#middle grade novel

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Looking for Alpha Readers!!

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Some time ago I finished my pigeon novel, Highflight's Journey. It's sat ever since, since I've been busy with school and other stuff.

Since it's now been six months since it was done, I'm now looking for alpha readers.

It is 44,089 words and A Bit Rough at points. However, it is a middle-grade animal fiction novel focusing on pigeons, so if you were a Warriors or Guardians of Ga'hoole kid, hopefully you'll enjoy it!

(general content warnings for animal harm and death, similar to things you'd see in Guardians of Ga'hoole or Warriors)

I'm looking primarily for people to gauge plot coherence/understandablity. I'm aware that it's draft one and so there is going to be grammar errors, etc. but this is foundation stuff.

If you are interested in helping out at all, please let me know, even if you can't get to it til post-Nano (understandable) or can't read the whole thing (also understandable). Unfortunately I am a college student and have no money, but I am willing to alpha or beta read in return for you (although again, I'm currently finishing up literature reviews and my thesis so Please Be Understanding about time)

#alpha reader #beta reader #my writing #original fiction #animal fiction #xenofiction #middle grade #young adult #middle grade novel #Highflight's Journey #pigeon #pigeons

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1986 edition of The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. 

#the witch of blackbird pond #book #bookblr #middle grade novel

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Review: Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts by Erika Lewis

Review: Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts by Erika Lewis

Author: Erika LewisPublisher: Starscape BooksReleased: March 1, 2022Received: NetGalley Oh, if only this novel had come out when I was a child. I would have been smitten with everything about Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. Truth be told, I’m still smitten with it now! All Kelcie Murphy wants to do is find a way to attend The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. She’d do…

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I finished 'Malamander' late last night, or really, really early this morning and the last few chapters felt like something out of a dream, to be honest. It's strange how, when the time comes, one feels at a remove from experiences you intended to savour instead. That isn't to say the book disappointed me. It's just that the high of being in it was wearing off the closer I came to the end, and by the time I flipped the last page, what I was mostly left with was a tender sadness that was inevitable, really.

'Malamander' brought back how it felt to experience books as a child- reckless and greedy and full of caprice and whimsy. I loved the illustrations so very much. I loved that the author themself illustrated the entire book. It made an already lovely experience all the more special for me.

This isn't a book review. My feelings for this book are, in part, enmeshed in childhood nostalgia, which elevated an already good book to something wonderful.

Also, I discovered this morning that this is a series?! I can't wait to get my hands on book 2.

When the time is right, of course.

#book blog #bookblr #malamander #book feels #middlegradebooks #middle grade novel #book thoughts

[newlevant]

Preview of Sam Long’s story, drawn by the amazing Cynthia Yuan Cheng! (@cynthiaycheng, cynthiaycheng.com)

Becoming Who We Are Kickstarter ends Dec 14! Preorder now to help us fund the book!

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#becoming who we are #trans stories #trans kids #trans childhood #queer comics #trans comics #comics anthology #comics Kickstarter #Sam long #Cynthia yuan cheng #middle grade graphic novel #middle grade comics

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Friendship or Foul Play: Taylor Takes Her Shot by Paul Breau | #BookReview

The Book Review Friendship or Foul Play: Taylor Takes Her Shot by Paul Breau is a lovely, easy to read, middle grade book focused on female friendship and sports. I love a well written middle grade novel. Back when I was younger, I read so many middle grade books but we were limited to what was in our school or local library. It tended to be the same books over and over, so now as an adult, I…

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#basketball #book recommendation #book reviews #good reads #middle grade #middle grade fiction #middle grade novel

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Check out the cover reveal for D.S. Allen's debut middle grade novel THE SKELETON FLUTE, out August 2024 from Aladdin Books/S&S!

#middle grade #middle grade novel #adventure #parallel universes #skeleton flute #pied piper #d.s. allen #ds allen #damara allen #Instagram

[bensbooks]

ARC Review: The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers—and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking… Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor’s child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she’s sent to foster with the Martins—a large Anishinaabe family living on a lighthouse in the middle of stormy Lake Superior. The Martin family is big, hard-working, and close, and Lucy—who has always been a dreamer—struggles to fit in. Can she go one day without ruining the laundry or forgetting the sweeping? Will she ever be less afraid of the lake? Although life at the lighthouse isn’t what Lucy hoped for, it is beautiful—ships come and go, waves pound the rocks—and it has one major It’s near the site of a famous shipwreck, a shipwreck that went down with a treasure her father wanted more than anything . If Lucy can find that treasure—a priceless ruby necklace—won’t it be like having Papa back again, just a little bit? But someone else is hunting for the treasure, too. And as the lighthouse company becomes increasingly skeptical that the Martins can juggle Lucy and their duties, Lucy and the Martin children will need to find the necklace quickly—or they may not have a home at all.

My review:

It's 1912, and burdened by multiple deaths, ten year old Lucy is being handed off to a new family. Lucy's father died searching for a necklace from a shipwreck, and now young Lucy is determined to finish what he started even if she has to combat her fear of the ocean to do so. She moves in with the Martins; husband, wife, and six kids - who live in a lighthouse.

