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Category Archives: Books
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Here’s a beautiful and chewy historical novel that lives up to its slew of awards – a Cybils Young Adult Fiction finalist in addition to the four pictured on the cover. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. … Continue reading
Generational Trauma and Healing: Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa and A Comb of Wishes
Here are two new middle grade fantasies that look at generational trauma through a fantasy lens, while being entertaining stories in their own right. Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Caribbean, Chicago, Dominican, Latino/a, Latinx, mermaids, mythology, youth fantasy
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Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Who’s up for a steampunk mystery in 1912 Cairo, featuring a dapper young female agent? Continue reading
2+2 Cybils Graphic Novel Finalists
Here are reviews of four more outstanding 2021 Cybils Graphic Novel finalists – Cranky Chicken by Katherine Battersby, The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor, Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Fraiser, and Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smyth. Continue reading
Unicorn Island: Secret Beneath the Sand by Donna Galanti
Thanks so much to Donna Galanti for sending me the second book in this appealing not-quite-middle-grade series. Unicorn Island: Secret Beneath the Sand by Donna Galanti. Illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe. Epic!, 2022. Review copy kindly sent by the author. Unicorn … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Early Chapter Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged not quite middle grade, unicorns, youth fantasy
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Remixed Classics: So Many Beginnings, Clash of Steel, and Travelers Along the Way
These first three books from Feiwel & Friends’ Remixed Classics series take the classics, still in their original time periods, and retell them from the point of view of people of color. The first three include retellings of Little Women, Treasure Island, and Robin Hood – all fabulous. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Historical, Print, Reviews, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, china, Civil War, Crusades, historical fiction, Middle Eastern, pirates, Robin Hood, teen historical fiction
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Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis
Here’s a sweet, uplifting and funny fantasy romance … between a semi-magical inventor and the necromancer down the road,. Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Books, Fantasy, Print, Reviews, Romance
Tagged fantasy romance, Stephanie Burgis
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3 More Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
Onwards with my reading of this year’s Cybils middle grade fiction finalists with reviews of Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas, A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus and Linked by Gordon Korman! Continue reading
Posted in Books, Historical, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged Canada, Colorado, Cybils, England, Jewish, LGBTQ, Middle Grade, world war ii, youth fiction
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Ripped Away by Shirley Vernick
Here’s a new middle grade book combination of true crime, time travel, and historical fiction is sure to keep you turning the pages! Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged historical fantasy, Jack the Ripper, Jewish, London, time travel, youth fantasy
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2021 in Review – the Books
Here are 37 favorite books from my 2021 reading, from middle grade through adult, but all pretty heavy on the fantasy. Continue reading