This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (9/30/18)

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

big thing--tomorrow nominations for the Cybils Awards open, and will remain so until October 15.  Show your favorite books love, and nominate them!  Last year c. 150 books were nominated in Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction...let's make sure all the really great books published from October 16, 2017- to October 15, 2018 make it onto the list this year!

The Reviews

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin, at Mom Read It

The Collectors, by Jacqueline West, at Log Cabin Library

Dactyl Hill Squad, by Daniel Jose Older, at Waking Brain Cells

The Darkdeep, by Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs, at Book Nut

Falling In, by Frances O'Rourke, at Tales from the Raven

The Ghosts of Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at Leaf's Reviews

The Girl with the Silver Eyes, by Willo Davis Roberts, at alibrarymama

La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust 1), by Philip Pullman, at Magic Fiction Since Potter

Nightbooks, by J.A. White, at Imaginary Friends

Otherwood, by Pete Hautman, at Mom Read It

The Shadow Thieves, by Alexandra Ott, at Say What?

Skyborn (Thrones and Bones 3), by Lou Anders, at Say What?

Small Spaces, by Catherine Arden, at Ms. Yingling Reads and Abby the Librarian

Spirit Hunters, by Ellen Oh, at Millibot Reads

The Storm Runner, by Jennifer Cervantes, at A Backwards Story

The Third Mushroom, by Jennifer L. Holm, at Jen Robinson's Book Page and Middle Grade Mafioso

Toaff's Way, by Cynthia Voigt, at Redeemed Reader

The Train to Impossible Places, by P.G. Bell, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Upside-Down Magic, by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins, at The Write Path

Authors and Interviews

Andy Briggs (Drone Racer) at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

M.T. Anderson (The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge) at Cynsations

Jonathan Auxier (Sweep) at Nerdy Book Club