#middle grade book

[newreads]

Enola Holmes and the Missing Marquess by ⁓ Nancy Springer

Review of the book here 🕵️‍♀️

*:･ﾟ✧

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[teartra]

Middle grade book be like “haha hahaa” then end it with emotional damage

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[dragonbadgerbooks]

September Fun Day Book Photo Challenge: September 5, 2023 Cheese Pizza Day

There is cheese on that pizza. And other stuff.

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[newkidonthebook]

This book was written a while ago but when I picked it up in the library it seemed like so much fun I had to give it a shot! And I'm happy I did, because I love it 😊! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ I highly recommend it if you like cottagecore magical witchy themes 🌿✨🌸 My full review and suggestions for similar books are here 💫 Here's a snippet below the cut ⬇ !

Wade into the magical bogs of the Bottomlands where curses and mysteries abound in The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle!

Prunella Bogthistle comes from a long line of bog-witches living in the magical Bottomlands. She desperately wants to be good at magic like the rest of her family but a failed curse ends up letting a young robber, Barnaby, escape from her grandmother’s enchanted garden. Exiled to the blighted Uplands, Prunella teams up with Barnaby to seek out the evil Lord Blackthorn, enemy of the bog-witches and thief of the Uplanders’ Mirable Chalice. Prunella has to use all her magical skills and Barnaby has to rely on his quick wits to counter the dangers on the way!

The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle presents an incredibly rich world, where strange creatures roam and traces of magic lie everywhere. I loved reading about the history of the Bottomlands and Uplands and finding out about the bog witches and their books of spells. Prunella and Barnaby’s quest ...

Read the rest here! 💫

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[cjbolan]

My reaction at Chapter 9 of Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time discovering who Emily Windsnap’s mom remarried to:

#lots to unpack with this book #will write my full thoughts soon #emily windsnap and the tides of time #emily windsnap #liz kessler #jim carrey #dumb and dumb #this is so funny #gag meme #middle grade fiction #middle grade book #middle grade series

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3/5

Book Blurb: The third book in the middle-grade series that's part Scooby-Doo, part A Series of Unfortunate Events, and entirely genius! Follow the Sinister-Winterbottoms on their most outrageous adventure yet, when they find themselves at a normal summer camp! After leaving the Sanguine Spa in pursuit of Edgaren't, the kids find themselves at a mysterious summer camp, Camp Creek. There are lake games and happy counselors, and there's even a tie-dye cabin. It's all very . . . normal. But if Theo and Alexander know one thing, it's that normal doesn't always mean good. When everyone around her starts acting strange, Theo wonders if maybe the fumes from the tie-dye cabin are seeping into their brains, and she resolves to investigate what's really going on at Camp Creek.   The third book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White's Sinister Summer series continues the adventures of the Sinister-Winterbottoms and their aunt, who never saw a discount vacation destination she didn’t love.

Review:

The third book in the series follows the Sinister-Winterbottom children as this time they find themselves going to camp.... also called Camp Creepy. They were expecting a fun summer but what they get is a summer camp that is normal... too normal. Strange things begin to happen as their siblings are changing and now they’ll have to figure whats going on before it’s too late. This was a interesting read filled with fun summer camp vibes, mystery, and a bit of scooby-doo meets a series of unfortunate events for young readers. 

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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[booksformks]

Book Review: The Wizard in the Wood

Book Review: The Wizard in the Wood

The Wizard in the Wood (The Dragon in the Library, #3)by Louie Stowell 4 out of 5 stars Kit, Josh, and Alita are privileged to witness the birth of a new baby dragon along with their new school library! But dark wizards are sneaking around the new library, and it is up to Kit to protect the baby dragon. Josh and Alita want to help too, but Kit is the one with the magical abilities. She tries to…

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[bensbooks]

ARC Review: Wings to Soar

Viva's Indian family has been expelled from Uganda and sent to a resettlement camp in England, where she and her mother and sister must wait for their father to join them. There, a determined Viva forges a community of her own while struggling with the prejudice of those around her.

