This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (3/18/18)

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

The Reviews

Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken? by Kelly Jones, at The Reading Nook Reviews

The Book of Bad Things, by Dan Poblocki, at Dark Fairie Tales

Buttheads from Outer Space, by Jerry Mahoney, at This Kid Reviews Books

The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo, by Stephen Bramucci, at Semicolon

Embers of Destruction (Mysteries of Cove, Book 3) by J. Scott Savage, at Hidden in Pages

Frogkisser, by Garth Nix, at You Book Me All Night Long

The Ghost of Thomas Kemp, by Penelope Lively, at The Emerald City Book Review

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill, at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow and as an audiobook at Hidden In Pages

Harriet the Invincible, by Ursula Vernon, at Geo Librarian

Krikkit's Shoes, by Jessie L. Best, at Red Headed Booklover Blog

The Lost Rainforest: Mez’s Magic, by Eliot Schrefer, at Mom Read It

The Marvelwood Magicians, by Diane Zahler, at alibrarymama

The Misadventure of Bolingbroke Manor by Ellie Firestone, at LILbooKLovers

The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende, at Leaf's Reviews

The Nothing to See Here Hotel, by Steven Butler, at Alittlebutalot

Ranger in Time: D-Day: Battle on the Beach by Kate Messner, at The Children's War

Space Runners: The Moon Platoon, by Jeramey Kraatz, at Charlotte's Library

The Seventh Wish, by Kate Messner, at Pages Unbound

Switched, by Jen Calonita, at Cracking the Cover

The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution by Jonathan Stokes, at Redeemed Reader

The Train of Lost Things, by Ammi-Joan Paquette, at Nerdy Book Club

Watchdog, by Will McIntosh, at alibrarymama

Wizard for Hire, by Obert Skye, at The Readathon

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads:  A Bad Night for Bullies, by Gary Ghislain, and Skeleton Tree, by Kim Ventrella

Two at Boys Rule Boys Read:  Guardians of the Grypon's Claw, by Todd Calgi Gallicano, and The Winged Girl of Knossos, by Erick Berry

Authors and Interviews

Liz Kessler (Emily Windsnap) at B and N Kids Blog

Stephanie Burgis (The Dragon With a Chocolate Heart) at The Cybils

Zetta Elliott (Dragons in a Bag) at Elizabeth Dulemba

Other Good Stuff

Have you been checking out the facebook posts of KidlitWomen?  Lots interesting and motivating reading.

Rhianna Pratchett talks about her Moomin infused childhood at The Guardian

And do you  know that the next KidLitCon will be in Providence RI in March of 2019?  Check out the fantastic list of folks who are already planning to come!