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Category Archives: Middle Grades
The Field Guide
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black The set-up is juicy. In a very convincing letter to the reader, Holly Black claims to have been approached by three children with a story to tell, … Continue reading
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente This is the second book in a trilogy: Book 1: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. Book 3: The … Continue reading
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente This is the first book in a trilogy. Book 2: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Book 3: The … Continue reading
East
East by Edith Pattou Rose was born to replace a sister she never knew. She was meant to be an East born child, mild and docile and staying close to home. But Rose was born facing North, a wanderer, bound … Continue reading
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Herdmans are just about the worst kids ever. They’re mean and nasty and dirty and they smoke and curse. The one place that is safe from their influence is the church. … Continue reading
EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays
EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays! by Sally Warner Fact: When I read a great book, usually I immediately want to pick up another book and start reading it. When I read a book I don’t enjoy I find it very … Continue reading
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters Hiding in the guise of a holiday picture book, this Coretta Scott King award winner is really about a country on the brink of war. I was concerned at first that … Continue reading
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood A prim and properly trained governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, has been summoned to Ashton Place. She is a bit taken aback when she is hired without … Continue reading
Treasure Hunters
Treasure Hunters by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein with Mark Shulman Treasure Hunters isn’t my thing. In the beginning, I objected mainly to the overly simple characters and wham! bam! high action/low substance plotting, but as the book continued, my … Continue reading
