this week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (6/2/19)

Here's what I found this week; as ever, please let me know what I missed!

The Reviews

A Box of Bones, by Marina Cohen, at Charlotte's Library

The Curse of Ragman's Hollow, by Rhys A. Jones, at splashesintobooks

The Fairy Tale Detectives, by Michael Buckley, at proseandkahn

The Last Spell Breather, by Julie Pike, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at For Those About To Mock

Nevermore: the Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at TBR and Beyond

Order of the Majestic, by Matt Mvklush, at Always in the Middle

Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles, by Thomas Lennon, at Redeemed Reader

The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Duble, at Log Cabin Library

Rumblestar, by Abi Elphinstone, at Snow White Hates Apples

Time Sight, by Lynne Jonell, at Charlotte's Library

The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom, by Temre Beltz, at Pages Unbound

Twice Magic (The Wizards of Once, #2), by Cressida Cowell, at Of Books, Photography, and Tea

Two at Lost in Storyland--Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, and Briar and Rose and Jack, by Katherine Coville

Authors and Interviews

Ronald Smith (The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away), at Middle Grade Book Village

Zeno Alexander (The Library of Ever) at Maria's Melange

Malayna Evans (Jagger Jones and the Mummy's Ankh) at steaMG

Other Good Stuff

"Coming out on top of a bidding war, Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to Amari and the Night Brothers, the debut novel by first-time author B.B. Alston." (Read more at The Hollywood Reporter)

At Dream Gardens podcast, you can hear Roshani Chokshi talking about The Iron Ring, by Lloyd Alexander