this week's round up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs!

Welcome to this week's round up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs etc.!

first--nominations of the Cybils Awards open October 1.  Any book published in the US or Canada between Oct 16 2022 - October 15 2023 is eligible, and I have helpfully (as is my wont) put stars in front of eligible titles in Elementary/middle grade speculative fiction (to the best of my current knowledge) in this week's round-up.  Here's who will be reading for the first and second rounds in in the two (EMG and Ya) spec fic categories.

The Reviews

*Abeni's Song, by P. Djèlí Clark, at Charlotte's Library

Attack of the Stink Monster (Grimwood #2), by Nadia Shireen, at Library Girl and Book Boy and Scope for Imagination

*The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia by Alexandra Alessandri, at Bookworm for Kids 

*Ghost Job, by Greg Van Eekhout, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Impossible Girl, by Ashley White, at  Carol Baldwin's Blog: 

*The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall, by Ali Standish, at Ms. Yingling Reads 

*Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu, by Erika Lewis, at  Pages Unbound  

*More Tales to Keep You Up at Night, by Dan Poblocki, at Mark My Words

Mystery of Raspberry Hill, by Eva Frantz, at It's All About the Book 

*Once There Was, by Kiyash Monsef, at Redeemed Reader

 *A Pocketful of Stars, by Aisha Bushby, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Scareground, by Angela Kecojevic, at Book Craic and Valinora Troy

The Secret of the Blood-Red Key, by David Farr, at Vicky's Never Ending TBR 

Skrimsli, by Nicola Davies, at Scope for Imagination

Strange Tales: Shudder, by Daniel Morden, at Scope for Imagination

*Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake, by Michael Witwer, at Shane Plays

The Whistlers In the Dark, by Victoria Williamson, at Mani's Book Corner  

*White House Clubhouse, by Sean O'Brien, at Log Cabin Library 

*The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple & Dorothy, by Corey Ann Haydu, at Ms. Yingling Reads 

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads--*Finch House, by Ciera Burch, and *The Odds, by Lindsay Puckett

Authors and Interview

Rob Long and Andrew Dolberg, (The Great Weather Diviner) at Smack Dab in the Middle

 Emi Pinto (*Bee Bakshi and the Gingerbread Sisters) at Literary Rambles

Other Good Stuff 

Back to Magic School: a Middle Grade Book List at A Library Mama

'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Teaser Trailer, at A Dangerous Quest Is Ahead