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Category Archives: Middle Grades
Silk Umbrellas
Noi’s family is suffering because demand for housing is destroying their agrarian way of life. Developers are buying up farm land in order to build vacation homes for city dwellers and foreigners. Noi’s father, who had always worked in the … Continue reading
Here’s How I See It, Here’s How It Is
Here’s How I See It–Here’s How It Is by Heather Henson Junebug is having a rough summer. Usually it’s her favorite time of year, her family coming together to put on plays at the summer playhouse her father runs. Usually, … Continue reading
How to Talk to an Autistic Child
How to Talk to an Autistic Kid This is a slim non-fiction book written by an middle school student with autism. It is a super fast read and would be great for teachers, guidance counselors or anyone who wants to … Continue reading
The Case of the Prank that Stank
The Case of the Prank that Stank #1 (Wright & Wong) by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz Agatha befriended Orville in the second grade because she couldn’t stand how Orville was getting bullied. Five years later, in an ironic … Continue reading
Amelia Hits the Road
Amelia’s Are-We-There-Yet Longest Ever Car Trip by Marissa Moss Amelia Hits the Road and Amelia’s Are-We-There-Yet Longest Ever Car Trip appear to be the same book, but I cannot guarantee it, having only Amelia Hits the Road in my possession. … Continue reading
The Map of Me
The Map of Me by Tami Lewis Brown Margie feels lost. Perpetually in the shadow of her brilliant baby sister Peep, worried sick about upsetting her Daddy and surrounded by her mother’s overwhelming collection of poultry, Margie feels thoroughly unimportant. … Continue reading
The Diary of Melanie Martin: or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza
The Diary of Melanie Martin: or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza (Melanie Martin Novels) by Carol Weston This was a perfectly adequate middle grades travel book written in a diary format. Melanie … Continue reading
Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs
Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs by Lensey Namioka This is the final installment in the series about the Yang family. Eldest Brother may be the most talented member of the family string quartet but when his violin needs … Continue reading
Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers
Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers by Lensey Namioka This is the third book in the Yang series. Of all the Yangs, Second Sister is having the hardest time with the move to America. In China she had lots … Continue reading
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Minli and her parents live in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain. Their village is poor and they work hard for the little rice they have. Minli’s father fills her head … Continue reading
