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bodhrancomedy · 8 months

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Just a list of children’s books that did impact my life way more than Harry Potter.

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best-childhood-book · 1 year

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Welcome to the Bracket of Childhood Books!

Hello! Welcome to the Best Childhood Book bracket, reminiscent of many going around on Tumblr right now, that will decide what this userbase thinks is the best childhood book.

Since we need some clarification, the definition of childhood book in this competition is as follows: a book people read in childhood that must be for a YA age group or younger and has chapters. I developed this definition to keep it as open as possible while making sure picture and adult books were excluded. There are a lot of books that skirt the line between middle grade and young adult, so I figured it best to play it safe and include all YA books, especially for those of us who read at a much higher level. There is a difference between “children’s” book and “childhood” book. ANY book that met those requirements could be submitted, as I am striving to keep my personal opinion out of this competition for the most part. This definition will not change for the foreseeable future.

This masterpost will be updated with links to all the polls regularly, and each poll will last 7 days. If you vote, reblog if you can so more people can vote, and feel free to campaign for your personal favorite if you want!

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR CHILDHOOD BOOKS (320/320)

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR CHILDHOOD WORLDS (192/192)

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR FANTASY BOOKS (320/320)

Please submit with the name of the book and the author. Check the lists to see if anything has been submitted before trying yourself. If a book is part of a series, it will be listed under the series name (i.e. The Lightning Thief > Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Golden Compass > His Dark Materials). You can find the current list of childhood books here. A world will be listed with its series, and you can find the current list of worlds here. You can find the current list of fantasy books here.

Poll links and rules under the cut

Help decide parameters for submissions with some fringe cases: recently published YA, adult books lots of children/teens read, retelling worlds

First Competition (here)

Second Competition (here)

Third Competition (here)

Fourth Competition (here)

BCW First Competition (here)

Rules/Guidelines

Submissions for Childhood Books

Must be a middle grade or young adult book

Must have chapters

Must be able to be found on Goodreads

Submissions for Childhood Worlds

Must be the setting of a middle grade or young adult book.

Must be either a whole other world (i.e. Narnia, Panem), a setting largely separate from our own world (i.e. Hogwarts, Camp Half-Blood), or a specific setting within our own world that is invented for the purpose of that book (i.e. 221B Baker Street, Ferryport Landing)

Main characters have to have visited this place

Cannot be somewhere that already exists in our world outside that book

Submissions for Fantasy Books

Must be listed as 'fantasy' or some fantasy subgenre within the first three genres on Goodreads or Storygraph

Must be able to be found on Goodreads

Must have chapters but can otherwise be for any age range

Polls

Be respectful (no hate, no harassment, I will block you)

I'm totally okay with spam reblogs; if you want to subject your followers to seventeen copies of a poll, you do you

If you're trying to get my attention about something, @ me or submit an ask, there's no guarantee I'll see all the reblogs

Propaganda

Submit it to me as an ask; I won't be reblogging personal posts or reblogs of the polls

Promote the book you're supporting; it's okay to poke fun at the other books, but please don't attack them or the authors

Only ONE (1) propaganda post per user per book. I really don't want to clog people's dashes with sixty posts about voting for a single book

Asks

Be respectful, not just to me but to all the people who will end up seeing that ask when I post it

If you're asking about a poll or a rule or anything else, please check and see if it's in this post or elsewhere

Try to keep things focused on the competition/books

Competition Hall of Fame

First Competition: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Second Competition: Animorphs by K. A. Applegate

Third Competition: Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud

Fourth Competition: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

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haveyoureadthispoll · 1 month

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It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers’ adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. Then rings again. And again. Soon Milo’s home is bursting with odd, secretive guests, each one bearing a strange story that is somehow connected to the rambling old house. As objects go missing and tempers flare, Milo and Meddy, the cook’s daughter, must decipher clues and untangle the web of deepening mysteries to discover the truth about Greenglass House—and themselves.

