This week's roundup of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (2/6/22)

As always, please join me in adding more books to your tbr pile (5 for me this week!), and let me know if I missed your post.

The Reviews

The Beast of Buckingham Palace, by David Walliams, at Say What?

The Bird Singers, by Eve Wersocki Morris, at Scope for Imagination

A Comb of Wishes, by Lisa Stringfellow, at The Wandering Wordsmith

The Counterclockwise Heart, by Brian Farrey, at A Bookish Way of Life, Amy Imogen Reads, and More Books Please!

The Garden Bone, by Maria Magliano, at The Children's Book Review 

Ghost Girl, by Ally Malinenko, at Book Den

Greencoats, by Kate Innes, at Nicki's Book Blog

The Horn's Hoax, by Hector Cantu Kalifa, at The Very Bookish

The Hungry Ghost, by H. S . Norup, at Valinora Troy

The Lock-Eater, by Zack Loran Clark, at Pamela Kramer

Midnight In Everwood by M. A. Kuzniar, at A Bookish Way of Life

The Monster Missions, by Laura Martin, at Charlotte's Library

Revenge of the Beast (The Beast and the Bethany), by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, at Book Craic and Paperbacks and Pinot

The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Say What?

Second Sleep by Diane Stanley, at Original Content

The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust 2) by Philip Pullman, at Magic Fiction Since Potter

The Secret of Haven Point, by Lisette Auton, at Library Girl and Book Boy

Spellbound (Black Panther The Young Prince) by Ronald L. Smith, at Rajiv's Reviews

The Toymaker’s Apprentice, by Sherri L. Smith, at Books With Bunny

The Visitors, by Greg Howard, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Weeping Tide (Wildlore #2), by Amanda Foody, at Cracking the Cover and The Bookwyrm's Den

The Wind Child, by Gabriella Houston, at Book Craic


Authors and Interviews

Lisa Stringfellow (A Comb of Wishes) at The Brown Bookshelf

Brian Farrey (The Counterclockwise Heart) at Publishers Weekly

Amanda Foody (Wildore series) at What to Read Next podcast

India Hill Brown (The Girl in the Lake) at The Brown Bookshelf

Other Good Stuff

At Pragmatic Mom, Lisa Stringfellow shares five recent middle grade fantasy titles featuring Black girls as protagonists

Peter S. Beagle Has a Live-Action Movie and Stage Musical of The Last Unicorn “In The Works” (via Tor)

And finally, I don't generaly share cover reveal posts, but I hosted one this week so am making an exception--check out this lovely cover for Spineless, by Samantha San Miguel, cover art by Jamie Green!