My review:

Wings to Soar is a middle-grade story in verse about a young Indian girl from Ugunda named Viva, who has been displaced to England while her family try to reunite with their father. Issues constantly crop up that prevent the family from moving to Canada, where they're supposed to start a new life. This leaves Viva confused and angry, especially when her family has to deal with racism.

I felt emotionally attached to Viva right from the start of this novel, she is an innocent girl who is trying to understand the harshness of the world she's living in. She has to deal with a lot of issues that millions of people around the world still deal with and can relate to, so this will be a great book for all-ages to read.

The book has a recurring theme about words and language, which is something Viva and her father have a special interest in. This was a good way to not only get inside Viva's mind, but also a great learning tool for any younger reader who picks up this book.

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[asaahiko]

I think I'm going to post more of my book collections here #koleksiasaahiko

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[sandydgreen]

THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL: A Middle-Grade Fantasy reviewed by Guest Blogger, Georgie Bartlett!*

*The following post is from Carol Baldwin’s wonderful blog where she discusses all things literary! Thank you, Carol, for letting me share this great review of THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL by GEORGIE BARTLETT! THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL: A Middle-Grade Fantasy reviewed by Guest Blogger, Georgie Bartlett! The Impossible Girl (Monarch Books, 2022) by Ashley White is a beautifully written middle-grade novel. Fans…

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[inkshine]

Okay I randomly remembered a book I read as a kid, and I can't remember the name of it, and it's driving me nuts.

It was about these two girls in a town surrounded by a magic swamp/bog/thing? where the trees of the swamp/bog/thing? sucked up all the sadness in the town so nobody would ever have to be sad or depressed, but one of the main girls was secretly really miserable for some reason, and she had to team with the other girl for some reason to deal with the trees of the swamp/bog/thing? and they went into the wilderness and saw the ghosts of the past explaining the origin of the magic trees. In the end I think they figured out a way for everyone to deal with their sadness again? Also someone's mom might have died at some point? (or I'm just mixing it up with another book).

I know the title had a word that child-me had found interesting in the title, one I'd never seen before, and I know it had something to do with bogs or swamps. It was like The -something- of -something- Wood or something like that.

#tumblr and your niche knowledge can you help me out #ive been googling stuff but I don't know enough keywords to figure it out #books #middle grade book #middle grade books #was this book a fever dream? #no it was too vivid for it to be made up

[newkidonthebook]

I finally had the time to finish a new book 🎉! It was Kingdom of Secrets by Chrystine Morrell. I rate it 3.5 ⭐ , you can read my full review on my blog, here's an excerpt 🎈:

Soar in a hot-air balloon with Prismena and Abi as they explore the mysterious Kingdom of Oren and uncover a sinister plot!

The Kingdom of Oren lives up to the book’s title, as it is full of all kinds of secrets. It’s exciting to see Prissy go uncovering them as she follows her new friend Abi into the kingdom’s underworld of rebellious orphans and secret plots. Each twist of the story raises new questions. What is the king hiding, and is the queen really as mad as people say? It’s easy to relate to Prissy as she tries to make sense of all the strange things she’s finding out about her home.

At the start of the story, Prissy is very uptight and nervous, but with Abi’s help she slowly comes into her own, and grows more confident and daring. Abi, for her part, is a strong and interesting character who could have been the protagonist. The book’s focus on hot air balloons is intriguing and I enjoyed learning about how they work and how they played into the story

However, while some elements of the book were original and exciting, others felt standard and predictable, such as the cruel orphanage and the rebellion plotline. It would have helped if more had been done to make the world of Oren seem like a unique place, and not simply a backdrop for the story. In some chapters, the book jumps from the present with Prissy and Abi, to the past, where it follows a young girl’s life in the kingdom years ago. These segments from the past are not interesting enough to capture the reader’s attention and slow the book down. The biggest drawback is that the book’s ending is not believable. Different problems and intrigues are resolved too quickly and tidily to really be satisfying for the reader.

