Charlotte's Library: This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (2/7/21)

2/7/21

Here's what I found this week; let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

City of the Plague God, by Sarwat Chadda, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction

Crystal Keepers by Brandon Mull, at Fantasy Literature

The Doldrums, and The Helmsley Curse, by Nicholas Gannon, at Leaf's Reviews

Double Helix (Explorer Academy #3), by Trudi Truit, at Say What?

Dragon Fury (Unwanteds Quest) by Lisa McMann, at Plaid Reader Reviews

Flood City, by Daniel José Older, at Charlotte's Library

The Lost Wonderland Diaries, by J. Scott Savage, at Geo Librarian

Maya and the Rising Dark, by Rena Barron, at Pages Unbound

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S., by David Levithan, at Ms. Yingling Reads (nb-the second in a two book post, so scroll down)

Rome Reframed. (Wish & Wander #2), by Amy Bearce, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Root Magic by Eden Royce, at Locus

The Shark Caller, by Zillah Bethell, at Book Craic

Small Persons with Wings, by Ellen Booraem, at Jean Little Library

The Star Dunes (Explorer Academy #4), by Trudi Trueit, at Say What?

The Storm Keeper’s Island, by Catherine Doyle, at The Book Muse

Thirteens, Kate Alice Marshall, at Book Den

Unicorn Island, by Donna Galanti, at Charlotte's Library

The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, at Never Not Reading

Authors and Interviews

Jessica Vitalis (The Wolf's Curse) at Watch. Connect. Read.

Ben Gartner (Sol Invictus) at Log Cabin Library

Other Good Stuff

"Finding Paradise in The Magician’s Nephew" at Tor

At Seven Miles of Steel Thistles, an exploration of portals continues...

John Scalzi shares his thought on Wolfwalkers, the newest and final addition to Moore’s “Irish Folklore Trilogy” of animated films.

and happy SuperbOwl Sunday to you all! Here are some mg fantasy owl (ish), or at least Owl titled, books--

The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, by Ronald L. Smith (my review)

The Owl Keeper, by Christine Brodien-Jones

The Owl Service, by Alan Garner

and for younger readers there's of course Owl in Winnie the Pooh, and The Gaurdians of Ga'hoole series...

I am surprised I can't think of more owls....I feel I must be missing lots!