Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews
The Barren Grounds, by David A. Robertson, at Writer's Alley
The Beyonders Trilogy, by Brandon Mull, at Redeemed Reader
The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures, by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Pham Quang Phuc, at Sharon the Librarian
The Clockwork Crow, by Catherine Fisher, at Geo Librarian
Don’t Let The Doll In. by Mike Ford, at Twirling Book Princess
The Edge of Everywhen, by A.S. Mackey, at K.A. Cummins
The Endangered, by Philippe Cousteau and Austin Aslan, at Always in the Middle
Fiends on the Other Side, by Vera Strange, at The Bookwyrm's Den and Nerdophiles
The Fire Star: A Maven & Reeve Mystery, by A.L. Tait, at Children's Books Daily
Gobbledy, by Lis Anna-Langston, at Kids Lit Review
Midnight Magic, by Michelle Harrison, at Book Lover Jo and Library Girl and Book Boy
Molly Thompson and the Crypt of the Blue Moon, by Nick Tomlinson, at Book Craic
Mulan: Before the Sword, by Grace Lin, at Semicolon
Orion Lost, by Alastair Chisholm, at My Best Friends are Books
Rival Magic, by Deva Fagan, at Semicolon
Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu, at Pages Unbound
The Silver Box, by Margi Preus, at The Muffin
The Sisters of Straygarden Place, by Hayley Chewins, at Waking Brain Cells, Our Thoughts Precisely, Cracking the Cover, and Read and Reviewed
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Jon Klassen, at Redeemed Reader and books4yourkids
The Time of Green Magic, by Hilary McKay, at Redeemed Reader
The Time Thief (The Gideon Trilogy #2), by Linda Buckley-Archer, at Say What?
Tommy Black and the Coat of Invincibility (Tommy Black #2), by Jake Kerr, at S.W. Lothian
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Emerald City Bookworm
Welcome To Superhero School, by Gracie Dix, at Book Briefs and Mermaid Reads
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin, at Never Not Reading
Witch Wars, by Alane Adams, at Always in the Middle
Two at alibrarymama--Shuri, by Nic Stone, and Ikenga, by Nnedi Okorafor
Two at Ms. Yingling Reads-- Dragon Mountain (#1), by Katie Tsang, and Kevin Tsang, and The Fallen Hero (Dragon Warrior #2), by Katie Zhao
Four at Feed Your Fiction Addiction--A Wish in the Dark, Ghost Squad, Scritch Scratch, & Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
Authors and Interviews
William Ritter (Deepest, Darkest: the Oddmire #3) at MG Book Village
Amy Wilson (Owl and the Lost Boy) at Book Lover Jo
Christian McKay Heidicker (Scary Stories for Young Foxes) at Fuse #8
Haley Chewins (The Sisters of Straygarden Place), at Nerdy Book Club
Other Good Stuff
Bookslists--
Spooky middle grade at Book Riot and The Contented Reader
Six MG and YA titles for Black SFF Month, at Brain Mill Press Voices
Goddesses, Queens, and Witches, at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles
The first-ever winners of the Ignyte Awards were announced at FIYAHCON 2020! FIYAH created the awards to “celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.”
Here are the middle grade books chosen:
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky – Kwame Mbalia (Disney Hyperion) (Winner)
Just South of Home – Karen Strong (S&S BYR)*
The Mystwick School of Musicraft – Jessica Khoury (Audible/HMH BYR)* **
Other Words for Home – Jasmine Warga (HarperCollins)
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe – Carlos Hernandez (Disney Hyperion)
*BYR: “Books for Young Readers”
** audiobook released in 2019
And finally, the public nomination period for the Cybils has closed, and although 100s of great kids and YA books were nominated, there are still many excellent books that aren't. Publishers and authors have until October 25th at 11:59 p.m. PDT to fll in the cracks- here's where you start with that.
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