The Rise of Issa Igwe, by Shanna Miles (October 2024, Union Square Kids, middle grade), combines time travel with another favorite subgenre ...

  Witchwood , by Kalyn Josephson (October 2024, Delacorte Press), is the third in the Ravenfall series, middle grade fantasy about a magical...

Thunderbird, Book Three, by Sonia Nimr (September 10, 2024 by Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin), is the final book in the story of a...

The Mud Puddlers , by Pamela Rushby (middle grade, April 2023, Walker Books Australia), is a must read for anyone in the ven diagram of liki...

As is often the case, to write about a book for Timeslip Tuesday is to spoil it right of the bat. But knowing Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Fl...

Wicked Marigold, by Caroline Carlson (Jyl 2024, Candlewick), is a delightful middle grade fantasy; really my only complaint was that the fon...

If you are looking for a middle grade spooky read for the Halloween season, Exit Nowhere , by Juliana Brandt (Aladin, Sept 4, 2024) is perfe...

  I very much enjoyed  The Destiny of Minou Moonshine , by Gita Ralleigh, and so was very happy to read her second middle-grade magical adve...

I've been enjoying all of Leah Cypess' middle-grade sisterly twists on fairy tales as they've come out, but Braided , the newest...

The Ship in the Garden , by Zetta Elliott (middle grade, 2023, independently published, 104 pages), this week's Timeslip Tuesday book, i...

  A Game of Noctis , by Deva Fagan (April 9, 2024 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers), is a beautifully gripping, thought-provoking, and fu...

This week's Timeslip Tuesday book is  The Color of Sound , by Emily Barth Isler (March 2024,   Carolrhoda), is a really absorbing book a...

Sona and the Golden Beasts  (March 5, 2024, Quill Tree Books)   is Rajani LaRocca's first other world fantasy, and having read and enjoy...

Another very busy week for me, with none of the reviews I wanted to write being written...so here once more is a quick one before I post tod...

My first debut middle grade fantasy of 2024-- The Curse of Eelgrass Bog , by Mary Averling (Jan 2, 2024, Razorbill)! And it was a good one. ...

I very much enjoyed Ghostcloud , by Michael Mann, the first book in the duology (? maybe there are more adventures to come) that now continu...

  If you are in the mood for a fun middle school ground-hog day timeslip,  Time after Time (Best Wishes #3) by Sarah Mlynowski and Christin...

It's a pleasure to be a stop on the blog tour for Not Quite a Ghost , by Anne Ursu (Walden Pond Press)!  I have been a keen looker-forwa...

You might think that The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto , a middle grade fantasy by Adrianna Cuevas (April 2023, Farrar, Straus and Giroux), is ab...

If magical cats are a thing you like, Nimbus , by Jan Eldredge September 2023, Balzer + Bray) is an obvious and excellent choice!   Nimbus w...