This week's middle grade sci fi/fantasy round-up (8/2/20)

Only five months left of 2020!  I'm starting to work on my 2021 bingo card (I predicted nothing correctly for 2020).  I'm thinking rabid badgers (because why hasn't this ever happened before?), the sun going supernova, the strange seeds from China devastating our crops, and other excitements.  But also there will always be great mg sci-fi and fantasy books to provide a pleasant escape!

In any event, here's what I found in my blog reading this week (please let me know if I missed your post!)

The Reviews

City of the Plague God, by Sarwat Chadda, at proseandkahn

Curious Magic, by Elisabeth Beresford, at Charlotte's Library

Curse of the Night Witch, by Alex Aster, at Charlotte's Library

Esme's Gift (Esme Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Foster, at Pages for Thoughts

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch, by Julie Abe, at Lucy's Kids Blog

The Girl and the Ghost, by Hanna Alkaf, at Utopia State of Mind

The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste, at Read to Ramble

Maňanaland, by Pam Muňoz Ryan, at Of Maria Antonia

The Mostly Invisible Boy, by A.J. Vanderhorst, at Book Craic

The Quest of the Fair Unknown, by Gerald Morris, at Leaf's Reviews

Quintessence, by Jess Redman, at Ms. Yingling Reads, Books. Iced Lattes. Blessed., and Nerdophiles

The Rider’s Reign (Rose Legacy #3) by Jessica Day George, at Pamela Kramer

The Sisters Grimm #2: The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley, at Say What?

School for Nobodies, by Susie Bower, at Arkham Reviews

Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond, by Alex English, at A Dance With Books

The Ship of Shadows, by Maria Kuzniar, at Blogger's Bookshelf and Motif by Tanya

A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer, at Woodpecker Books

The Time of Green Magic, by Hilary McKay, at Cracking the Cover

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Zezee with Books

Vlad the Worst Vampire, and its sequel, Fang-tastic Friends, by Anna Wilson, illustrations by Kathryn Durst, at Log Cabin Library

Three at The Bookwyrm's Den--The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste, The Mulberry Tree, by Allison Rushby, and Raiders of the Lost Archives, by Michael Dahl and Patricio Clarey


Authors and Interviews

Beth McMullen (,Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter) at From the Mixed-up Files

Catherine Fisher (The Midnight Swan) at Firefly Press (YouTube)

Allen Brokken (Towers of Light series) at K.A. Cummins

Other Good Stuff

at Tor--"Ron Howard Says Scripts for the Willow Sequel Series Are “Going Great”


Strong Fairy Tale Heroines #23: CAP O’ RUSHES at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles