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Category Archives: Audiobook
Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
I have slowly been working my way through the Cybils finalists by category (my favorite categories, besides the one where I’m a panelist.) I’ve finally finished the middle grade fiction finalists, and am including my brief thoughts here. The Cybils … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Lists, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged #Cybils2023, African-American, audiobooks, autism, book-review, books, Cybils, disability, Latinx, libby, middle grade fiction, Native American, reading
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Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow
Here’s the final book from my Baking Fantasy list – I enjoyed it just as much as I was hoping. Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow. Read by Renee Dorian and Amber Dekkers. Feiwel & Friends, 2023 ISBN … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade
Tagged Cybils, magical baking, magical books, magical bookstores, magical schools, picture books, witches, youth fantasy
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Haunted Houses: Finch House and Nightmare House
Here are two stories of kids standing up to haunted houses and the horrors behind them – one more action-oriented and the other more introspective. Both of these books have been nominated for the Cybils Award, and these reviews reflect … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged African-American, anxiety, haunted houses, youth fantasy, youth horror
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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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LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Fantasy Book List
Here are 9 of the great recent LGBTQ+ middle grade fantasy books I’ve read. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged book lists, LGBTQ, Middle Grade, youth fantasy
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No True Villains: Children of the Quicksands and Eden’s Everdark
Here are two of the 2022 Cybils Middle Grade Speculative Fiction finalists, both with real problems but no real villains. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged African-American, atmospheric, Cybils, Nigeria, youth fantasy, youth horror
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Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey Lee
Here’s a fresh and funny book from Stacey Lee and Rick Riordan presents, featuring an accident-prone boy and a whole lot of dangerous magical artifacts. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Fantasy, Middle Grade
Tagged Chinese-American, mythology, Rick Riordan Presents, San Francisco, Stacey Lee, youth fantasy
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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
Here’s a dire and hopeful story of climate crisis and first contact that’s sticking with me months after I read it. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Tagged cli-fi, environment, first contact, Jewish, LGBTQ, science fiction
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Magical Schools: Wildseed Witch and Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
Here are two exciting new magical school books, both with kids at all-Black schools, one drawing on Louisiana’s Black history and one set in a futuristic Nigeria. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged African-American, Louisiana, magical schools, Nigeria, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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#MGReadathon Finish Line
Here’s my wrap-up, with reviews of It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit and Valentina Salazar is NOT a Monster Hunter. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Challenges, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged #MGReadathon, ADHD, African-American, homeschooling, Latino/a, Latinx, New York, Ohio, post-apocalyptic, youth fantasy
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