This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (9/8/24)

Morning all!  Here's what I found this week; let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The Beanstalk Murder, by P.G. Bell, at Book Craic

Bridget Vanderpuff and the Monster Mountain Mystery, by Martin Stewart, illustrated by David Habben, at Library Girl and Book Boy

The Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment, by Anna James, at The Book Muse 

Evenfall: The Golden Linnet, by Alexander Armstrong, at Book Craic

Fathomless, by Samantha San Miguel, at Bookworm for Kids and Mark My Words

The Flicker, by H.E. Edgmon, at Between the Shelves  

The Girl Who Kept the Castle, by Ryan Graudin, at YA Books Central

Greta, by J.S. Lemon, at Log Cabin Library and Always in the Middle…  

Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell, at Kiss the Book 

Jaden Powers and the Inheritance Magic, by Jamar J. Perry, at The Story Sanctuary

The Minor Miracle, by Meredith Davis, at Redeemed Reader

Monster Movie! by Chuck Wendig, at Mark My Words

Ratty, by Suzanne Selfors, at Semicolon 

The Secret Dead Club, by Karen Strong, at Cracking the Cover and Ms. Yingling Reads 

Splinter and Ash, by Marieke Nijkamp, at Sonderbooks  

Starling and the Cavern of Light, by Aisling Fowler, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads 

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads-   Scrimshaw (Deephaven #2), by Ethan M. Aldridge, and Caught Dead (Bite Risk #2), by S.J. Wills 

Authors and Interviews

Karla Arenas Valenti (Lola) at Watch. Connect. Read.  

Natalie Lloyd (The Witching Wind) at Literary Rambles

Steven Banbury (The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night) at Writer's Digest

Other Good Stuff

New in the UK, at  Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books  

"Using Magical Realism to Tackle Tough Topics in Middle Grade," a guest post by Heather Murphy Capps at teenlibrariantoolbox.com

Discover Nigerian Fantasy: Middle Grade and Teen Picks, at alibrarymama