this week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs is up! (10/8/23)

 Welcome to this week's round up!  Please let me know if I missed your post.

It's Cybils Awards nominating season--you have till the end of the day on October 15 to show love for your favorite Elementary/middle grade speculative fiction books! (and books in other categories too...)  I've put stars next the books in this week's round up that are eligible and haven't been nominated yet.  More great books needing nomination can be found at A Library Mama.  Here's where you go to show your book love!

The Reviews

*Bite Risk, by S.J. Wills, at Mark My Words

The Carrefour Curse, by Dianne K Salerni, at Pages Unbound

Coyote Queen by Jessica Vitalis, at Log Cabin Library

The Disappearing Diamond, by Glen Blackwell, at  Book Craic

Dogtown, by K.A. Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, at Ms. Yingling Reads

*Forever Twelve (The Evers), by Stacy McAnulty, at Mark My Words

*The Ghost Job, by Greg Van Eekhout (with interview!), at Charlotte's Library

*It Found Us, by Lindsay Currie, at Geo Librarian

Just a Pinch of Magic, by Alechia Dow, by Punk-Ass Book Jockey 

*The Little Match Girl Strikes Back, by Emma Carroll, illustrated by Lauren Child, at Charlotte's Library

The Lost Library, by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, at Staircase Wit and The Cosy Dragon

*Odwar vs. the Shadow Queen (The Intasimi Warriors), by Shiko Nguru, at YA Books Central

*Quest Kids and the Dark Prophesy of Doug, by Mark Leiknes,, at Cracking the Cover

 Read, Scream, Repeat, edited by Jennifer Killick, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads 

*Seagarden, by Michelle A. Barry, at Cracking the Cover 

Skrimsli, by Nicola Davies, at Magic Fiction Since Potter

The Taming of the Cat, by Helen Cooper, at  Book Craic

*Three Tasks for a Dragon, by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by P.J. Lynch, at Charlotte's Library

The Weather Well, by Vashti Hardy, at Scope for Imagination

*White House Clubhouse. by Sean O'Brien, at Charlotte's Library,  Always in the Middle and The Story Sanctuary

Three at Ms. Yingling Reads-  *Gone Wolf, by Amber McBride,  *Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, by Isi Hendrix, and  *Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo, by  Adrianna.Cuevas,

Two at The Book Search: Nell of Gumbling, by Emma Steinkellner, and *The Mossheart's Promise, by Rebecca Nix

Authors and Interviews

Adrianna Cuevas (*Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo at  From The Mixed Up Files

Jessica Vitalis  (Coyote Queen) at Mr Schu Reads and MG Book Village

 Sinéad O’Hart  (The Silver Road) at Valinora Troy

Dianne K Salerni  (The Carrefour Curse) at Legit KidLit

Geri Halliwell (*Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen) at Today

Other Good Stuff

"2023 Releases by Latine Authors Perfect for the Horror Season" with lots of great mg titles, at  A Kernel of Nonsense

How sci-fi books can help kids better understand science - UND Today

lovely wyverns of yesteryear (zoom in for wyvern goodness)!  Rare 1,000-Year-Old Brooch Goes on Display in England