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Category Archives: Reviews
My Top 12 Posts: #12 – Desk Tales
Hello, dear readers! As requested, in honor of my 20th blogging anniversary, I’m reblogging my top posts. Rather than going with the posts with the overall highest hits, I’m going with the ones with the highest hits by age to … Continue reading
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix
This is the last book I read for the Cybils this year – and it’s a lovely play on standard magic school tropes. It’s from Nigerian-British author Isi Hendrix, and has a lovely UK cover as well. Adia Kelbara and the … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged African fantasy, book reviews, Cybils, middle grade books, Nigerian fantasy, youth fantasy
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3 2022 Cybils YA Graphic Novel Finalists: Messy Roots, Across a Field of Starlight, and Huda F Are You?
I’m back with short takes on 3 2022 Cybils graphic novel finalists you won’t want to miss! Continue reading
3 More 2022 Cybils MG Graphic Novel Finalists
Here are my short takes on three 2022 Cybils MG Graphic Novel finalists – Wingbearer by Marjorie Liu and Teny Issakhanian, Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case, and Woman in the Woods, edited by Kate Ashwin Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Tagged Cybils, graphic novels, Native American, post-apocalyptic, youth fantasy
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Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
I was looking forward to reading Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas for months – and I’m so glad I did! Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged African-American, Cybils, graphic novels, middle school fiction, sports fiction, swimming
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Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom
When this book showed up on the hold shelf, as so often happens for me, I had forgotten how I heard about it and why I’d put it on hold. Once I started reading, though, I was very grateful to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged LGBTQ, middle school, mythology, youth fantasy
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3 Cybils YA Speculative Fiction Finalists
Here are reviews of three of the 2022 Cybils YA Spec Fic finalists – From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos, See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon., and How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Reviews, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, Cybils, Jewish, LGBTQ, teen fantasy
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Unicorn Island: Beyond the Portal by Donna Galanti
Read about the exciting finale to the Unicorn Island series, as spoiler free as I could make it. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged environment, not quite middle grade, portal fantasy, unicorns, youth fantasy
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Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things and Figure it Out, Henri Weldon
Friends, usually I try to group books of similar themes for similar age groups in my reviews. But today, in the effort to get some reviews out where you can see them, I am just putting out a teen book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, Dyscalculia, islands, learning disabilities, sisters, South Asian, teen fiction, teen romance, youth fiction
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3 2022 Cybils MG Graphic Novel Finalists
Here are three original and compelling middle grade graphic novels from the 2022 Cybils finalist list. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged Asian-American, Cybils, Latinx, Middle Eastern, middle school, youth fantasy, youth graphic novels
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