This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs and a few other places (6/5/22)

Nothing from me this week (family, work, garden, and house all consumed my energy), but plenty of other people posted!  let me know if I missed your post.

But before that, now that it is June I want to encourage anybody reading this, who writes or talks about mg fantasy and sci fi somewhere on line, to consider applying to be a panelist for the upcoming Cybils Awards-here's my post on why you might want to take the plunge.  I'm the category organizer for the Elementary/Middle Grade speculative fiction, and I love welcoming new folks!  (seeing old friends is nice too, but new folks is even better!)

The Reviews

Adam-2, by Alastair Chisholm, at Library Girl and Book Boy

The Alchemyst. by Michael Scott, at proseandkahn

Crazy in Poughkeepsie, by Daniel Pinkwater, at Rosi Hollinbeck

The Dragon and the Stone (Dreamkeeper Saga #1), by Kathryn Butler, at Shine Global Network, Reading, Writing, and Pondering, and Redeemed Reader

The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle, by Shawn K. Stout, at The Bossy Bookworm

The Insiders, by Mark Oshiro, at YA Book Central

Legendarium, by Jennifer Bell, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads

Lightning Girl, and Lightning Girl: Superhero Squad, by Alesha Dixon & Katy Birchall, at Mom Read It

The Map of Leaves, by Yarrow Townsend, at Book Craic

The Midnight Guardians, by Ross Montgomery, at Silver Button Books

The Mirrorwood by Deva Fagan, at Say What?

The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill, at Sonderbooks

The Problem with Prophecies, by Scott Reintgen, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Raven Heir, by Stephanie Burgis, at The Children's Book Review

Rise of the Sidekicks, by Charity Tober, at Valinora Troy

Secret of the Shadow Beasts, by Diane Magras, at Log Cabin Library

Seed, by Caryl Lewis, at Book Craic

Skander and the Unicorn Thief, by A.F. Steadman, at Geo Librarian

Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit, by Jesse Q Sutanto, at Dear Author

Zo and the Forest of Secrets, by Alake Pilgrim, at Scope for Imagination

Three at Goodreads with Rona--The Ghost of Midnight Lake, by Lucy Strange, Secret of the Storm, by Beth McMullen, and The Mirrorwood, by Deva Fagan

Authors and Interviews

Sylvia Liu (Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation), at MG Book Village

Alex Foulkes (Rules for Vampires series), at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

David Solomons (A Beginner's Guide to Ruling the Galaxy) at Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

Emi Watanabe Cohen and her agent Mary Moore (The Lost Ryū), at Literary Rambles

Kiah Thomas (The Callers) at Booktopia

Other Good Stuff

"Beyond Harry Potter: 50 Fantasy Adventure Series Starring Mighty Girls" at A Mighty Girl

"Why Is Middle Grade Fantasy So Violent?" at Book Explorer (YouTube)

"Samoan teacher and First Nations student come together to write fantasy middle grade series" at National Indigenous Times

"The best new mythology-inspired middle grade fantasy—for kids who loved Percy Jackson" a list compiled by Gabrielle K. Byrne at Shepherd