This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (8/16/2015)

Here's this week's round-up; please let me know if I missed your post!

Bayou Magic, by Jewell Parker Rhodes, at alibrarymama

Beast Keeper, by Cat Hellisen, at alibrarymama

Blaze, by Ginger Lee Malacko, at The Musings of a Book Addict

The Blood Guard, by Carter Roy, at Always in the Middle

Brilliant, by Roddy Doyle, at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia

Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate, at SLJ

A Curious Tale of the In-Between, by Lauren DeStefano, at Hidden in Pages and The Quiet Concert

Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan, at BookDragon

Fire Girl, by Matt Ralphs, at The Book Zone (for boys)

The Glass Sentence, by S.E. Grove, at The Write Path

Goblin Secrets, by William Alexander, at Confessions of a Bibliovore

The Golden Specific, by S.E. Grove, at On Starships and Dragonwings and The Reading Nook Reviews

The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley, at Hope is the Word

Hook's Revenge, by Heidi Schulz, at Fantasy of the Silver Dragon

Hopper's Destiny (Mouseheart #2), by Lisa Fiedler, at Fantasy Book Critic

The House on Stone's Throw Island, by Dan Pobloki, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Imagination Box, by Martyn Ford, at The Book Zone (for boys)

The League of Beastly Dreadfuls, by Holly Grant, at The Book Wars

Lucky Strike, by Bobbie Pyron, at Always in the Middle

Magic in the Mix, by Annie Barrows, at Jen Robinson's Book Page

The Map to Everywhere, by Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis, at Fantasy Literature

Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creaters, by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater, at The Book Monsters

The Pirate Code, by Heidi Schulz, at Snuggly Oranges

School for Sidekicks, by Kelly McCullough, at Read Love

Serafina and the Black Cloak, by Robert Beatty, at WinterHaven Books

Shadows of Sherwood, by Kekla Magoon, at The Compulsive Reader

The Sleeper and the Spindle, by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell, at SLJ

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads--Hunt for the Pyxis, by Zoe Ferraris, and Valley of the Kings, by Michael Northrup


Authors and Interviews

S.E. Grove (The Golden Specific) at The Reading Nook Reviews

Bruce Coville (Diary of a Mad Brownie) at The Book Cellar

Dianne K. Salerni (The Eighth Day) talks suspension of disbelief at Project Mayhem


Other Good Stuff

A Tuesday 10 of great mg spec fic female protagonists of 2015 at Views from the Tesseract

A gorgeous celebration of the life and works of Joan Aiken in pictures at The Guardian

The applications for this year's Cybils judging open tomorrow!  If you would like to be part of this great experience, please apply!  Here is my take on offering more explanation and encouragement.