Begone the Raggedy Witches , by Celine Kiernan (Candlewick, September 11 2018), is a lovely new middle grade fantasy for kids who delight ...

The Turning (Greenwillow, July 24, 2018) is Emily Whitman's first foray into middle grade, and I hope there will be more mg to come f...

I am not a werewolf, qua werewolf fan, nor I am drawn to short stories (they are so often short).   But I was not surprised by how much I...

If you are a fan of Diana Wynne Jones, hasten to get your hands on The Evil Wizard Smallbone , by Delia Sherman (Candlewick, September 13,...

Serafina and the Black Cloak (middle grade, Disney-Hyperion, July 14, 2015) is the story of a rather unusual girl who lives at the end of t...

To say that Rachel Neumeier's Black Dog series, of which Pure Magic  (out now in paperback!)  is the second novel, is my favorite were...

Lost Children of the Far Islands , by Emily Raabe (Knopf, April 2014), is a middle grade fantasy that takes the magical creatures of the o...

The Witch's Curse , by Keith McGowan (Henry Holt, 2013), takes up right where The Witch's Guide to Cooking With Children left off...

In Winterling , Fer (short for Gwynnefar, or Jennifer, as her father's mother calls her) saved a magical land from a wicked queen whose ...

The Shark King , a Toon Book by R. Kikuo Johnson (April, 2012, 40 pages), is an easy reader graphic novel that's multicultural, intellec...

Wolf Mark , by Joseph Bruchac (Tu Books, Sept 15, 2011, YA, 392 pages) Here's one for those who want their paranormal mixed with science...

The ancient Irish tale of the great hero Finn mac Cumhail tells how he chased a white deer and found the love of his life. For the deer wa...

I am fascinated by shape shifter books--not so much the paranormal variety seen in so many contemporary YA books, but the quieter kind of sh...

Reckless , by Cornelia Funke (2010, Little Brown, upper middle grade onwards, 394 pages, illustrated by the author) "Once upon a time...

The Grey Horse , by R.A. MacAvoy (1987, YA, although it was marketed as an adult book--there wasn't much fantasy marketed as YA per se...

Little Sister , by Kara Dalkey (Penguin, 1996, upper mg/YA, 192 pages) In Japan, around 900 years ago, 13 year old Mitsuko lived the life ...

After reading Mistwood , by Leah Cypess, and loving it, I vaguely set out to read other shapeshiter books. And happily, Shapeshifter's ...

My 24 Hour Read-a-Thon reading got derailed yesterday evening, when I decided that it was my duty to go to the school fundraising event...b...

No Timeslip Tuesday today... Blackout , by Connie Willis, travelled south with me but remained unopened... The Puzzle Ring , by Kate Forsyth...