Prissy and Abi’s hot-air-balloon capers in Kingdom of Secrets will delight readers looking for an adventure story with a twist, so long as they don’t mind rather standard settings and a slap-dash ending.

For recs on similar books, head over to my blog 💫

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[cjbolan]

Up to Chapter 9 of Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince. So far Sam and his crew are my favorite characters! I love Sam’s arc, his chemistry with Emily (sorry Aaron), and the return to focus on female friendships, that made me fall in love with this series in the first place. I predict Emily’s gonna dump Aaron for Sam. Or Kat. or Ana. I’m sensing strong lesbian vibes with the way Emily obsesses over Kat and Ana’s bodies. This may be the most Twilight-esque book in the series, as Emily has so many potential love interests to choose from 😆. Given the Pirate crew’s sexist remarks about girls on ships…how would they react learning that Emily’s mom was an avid sailor? Funny how similar Kat, Ana, and Mary P. are: all 3 girls who left home to live a life at sea on a boat. Now I’m imagining Mary P. being the Cool Aunt to Kat and Ana ^_^

#Auntie Penny anyone? #Emily Windsnap #emily windsnap and the pirate prince #thoughts #reaction #book #middle grade fiction #middle grade book #middle grade books #middle grade series

[gwen-tolios]

EBook Week!

Two of my books are part of the Smashwords Read and Ebooks Week Sale!

From March 5 - 11, you can get Cydelle's Ghost Hunt (MG Fantasy Horror) or Tomorrow and Beyond (short story collection with a heavy science fiction flavor) for 50% off!

This means that Cydelle is free for the week and Tomorrow is on sale for $1.49!

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[ash-and-books]

Rating: 5/5

Book Blurb: From the award-winning creator of Pie in the Sky comes a strikingly illustrated, contemporary fantasy graphic novel about a girl who can see ghosts and befriends a boy who is stuck between the worlds of the living and the dead—an instant classic that is perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Coco, and Ghosts. Twelve years ago, the boy and the girl lived. But one was supposed to die. July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren’t real. So she pretends they don’t exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He’s a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends embark on an adventure to return William to his body, they unearth a ghastly truth—for William to live, July must die. Inspired by Chinese mythology, this dark yet resoundingly hopeful tale about friendship, sacrifice, and the unseen world of ghosts is a dazzling heir to beloved Studio Ghibli classics.

Review:

A girl who can see ghosts, a boy who appears to be a ghost but isnt dead, and the prophecy that one of them was suppose to have died. Twelve years ago a boy and girl lived... except one of them was supposed to die. July Chen can see ghosts but her dad insists they aren’t real, and so July pretends they don’t exist. It’s definitely hard because as it is now Hungry Ghost Month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok, July decides to try and impress a group of students by summoning a ghost... except she then saves a boy ghosts from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost. This is William, and he tells July that he isn’t actually dead despite appearing as a ghost. As July’s first ever friend she is determined to help him get back into his body... yet the more they get to know each other they more they uncover the truth and how they are connected... and that one of them must die. This was such a fantastic and heart warming story filled with beautiful artwork and sweet friendship. Inspired by Chinese mythology, this was such a great read. I would definitely recommend it for fans of Studio Ghibli classics too!! July and William had a sweet friendship and their journey into discovering the truth as well as how strongly they hold onto their friendship was sweet.

*Thanks Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

#book review #bookish #graphic novel #middle grade book #chinese mythology

[booksformks]

Book Review: The Chalice of the Gods

The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #6)by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 5 out of 5 stars Percy needs three recommendation letters from three gods in order to get into college with Annabeth next year. So he teams up with Annabeth and Grover for a few last quests to earn those godly recommendation letters. Their first task is to find the stolen cup of Ganymede, Zeus’ cup…

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