This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy links (9/12/21)

Welcome to this week's round-up of what I found on line this week!  Please let me know if I missed your post, or a post about your book.

The Reviews

Alone, by Megan E. Freeman, at Not Acting My Age

Amari and the Night Brothers, by B.B. Alston, at The Mary Sue

The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, ill. Sophie Blackall, at Fuse #8

The Bewitching of Aveline Jones, by Phil Hickes, at Book Craic

The Book of Pearl, by y Timothée de Fombelle at YP

The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities, by Rick Riordan et al., at The Bookwyrm's Den

Dark Waters, by Katherine Arden, at Puss Reboots

Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger #2) by Amy Timberlake, illustrations by Jon Klassen, at Log Cabin Library

The Hideaway, by Pam Smy, at Charlotte's Library

Homer on the Case, by Henry Cole, at Rosi Hollinbeck

Legend of the Storm Sneezer, by Kristiana Sfirela, at Charlotte's Library

Kiki Kallira Breaks A Kingdom, by Sangu Mandanna, at and other tales

Lightning Falls, by Amy Wilson, at Library Girl and Book Boy

The Monsters of Rookhaven, by Padraig Kenny, at Valinora Troy

On These Magic Shores by Yamille Saied Mendez, at Colorful Book Reviews

Once Upon a Camel, by Kathi Appelt, at Geo Librarian, proseandkahn, Always in the Middle, and Log Cabin Library

Pahua and the Soul Stealer, by Lori M. Lee, at The Bookwyrm's Den, Book-Keeping, and Ms. Yingling Reads

Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, at The Children's War

SHADOWGHAST by Thomas Taylor, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads

Stowaway, by John David Anderson, at The Neverending TBR

A Touch of Ruckus, by Ash Van Otterloo, at Say What?

THE WIZARD IN MY SHED, by Simon Farnaby, at Twirling Book Princess

Two at A Bit About Books--The Shadow Prince by David Anthony Durham and The Nightsilver Promise by Annaliese Avery

Authors and Interviews

B.B. Alston (Amari and the Night Brothers) at Fictitious (You-Tube)

Sarah Albee (Scientifically Ever After) at Nerdy Book Club

Kate DiCamillo (The Beatryce Prophecy) at MG Book Village

Angharad Walker (The Ash House) at Library Girl and Book Boy

Other Good Stuff

New in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

The 2021 Dragon Awards have been announced; here's the bit that's relevant to this round-up:

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• WINNER: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)

• The Scapegracers, Hannah Abigail Clarke (Erewhon)
• Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira, Lou Diamond Phillips (Aethon)
• A Peculiar Peril, Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

and finally, isn't this Vietnamese bridge fantastic!