor

And several posts with multiple reviews:

Mutation, by Roland Smith and Blood of Olympus, by Rick Riordan, at This Kid Reviews Books

Winterfrost, by Michelle Houts, and Moonkind, by Sarah Prineas, at Ms. Yingling Reads

A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd, Dreamer, Wisher, Liar, by Charise Mericle Harper, and School of Charm, by Lisa Ann Scott, at alibrarymama

Five quick looks at books at Random Musings of a Bibliophile

and at School Library Journal, there are short reviews of The Iron Trial, Sparkers, The Witch's Boy, and Beyond the Laughing Sky.



Authors and Interviews

Piers Torday (The Last Wild, and The Dark Wild) at The Gaurdian


Other Good Stuff

Piers Torday wins the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Dark Wild (which made my 11 year old boy very happy!)

At Views from the Tesseract there's a very exciting list of forthcoming MG Spec Fic from HaperCollins

And also at Views from the Tesseract, the Tuesday Ten this week is Science Fiction and Fantasy Militaries

At Tor there's a peek at a book of concept art from the Harry Potter movies (the sort of book that would make a good present).

And finally, this is funny-- "Interview with the Choosing One" at An Awfully Big Blog Adventure  (ever wondered who writes those rhyming prophecies?  find out here!)

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