this week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (10/4/20)

Welcome to this week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs!  Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post.  

NB--books with an asterisk are those that are eligble for the year's Cybils Awards and haven't yet been nominated!  Anyone can nominate books, so show your favorites some love!  (If you need more ideas for Elementary/middle grade books to nominate, here's my working list of the books that are still up for grabs!)

The Reviews

Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads, by Laura Ellen Anderson, at Twirling Book Princess, A little but a lot, and Library Girl and Book Boy

The Barren Grounds, by David A. Robertson, at Cracking the Cover

Cattywampus, by Ash Van Otterloo, at Charlotte's Library*

Coo, by Kaela Noel, at Not Acting My Age *

A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic, #1) by Anna Meriano, at Based on a True Story

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch, by Julie Abe, at Charlotte's Library*

The Girl and the Witch's Garden, by Erin Bowman, at Kid Lit Reviews

Hatch, by Kenneth Oppel, at Middle Grade Minded*

Jim Morgan and the Pirates of the Black Skull (Jim Morgan #2), by James Matlack Raney, at S.W. Lothian

Kiki's Delivery Service, by Eiko Kadono, at Lazy Day Literature*

The Legend of Gap-Tooth Jack (Skeleton Keys #3), by Guy Bass, at Book Craic

The Lost Wonderland Diaries, by J. Scott Savage, at Log Cabin Library *

The Magic in Changing Your Stars, by Leah Henderson, at Semicolon and Bookfoolery

Maya and the Rising Dark, by Rena Barron, at The Bookwyrm's Den*

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, by Fleur Bradley, at Log Cabin Library *

The Midnight Swan, by Catherine Fisher, at Library Girl and Book Boy

Shadowspring (The International Yeti Collective #2), by Paul Mason, at Book Craic

Skunk and Badger, by Amy Timberlake, at Rosi Hollinbeck

Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at The Book Dutchess

Witch Wars, by Alane Adams, at Log Cabin Library*

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, by T. Kingfisher, at Puss Reboots*

Authors and Interviews

Tehlor Kay Mejia (Paola Santiago and the River of Tears*) at Kansas Public Radio

Rena Barron discusses her new middle grade novel Maya and the Rising Dark*with Dhonielle Clayton on youtube 

Shelby Bach (Of Giants and Ice) at This Kid Reviews Books

Kim Ventrella (The Secret Life of Sam*) at From the Mixed-up Files

Laura Stegman (Summer of L.U.C.K*) at Literary Rambles

Other Good Stuff

Five re-telling of Rumpelstiltskin at Tor

Strong Fairy Tale Heroines #30: VASILISA THE PRIEST'S DAUGHTER, at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles