This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (9/17/17)

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

The Reviews

Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, at Leaf's Reviews

Code Name Flood (Edge of Extinction #2) by Laura Martin, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell, at Pages Unbound Reviews

The Crowns of Croswald, by D.E. Night, at Flipping the Pages

Deadzone (Horizon #2), by Jennifer A. Nielsen, at Ms. Yinging Reads

Dragon’s Green by Scarlett Thomas, at Kiss the Book

The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding, by Alexandra Bracken, at The Reading Nook Reviews and  Cracking the Cover

Embers of Destruction, by J. Scott Savage, at Cracking the Cover

The Empty Grave, by Jonathan Stroud, at Sonderbooks, The Book Monsters, and The Zen Leaf (audiobook review)

The Fearless Travelers’ Guide to Wicked Places, by Pete Begler, at Jean Little Library

The Glass Town Game, by Catherynne M. Valente, at Vox

The Icebreaker trilogy, by Lian Tanner, at B. and N. Kids Blog

In Over Their Heads. (Under Their Skin #2), by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Becky's Book Reviews

Jorie and the River of Fire by A.H. Richardson, at Log Cabin Library

The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street, by Lindsay Currie, at Sci Fi & Scary

Under Their Skin. (Under Their Skin #1), by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Becky's Book Reviews

The Winnowing, by Vikki VanSickle, at Me On Books

Authors and Interviews

Tracey Baptiste (The Rise of the Jumbies) at B. and N. Kids Blog

Catherynne  M. Valente (The Glass Town Game) at Whatever

Vikki VanSickle (The Winnowing) at Me on Books

Other Good Stuff

10 great middle grade books of 2017 so far (incuding 5 sci fi/fantasy) at B. and N. Kids Blog

Six middle grade time travel classics, at Time Travel Times Two

Thoughts on middle grade readers and growing with, or growing out, of series at Project Mayhem

Preview Akata Warrior, by Nnedi Okorafor, at Tor

Join authors/illustrators Tony DiTerlizzi (The Battle for WondLa) and Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl) at the Carle Museum on Sunday, October 1st at 3:00 PM as they discuss the increasingly popular fantasy and sci-fi genre for middle grade readers. Book signing to follow program.
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