#book: greenglass house #author: kate milford #genre: middle grade #genre: fantasy #genre: mystery #year: 2010s

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haveyoureadthisbook-poll · 26 days

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#neil flambe and the marco polo murders #kevin sylvester #middle grade #mystery #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

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haveyoureadthismgyabook · 1 month

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Series info:

Book 1 of Wells and Wong

Book 2: Arsenic for Tea

Book 3: First Class Murder

Book 4: Jolly Foul Play

Book 5: Mistletoe and Murder

Book 6: A Spoonful of Murder

Book 7: Death in the Spotlight

Book 8: Top Marks for Murder

Book 9: Death Sets Sail

#books #middle grade #mystery #historical fiction #murder most unladylike #wells and wong #murder is bad manners #robin stevens #poll

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lonesomedotmp3 · 9 days

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she's literally if arthur pendragon bbc merlin was a 1930s schoolgirl...

#rereading a little middle grade murder mystery because i can and because reading is hard i want NO judgement!!!!!#.txt #this book is SO dykey btw. robin stevens was really out there making her ten yr old readers gay. and i support her.

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morganeboydauthor · 3 months

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Hi, everyone! This week, we dive into a review of The Hampton House Mystery, the newest installment in Ellen Alexander's Dinswood Chronicles! Hope you enjoy!

#writeblr #writing #writblr #author blog #writing blog #ARC Review #book review #middle grade #mystery books

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qbdatabase · 11 months

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Since Lesbian Visibility Week falls in Autism Acceptance Month this year, I’m combining them together! From April 26th – May 2nd, the Daily Books all feature autistic wlw characters, plus some bonus titles that have already appeared as Daily Books

Full list of titles, authors, and blurbs below the cut!

Barbary Station by R. E. Stearns

Desperate new engineers high-jack a space station to join a pirate crew only to find the pirates aren’t living in luxury–they’re hiding from the AI security system gone mad.

(bonus wlnb) The Unbalancing by R. B. Lemberg

New love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet as they try together to save their island home from sinking beneath the waves.

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future.

Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass

A novel about an autistic thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip to Spain, and expanding horizons as she questions her gender identity.

Hoshi and the Red City Circuit by Dora M. Raymaker

Due to their unique neurology, only the enslaved Operator caste can program the quantum computers that run 26th century Red City. When three of the caste are ritually murdered, it’s up to private investigator Hoshi Archer–herself a recently liberated Operator–to help the police solve the case.

All the Love Songs by Nicole Pyland

When Lennox and Kenzie meet, there’s electricity between them. And a celebrity summer camp is the perfect opportunity for them to explore what might be. But after the magic of their week away from the world dissipates, can they still find that spark and make their relationship work?

Sprinkled in the Stars by Violet Morley

AJ Beckett is just trying to get her seven-year-old autistic daughter through life in one piece. Melanie Cooper has just signed her last movie after the media keeps portraying her as cold and hard to work with. In a series of coincidental meetings, AJ battles her desire for control while Mel struggles with trust, but falling in love has never been so sweet.

Thornfruit by Felicia Davins

Alizhan can’t see faces, but she can read minds. Evreyet Umarsad longs to be the kind of hero she reads about in books. So when Alizhan needs help, Ev doesn’t hesitate. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that draws them all over Laalvur and beyond.

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Now, a new crew has been assembled …

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann

Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard.

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bookishlyvintage · 3 months

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Stack Challenge: Scavenger Hunt edition x

Scripty Title: Ever Alice

Face on the Cover: The Forest Grimm

Book by Favorite Author: Warrior of the Wild

Still on the TBR: Death of Jane Lawrence

Flowers on the Cover: Keeper of Lost Things

Letters of my First Name in the Title: Summer of a Thousand Pies

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daystar-daydreamer · 4 months

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The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence

Category: Middle-grade

Genre: Historical whodunnit

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌑🌑 3/5 stars

Recommended for: 7-10

It is AD 79. The Roman world is reeling from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Hundreds of refugees are living in a makeshift camp, trying to come to terms with what has happened. Then even more tragedy strikes: the camp's children begin to disappear. Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus are determined to find out more and start to investigate a powerful and charismatic man known as the Patron. A dangerous trail leads them to the caves and grottoes of Sorrento, where they encounter pirates, slave dealers, and possible death.

SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

I’m not going to be reviewing The Secrets of Vesuvius because all I have to say about it is that after the life-or-death (At least for the dogs) stakes of the last book, that glorified easter egg hunt feels like a downgrade. And I can see the author thought so too, so she added a hefty dose of soap opera to make it more exciting. It didn’t work. And Gaius is NASTY for making moves on 14-year-old Miriam. I get the book is set in ancient Rome and that sort of thing was normal, but goddamn!

Now onto the Pirates of Pompeii. This one is much better than SoV, and a little better than ToO.

I like that we get some of Nubia and Lupus’s backstories (Which I suspect will become relevant in later books), and the little seeds of foreshadowing sprinkled throughout the book: Julia . The character work is stronger in this book than the previous two.

I don’t really like that arc where Flavia started acting more like Pulchia. Firstly, it seems really out of character compared to the Flavia from the previous books. At least it didn’t last very long.

I did find it funny how Pulchia kept calling Flavia ‘Fulvia’. And Pulchia’s character development was nice too, though I admit I kind of hoped she’d get offed because she was so insufferable. And even if Pulchra isn't such a piece of crap now, I don't think Leda will be jumping at the chance to be her friend.

It was nice of Flavia to set Nubia free, even if I saw it coming.

#middle grade mystery #middle grade #middle grade historical fiction #ancient history #historical fiction #middle grade mysteries #whodunnit #roman mysteries #Caroline Lawrence #three stars #book blog #book review #bookblr

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rj-anderson · 8 months

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Big discount off the audiobook of my magical middle grade mystery inspired by 1930′s Toronto and the Lord Peter Wimsey books, A Pocket Full of Murder!

(via 60% OFF A Pocket Full of Murder)

#audiobook #audiobook sale #mysteries #middle grade #my books #A Pocket Full of Murder

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cashthecomposer · 1 year

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Please reblog if you vote, I'm curious!

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snckt · 3 months

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how to get away with myrtle by elizabeth c bunce is officially my first read of the new year and !!! i simply adored it. as a middle grade mystery it was very engaging, and the last fifty pages left me guessing, despite whatever attempts i had made to build my case aha! i like myrtle and her quips about the world, from opinions on petticoats, to her adoration of her cat, peony, to books she’s liked, to morbid facts she’s picked up one way or another, she’s a rather charming twelve year old, who would believably get caught up in mystery and murder. her governess, miss judson, is the firm hand on her shoulder, but is quick to encourage and even quicker to jump in herself, if it be sketching a murder scene or facing off with a most disliked detective inspector, she balances myrtle’s excitement and inexperience in way only victorian governesses can!!

also, a train murder ✨🚂✂️🥸❗️10/10

#i’m a reviewer now ahaha #and reader beware this is the second book in the series — the library didn’t have the first but they’re stand alone #enough that it didn’t matter too terribly much !!! but again i really did enjoy it #i like middle grade mysteries generally because they’re 1) quick reads 2) not so complicated of a plot that you can solve the mystery too #3) because of a simpler plot . you have the development of your main protagonist who generally believes in the good of the world !#(also final note . brett helquest did the art work so … 👀)(judge those books by their covers)

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haveyoureadthistransbook · 3 months

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Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker

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Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she's able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was. When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school's website, Zenobia knows she's the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time.

Mod opinion: I hadn't heard of this book before, but it sounds really fun and cute. Plus we deserve more middle grade trans rep.

#zenobia july #lisa bunker #polls #trans lit #trans literature #trans books #lgbt lit #lgbt literature #lgbt books #middle grade #mystery #trans woman

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thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname · 1 year

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hiccup, fishlegs, camicazi, and toothless are pretty much directly analogous to reynie, sticky, kate, and constance for many obvious reasons. but also, fishlegs and sticky both go through isolation torture and the tiny obnoxious useless ones turn out to be the most powerful.

#middle grade authors constantly going off #httyd books #the mysterious benedict society #tmbs

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summersofsalt · 2 years

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in the mood for my fav middle grade crew 💕

#the mysterious benedict society #mysterious benedict society #mbs #tmbs #mbs book #mysterious benedict society book #kate weatherall #reynie muldoon #constance contraire #sticky washington #istg it took all my willpower not to draw only the very top of constance's head #just barely peeking over the bottom of the frame #closeups below the readmore #trenton lee stewart #middle grade lit #the nostalgia is real #make a guess for which one is my favorite and if you guessed kate you're right

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