This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (5/3/20)

Welcome to this week's round-up of what I found around the internet; please let me know if I missed your post (bloglovin, where I do most of my searching, was very glitchy today, so I probably missed lots....)

The Reviews

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, by Roshani Chokshi, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction

Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows, by Ryan Calejo, at A Garden of Books

Crater Lake, by Jennifer Killik, at Twirling Book Princess

Fire in the Star, by Kamilla Benko, at Geo Librarian

Ghost Squad, by Claribel A. Ortega, at The Caffinated Reader

The House of Dead Maids, by Clare B. Dunkle, at Twirling Book Princess

Jinxed, by Amy McCulloch, at Charlotte's Library

Lightning Girl! by Alesha Dixon & Katy Birchall, at BooksYALove

The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre, by Gail Carson Levine, at Elizabeth Van Tassel

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Log Cabin Library

The Music the Stars Sang by T.L. Cervantes, at Book Bustle

Peregrine Harker and the Black Death by Luke Hollands, at Say What?

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes, by Jonathan Auxier, at Leaf's Reviews

Rebel in the Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at Jazzy Book Reviews

Seed Savers: Lily (Book 2) by Sandra Smith, at Children's Books Heal

The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula Le Guin, at Tor

The Vanishing Trick, byJenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould, at Book Craic and bookloverjo

The Way Past Winter, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, at Fantasy Literature

Authors and Interviews

Zeno Alexander (Rebel in the Library of Ever) at The Winged Pen

Claribel Ortega (Ghost Squad) at Diverse Book Corner

Carlie Sorosiak (I Cosmo) at Middle Grade Ninja podcast


Other Good Stuff

If you missed Everywhere Book Fest when it was live, you can still catch up! Lots of great MG sff authors.

New in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

I loved this look at magical realism in YA at Tor. "The important part is not to use the term lightly. There is a historical weight that comes with it, representing cultures and people. More than that, it stands for a fire born from years of questioning the reality of oppression. Labeling a book “magical realism” demands to take into consideration the historical context and those that paved the way for this outlet to speak up, speak loudly, and speak proudly."  I've often been bothered by people using the term for any middle grade book with magic set in the real world, so I was nodding my head off.