This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (11/14/21)

 Hi all!  Here's what I found of interest to us fans of mg sci fi and fantasy this week; please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore #1), by Amanda Foody, at Semicolon

Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani, at Fantasy Cafe 

Beyond the Birch, by Torina Kingsley, at Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks

Bradley's Dragons, by Patrick Matthews, at Say What?

The Chime Seekers, by Ross Montgomery, at The Book Muse

City of the Sun, by Aisha Bushby, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads

A Dreidel in Time: A New Spin on an Old Tale, by Marcia Berneger, illustrated by Bernice Castro, at Mom Read It

Fledgling, by Lucy Hope, at Book Craic

The Haunted Mustache (Night Frights #1), by Joe McGee, at  Say What?

Ikenga, by Nnedi Okorafor, at Kidlit Underground

The Insiders by Mark Oshiro, at Rosi Hollinbeck

Kiki Kallira Breaks A Kingdom, by Sangu Mandanna, at Valinora Troy

Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen, at The Hub 

River Magic by Ellen Booraem, at Children's Books Heal

The School Between Winter and Fairyland, by Heather Fawcett, at Waking Brain Cells

The Shadow Prince, by David Anthony Durham, at Charlotte's Library

Shadow Town, by Richard Lambert, at Library Lady

Snotlings, by Tarryn Mallick, at The Bookwyrm's Den

Temple Alley Summer, by Sachiko Kashiwaba, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa, at Stories that Stay with Us

The Time of the Ghost, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Tor

Tristan Strong Destroys the World (Tristan Strong #2), by Kwame Mbalia, at Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog

The Unforgettable Logan Foster, by Shawn Peters, at Booklist

Vacancy, by K.R. Alexander, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Welcome to Dweeb Club, by Betsy Uhrig, at Charlotte's Library

Three at alibrarymama--The Plentiful Darkness, by Heather Kassner, Long Lost, by Jacqueline West, Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares. by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Authors and Interviews

Jan M. Hill (The Asteria Adventures. Books 1 and 2—Asteria: The Discovery and Asteria: Annese Does it Again) at The Bookshop at the End of the World

Other Good Stuff

The Spiderwick Chronicles are coming to Disney +, via Tor

For those who love middle grade book covers--a competition is on going at Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books