This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blog (10/31/21)

Here's what I found this week in my blog reading.  It's Halloween today, so understandably lots of spooky books show up on the list today!  Please let me know if I missed your post.

The Reviews

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston, at Valinora Troy

Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches, by Michel Guyon, at Charlotte's Library

The Bear House, by Meaghan McIsaac, at Eli to the nth and Rajiv's Reviews

The Book of Stolen Dreams, by David Farr, at A Dance with Books

The Collector, by K.R.  Alexander, at Twirling Book Princess

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Laughing Place

Deltora Quest (21st Anniversary Edition) by Emily Rodda, at The Book Muse

The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story, by Charis Cotter, at Jill's Book Blog

The False Rose by Jakob Wegelius, at Magic Fiction Since Potter

Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko at Randomly Reading

The Halloween Moon, by Joseph Fink, at Always in the Middle

Jadie in Five Dimensions by Dianne K. Salerni, at Rajiv's Reveiws

Monster Blood by R.L. Stine, at Fantasy Literature

A Most Unusual Friday Knight, by Alan Frost, at Literary Titan

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne, by Jonathan Stroud, at The Bookwyrm's Den

Return of Zombert, by Kara LaReau, at Mom Read It and Sally's Bookshelf

The Runaway King, by Jennifer A. Nielsen, at Pages Unbound

Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustated by Junyi Wu, at Mom Read It

The School Between Winter and Fairyland. by Heather Fawcett. at alibrarymama

Skeleton Keys: The Wild Imaginings of Stanley Strange, by Guy Bass, at Book Craic

 Small Spaces series, by Katherine Arden, at Bookshelves of Doom, and Small Spaces and Dead Voices at Introverted Reader

Time Travel for Love and Profit, by Sarah Lariviere, at Time Travel Times Two

Too Bright to See, by Kyle Lukoff, at  alibrarymama

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, by Anne Ursu, at Mom Read It

Uki and the Ghostburrow, by Kieran Larwood, at Book Craic

Under the Whispering Door, by TJ Klune at Ex Libris Andrea

Voyage of the Lost and Found, by Aisha Bushby, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads

Two at The Book Search-- Pony, by RJ Palacio, and Ghost Girl, by Allie Malinenko

Authors and Interviews

Vashti Hardy (Crowfall) and Tom Huddleston (FloodWorld trilogy), at climate fiction writers league

Jessica Vitalis (The Wolf's Curse), at Smack Dab in the Middle

Michael Mann (Ghostcloud) at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Ally Condie (The Darkdeep, coauthored with Brendan Reichs, at The Salt Lake Tribune

Anne Ursu (The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy) at  Mpls.St.Paul Magazine 

T.A. Barron (Giant, prequel to the Merlin Saga) at  A Fuse #8 Production 

Other Good Stuff

20 Children’s Books About Witches For All Ages at romper.com

A fun Halloween video, with an achingly sad backstory, at Ben Hatke

"Beyond Dark Academia: The Real Horror in Magic School Is Systemic Inequality" at Tor.com

Fantastic Halloween Spooktacular Kids Book Reads 2021 at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

 

The Rise of Middle Grade and YA Black Horror, at Book Riot