This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (8/23/20)

 Welcome to this weeks round-up! Please let me know if I missed your post.

First-the call for Cybils Awards panelists is up!  If you want to spend fall doing a deep dive into MG speculative fiction (or other categories of childrens/ya books) apply to join the fun!  I'm category chair for MG spec fic, and I would LOVE to welcome new folks to the team.  Here's a post of mine with more about it all.  Feel free to shoot me an email if you have questions (charlotteslibrary at gmail)

The Reviews

Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide (The Coin Slot Chronicles #2), by Rashad Jennings, at Say What?

Arcade and the Triple T Token (The Coin Slot Chronicles #1) by Rashad Jennings, at Say What?

The Beast and the Bethany, by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, at Read to Ramble

Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Sloth Reads

Dragon Mountain, by Katie and Kevin Tsang, at Book Craic

Dragonslayer (Wings of Fire: Legends, Book 2) by Tui T. Sutherland, at Hidden In Pages

The Erth Dragons: The Wearle, by Chris D’Lacey, at Woodpecker Books

Gladius and the Bartlett Trial (Gladius #1). by J.A. Paul, at S.W. Lothian

Homerooms and Hall Passes, by Tom O'Donnell, at Sloth Reads

The Key to Extraordinary, by Natalie Lloyd, at Completely Full Bookshelf

The Last Lie (#2) by Patricia Forde, at Books. Iced Lattes. Blessed. and Charlotte's Library

Luna, by Holly Webb, at Book Criac

Map of Stars (York, Book 3) by Laura Ruby, at Hidden in Pages

Mask, by Kate Hannigan, at The Neverending TBR

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley, at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow

Monster Problems, by Jason R. Lady, at Miss Sue's Skills 4 Success

Scritch Scratch, by Lindsay Currie, at Log Cabin Library

The Second-Best Haunted Hotel on Mercer Street, by Cory Putnam Oakes, at The Pretty Good Gatsby

The Secret of Platform 13, by Eva Ibbotson, at Twirling Book Princess

The Stitchers (#1) by Lorien Lawrence, at Books. Iced Lattes. Blessed., and From the Mixed Up Files

The Time of Green Magic, by Hilary McKay, at Waking Brain Cells

Valiant by Sarah McGuire, at Say What?

Willow Moss and the Lost Day, by Dominique Valente, at samellenb (Instagram)

Two at The Book Search-- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie, and Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang and Kati Bartowski

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads-- The Stitchers (Fright Watch #1), by  Lorien. Lawrence, and Ikenga, by Nnedi Okorafor

Authors and Interviews

Sarah Beth Durst (Catalyst) at Stephanie Burgis

MarcyKate Connolly (The Shadow Weaver series) at Middle Grade Ninja

Fleur Bradley (Midnight at the Barclay Hotel), at From the Mixed up Files

 Jack Meggitt-Phillips (The Beast and the Bethany) at Read to Ramble

Lev Grossman (The Silver Arrow) at Publishers Weekly

Emily-Jane Hills Orford (Mrs. Murray’s Home: The Piccadilly Street Series Book 3) at Carpinello's Writing Pages