this week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (730/17)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

Aleks Mickelson and the Twice-Lost Fairy Well (Zaria Fierce), by Kiera Gillett, at Mom Read It

Beautiful Blue World, by Suzanne LaFleur, at Jenni Enzor

Beyond the Doors, by David Neilsen, at Cracking the Cover  and Always in the Middle

The Creeping Shadow, by Jonathan Stroud, at Kitty Cat at the Library

The Crowns of Croswald, by D.E. Night, at The Bander Blog

Darkness of Dragons, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Charlotte's Library

A Dash of Dragon, by Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski, at Mom Read It

Everblaze, by Shannon Messenger, at Pages Unbound

A Face Like Glass, by France Hardinge, at The Booklist Reader

Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins, at proseandkahn

How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell, at Becky's Book Reviews

Neverseen, by Shannon Messenger, at Pages Unbound

Orphan Island, by Laurel Snyder, at Ex Libris

Serafina and the Splintered Heart, by Robert Beatty, at Jen Robinson's Book Page

The Shrunken Head (Curiosity House 1), by Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester, at Say What?

The Song from Somewhere Else, by A. F. Harrold, at The Story Sanctuary and the B. and N. Kids Blog

Spirit Hunters, by Ellen Oh, at Mom Read It  and Ms.Yingling Reads

Tumble and Blue, by Cassie Beasley, at Waking Brain Cells

Witch Wars by Sibéal Pounder, at Pages Unbound

A Wizard of Mars, by Diane Duane, at Fantasy Faction

The Wrong Train, by Jeremy de Quidt, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence, by Stan Lee, Stuart Moore, and Andie Tong, at Say What?

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads:  Monsters Unleased, by John Kloepfer, and The Apprentice Witch, by James Nicol

Three at Small Review: The Grave Robber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton, Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger, and The Perilous Princess Plot by Sarah Courtauld


Authors and Interviews

Kiersten White (Beanstalker and other Hilarious Scary Tales) at B. and N. Kids

Scholastic Reads podcast  with Tui T. Sutherland (Wings of Fire series)

James Nicol (The Apprentice Witch) at Nerdy Book Club

T.J. Wooldridge (Silent Starsong) at Writers Rumpus

Other Good Stuff

For grownups, not kids, but Matt Groening's new animated comedy for Netflix,  Disenchanted, sounds like it could be fun (more at Tor)

It is almost August, which means--the call for Cybils Judges will be here in 3-4 weeks!  Now is the time to think about whether this Fall is the time to through yourself into the beautiful immersion of reading and evaluating a ton of middle grade spec. fic. books!  I'm the organizer for Middle Grade Speculative Fiction; here's a post I wrote in 2015 with more info (note--since it was 2015, ignore the links....)