This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction (2//19/23)

Good morning all!  Here's what I found this week.

The Reviews

Bastille Vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Vs. the Evil Librarians #6), by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, at Carstairs Considers

Children of the Quicksands, by Efua Traore, at Mark My Words

The Clackity (Blight Harbor), by Lora Senf, at Mark My Words

Etta Invincible, by Reese Eschmann, at Log Cabin Library

The Grace of Wild Things, by Heather Fawcett, at Cracking the Cover

Into the Windwracked Wilds, by "A. Deborah Baker," at Puss Reboots

Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom, by Nina Varela, at Dinipandareads

Like a Curse, and Like a Charm, by Elle McNicoll, at Magic Fiction Since Potter: 

The Magic Hour, by David Wolstencroft, at Scope for Imagination

Midwinter Burning, by Tanya Landman, at Charlotte's Library

The Pearl Hunter, by Miya T. Beck, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Rainbow Grey: Battle for the Skies, by Laura Ellen Anderson at  Bellis Does Books 

Speculation, by Nisi Shawl, at Ms. Yingling Reads: 

The Stickleback Catchers, by Lisette Auton, at Book Craic

Sweep - The Story of a Girl and her Monster, by Jonathan Auxier, at Eustea Reads 

Where the Black Flowers Bloom, by Ronald L. Smith, at  Pages Unbound 

The Whispering Pines (EXIT 13, Book 1), by James Preller, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Willow Moss and the Magic Thief, by Dominique Valente, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads 

Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies, by Stacey Lee, at  A Library Mama

Wretched Waterpark, by Kiersten White, at Pages Unbound

Two at A Library Mama--Children of the Quicksands, by Efua Tratore and Eden’s Everdark, by Karen Strong 

Author and Interviews

Sinéad O’Hart (The Time Tider) at Library Girl and Book Boy

Shawn Peters (Logan Foster and the Shadow of Doubt) at  Literary Rambles

Laurel Snyder (The Witch of Woodland) at Watch. Connect. Read.

Nina Varela (Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom) at Writer's Digest 

Other Good Stuff

Congratulations to all the Cybils Awards winners, in particular Mirrorwood, by Deva Fangan in Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative fiction!  If you want to join the fun being an EMG Spec Fic Cybils judge, keep reading the books and keep your eys open for the call for judges later this year!

20 Best Dystopian Books For Tweens, at Imagination Soup 

"The Power of Possibility: How Reading Fantasy and Science Fiction Can Help Your Child Grow" at W. Bradford Swift