This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci-fi from around the blogs etc. (9/22/24)

Black Gables, by Eibhlís Carcione, at Book Craic

The Cats of Silver Crescent, by Kaela Noel, at Granite Media

As ever, please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The Door, by Jan Fields, at Mark My Words

Dreadwood: Terror Tower, by Jennifer Killick, at Scope for Imagination

The Dream Stealers, by Stuart Beard, at Mark My Words

Ellie Engle Saves Herself, by Leah Johnson, at Sifa Elizabeth Reads  

 Exit Nowhere, by Juliana Brandt, at Charlotte's Library

The Ghost Rules, by Adam Rosenbaum, at Always in the Middle…  

The Great Phoenix of London, by Lindsay Galvin, illustrated by Gordy Wright, at Library Girl and Book Boy, Book Craic, and Scope for Imagination

Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell, ill. Ashley Mackenzie, at Fuse #8, Dragonfly, and The NYT

Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, by Erika Lewis, at Deliciously Savvy

The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents, by Nicki Pau Preto, at Baroness' Book Trove 

Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor, by Lucy Strange, illustrated by Pam Smy, at Book Craic

Museum of Thieves, by Lian Tanner, at Puss Reboots

Olivetti, by Allie Millington. at Faith Elizabeth Hough

Rumaysa: A Fairy Tale, by Radiya Hafiza, at Pages Unbound  

The Secret Library, by Kekla Magoon, at Charlotte's Library

The Shop-Witch’s Quest, by Aisha Bushby, illustrated by Patri De Pedro, at Book Craic

The Stitchwort Curse, by Alexandra Dawe, at Valinora Troy

Tessa Miyata is so Unlucky, by Julie Abe, at Mark My Words

The Witching Wind, by Natalie Lloyd, at Children's Books Heal  and Baroness' Book Trove  

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads: Camp Twisted Pine, by Ciera Burch, and The Loneliest Place, by Lora Senf  

Two more at Ms. Yingling Reads: Splinter and Ash, by Marieke Nijkamp,  and Mouse and His Dog, by K.A. Applegate, and Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wall West, Wallace 

Authors and Interviews

Ciera Burch (Camp Twisted Pine), at From The Mixed Up Files

Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares (Westfallen), at From The Mixed Up Files

Callie C. Miller (The Search for the Shadowsoul), at  Literary Rambles 

Other Good Stuff

Watch the Final Trailer for THE WILD ROBOT! (100scopenotes.com)

And don't forget to show your favorite mg speculative fiction book love by nominating it for the Cybils Awards!