this week's roundup of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (10/1/17)

Welcome to this week's round up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs!  Please let me know if I missed your post.

First--Cybils nominations are now open!  Anyone can nominate books (one book for each category), and so I hope you all go nominate (at a minimum) your favorite Elementary and Middle Grade speculative fiction book!  I'm the category organizer, and I'm also a proud mother, because for the second year, my own teenaged son (his blog is A Goblin Reviews Graphic Novels) is a panelist in the graphic novel category.

The Reviews

Battle of the Beasts, by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini, at Say What?

Beast and Crown, by Joel Ross, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Curtain of Mist, by M. Pardoe, at Charlotte's Library

The Dragon With a Chocolate Heart, by Stephanie Burgis, at That's Another Story and  Semicolon

 Everything You Need to Know about Nightmares! And How to Defeat Them, by Jason Segal and Kirsten Miller, at The Reading Nook Reviews

Ghosts of Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at Log Cabin Library

The King's Ransom (Young Knights of the Round Table) by Cheryl Carpinello, at Mythical Books

Orphan Island, by Laurel Snyder, at Bibliobrit and Semicolon

The Neddiad, by Daniel Pinkwater, at Puss Reboots

The Royal Ranger, by John Flanagan, at Leaf's Reviews

The Silver Mask (Magisterium #4) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, at Jen Robinson's Book Page

Serafina and the Splintered Heart (Serafina #3) by Robert Beatty, at Sharon the Librarian

Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George, at Completely Full Bookshelf

The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library, by Linda Bailey, at Redeemed Reader

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, by Kelly Jones, at Finding Wonderland

The White Tower, by Cathryn Constable, at Cracking the Cover

Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Wizards of Once, by Cressida Cowell, at Minerva Reads

The Wonderling, by Mira Bartok, at Charlotte's Library and  Say What?

The World’s Greatest Adventure Machine, by Frank L. Cole, at Mom Read It

York: The Shadow Cipher, by Laura Ruby, at Sonderbooks

Authors and Interviews

Sara Lewis Holmes (The Wolf Hour) at Finding Wonderland

Mira Bartok (The Wonderling) at Cracking the Cover  and Great Kid Books

James Ponti (Dead City triology) at From the Mixed Up Files

Other Good Stuff

"Exploring Miyazaki's Fantasy World" at Tor

Witch Week is coming to the Emerald City Book Review at the end of October

Ten creepy Middle Grade books for Halloween, at Batch of Books