Welcome to this week's collection of mg sci fi/fantasy from my blog reading! I've put stars next to the new releases in the US to remind you all to think about buying them because I feel so darn bad for their authors. Please let me know if I missed any that should be starred, or if I missed your post so I can quickly add it!
The Reviews
The Billy Goat Curse, by Amber Lee Dodd, at Book Murmuration
Cog, by Greg van Eekhout, at proseandkahn and Falling Letters
Cursed (Fairy Tale Reform School #6) by Jen Calonita, at Sharon the Librarian
*Beast: Face-to- Face with the Florida Bigfoot, by Watt Key, at Ms. Yingling Reads
*A Game of Fox and Squirrels, by Jenn Reese, at alibarymama
*Ghost Squad, by Claribel A. Ortega, at alibrarymama
Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at Bridget and the Books
Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger, at Looped On Life
Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Falling Letters and Randomly Reading
*Misadventures of a Magician's Son, by Laurie Smollett Kutscera, at Always in the Middle
*Nevertell, by Katharine Orton, at Charlotte's Library
Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold, by Lisa Schmid, at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster, at The Children's Book Review
Riverland, by Fran Wilde, at Fantasy Literature
The School for Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, at A Backwards Story
*The Wolf of Cape Fen, by Juliana Brandt, at Charlotte's Library
The Words of the Wandering (Crowns of Croswald #3), by D.E. Night, at The Children's Book Review
Two at Ms. Yingling Reads--*Bloom, by Kenneth Oppel, and *Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, by Roshani Chokshi
Three at Alittlebutalot--The House of Hidden Wonders, by Sharon Gosling, The Wild Way Home, by Sophie Kirtley, and Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond, by Alex English
Authors and Interviews
Jess Redman (*Quintessence) at Nerdy Book Club
Deva Fagan (*Rival Magic) with giveaway at YA Books Central
Other Good Stuff
"Middle Grade Horror: What Makes It...It" at The Midnight Society
August might or might not be coming quickly, and that's when the call for judges will go! If your interested, now's the time to start reading the genre of your choice (perhaps Elementary/middle grade speculative fiction?)! Join the Cybils Awards TBR Reading Reading Challenge to share the great books you find along the way (runs from 4/15/2020 to 6/15/2020).
I like to compare covers from the UK with the US covers, so thought it would be fun to add this here. Which Nevertell cover appeals more to you? (I'd buy both myself, but I think the one on the right is more unique and compelling....
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