Often slipping into characters of her own making, Lucy is able to gain courage to deal with things that she may otherwise struggle with. And struggle she does, since living with the Martin's is no easy feat. The other kids don't warm up to her, she keeps messing up their careful way of life, and there's the fact she's living in a lighthouse near where her father died.

I enjoyed this book, it was well written and the characters felt real. The book connects the reader to the characters and plot through the brighter-than-life main character, and use of local and familial history. There was beautiful ties to Lucy and the Martin's indigenous heritage, that allowed the characters to connect to each other outside their familial bond.

#books #booklr #bookblr #arc review #middle grade novel #The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry #anna rose johnson

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Book Review: V is for Victorine

V Is for Victorineby Anne Nesbet (Goodreads Author) 4 out of 5 stars Victorine and Darleen are on their way to Hollywood! They travel out to California with Darleen’s uncle, but get mixed up with burglars along the way. When Darleen’s uncle is mistaken for a burglar too, the girls are left on their own. Victorine is worried that her lawyers are looking for her again, wanting to put her under…

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Review: On Air With Zoe Washington

Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus’ name for a crime he didn’t commit. Now her birth father has finally been released from prison and to an outpouring of community support, so everything should be perfect.When Marcus reveals his dream of opening his own restaurant, Zoe becomes determined to help him achieve it–with her as his pastry chef of course. However, starting a new place is…

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Smivey Stepward in Love and Other Misery - Chapter Four

Smivey Stepward in Love and Other Misery – Chapter Four

Tornbey’s Lock-Up “Weeooweeoo!  Smivey, are you up there? It’s time to go grocery shopping.  Weeooweeoo!”  Even though he had his bedroom door closed his mother’s voice thundered in his head.  He grabbed his pillow and held it tightly over his face, hoping she would think he wasn’t home from school yet.  “Smivey! Weeooweeoo!” she repeated as she started up the stairs.  Soon he heard the old…

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I mean...this combination of depth and toilet humor is literally Shakespearean, so A+ for Eoin Colfer.

#eoin colfer #artemis fowl #mulch diggums #middle grade books #middle grade sci fi #middle grade fantasy #middle grade fiction #books and reading #books & libraries #books and novels #books

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Review: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Hayley Lazo

Series: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians #1Author: Brandon SandersonIllustrator: Hayley LazoPublisher: StarscapeReleased: May 3, 2022Received: NetGalley If you’re looking for a fun middle-grade adventure written by the one and only Brandon Sanderson, you’ve got to check out Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians. This book also has illustrations by Hayley Lazo, which bring it to the next…

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The kids all read to Eddie, it’s good for him to hear their voices the doctors say. And Steve wants to, he wants so badly for his usefulness not to be over already. But even with all his old tricks from school, with all the underlining and going line-by-line, he struggles with the language and tiny print in Tolkien, and Herbert might be even worse. Usually he ends up moving the bookmark ahead more than he’s really read just so Dustin won’t look at him like that.

He feels foolish, useless, like a big dumb drag on the group, not doing his part when Eddie needs this, needs to hear people, his people. And when Steve runs out of things to say he can’t even read to him like everyone else can. Hell, even Wayne comes after 12 hour shifts and reads until he can’t stay awake. Steve’s failing Eddie again and it’s making him crazy.

He’s walking past the hospital gift shop when he sees the book. It’s a kiddie book. Obviously, it’s way too childish for Eddie, there’s a mouse on the cover for crying out loud. But the title is printed in that old-timey font, like something Dustin would use to write ~spells~ for their little game and when Steve skims the first chapter it’s easy to read. He brings the book back to Eddie’s room with him. 

Later, Eddie swears that he absolutely heard the first part that Steve read, coma be damned, he just made Steve start from the beginning because he wanted Dustin and the rest of them to hear the whole thing. Later still, when they bring home their first foster kid, Eddie will pull a battered copy of Redwall off the shelf and ask if she wants to hear a bedtime story.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve reading eddie middle grade novels while he's in the hospital is something that can actually be so personal #stranger things #stranger things hc

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Indu, the Lunar Boy. Child from the sky.

#oc #illustration #characer design #lgbtqia #trans #queer #graphic novel #my art #lunar boy #casual reminder im a middle grade author with a book coming out next year #multiple books actually but this is the one im author+illustrator on

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The Girl of Magic and Dreams by Charity Tober - #BookReview

The Book Review The Girl of Magic and Dreams by Charity Tober is a delightful fantasy read for middle graders that adults can enjoy too! I love a good book that is packed full of fantasy and fun, and lucky for me The Girl of Magic and Dreams is just that! Sophie Warner is a twelve-year-old girl who comes from a long line of Dream Watchers, people who descended from the magic of the Sandman…

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#book recommendation #book reviews #charity tober #fantasy #fantasy book #magic #middle grade #middle grade novel #middle grade read