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Tag Archives: adventure
Four Favorite Graphic Novels: Twins, Class Act, Go with the Flow, and Katie the Catsitter
Here are four of the graphic novels my daughter has been reading and rereading lately. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged activism, adventure, cats, friends, middle school fiction, school fiction, superheroes, twins, youth graphic novels
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Complex & Compelling Teen Fantasy: Legendborn and Burn
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn and Burn by Patrick Ness are both finalists in the Teen Speculative Fiction category of the Cybils Awards with complex, multilayered, and very compelling narratives. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Print, Reviews, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged adventure, African-American, Arthurian, dragons, LGBTQ, teen fantasy
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The Last Mirror on the Left by Lamar Giles
I’m very excited to be celebrating the release of the second book in Lamar Giles’ Legendary Alston Boys series, which began last year with The Last Last Day of Summer. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged #OwnVoices, adventure, African-American, male friendship, parallel universes, youth adventure, youth fantasy
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Sequels: The Jumbie God’s Revenge and Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe
Here are two great middle grade speculative fiction sequels – The Jumbie God’s Revenge by Tracey Baptiste and Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez – the first of which is the selection for the current round of the Generations Book Club from the Brown Bookshelf. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Tagged adventure, African-American, Florida, humor, Latino/a, Latinx, Trinidad, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles
Thank you so much to Versify for sending me an ARC of this book to review! The book was officially published April 2. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles, illustrated by Dapo Adeola. Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. It’s the last … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged #OwnVoices, adventure, African-American, diversity, youth fantasy
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3 Great Middle Grade Realistic Picks
If you’re looking for some contemporary realistic fiction, here are three solid titles for a range of tastes from full-on adventure to more introspective. To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson. Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, 2016. The officially-ended Greene Gang … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged #OwnVoices, adventure, African-American, diversity, Muslim, Mystery, South Asian, youth fiction
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Oddity and the Daybreak Bond
Here are two books that have little in common besides being contemporary speculative fiction at the middle grade level. The first I picked solely because of the adorable yet fierce kid on the cover; the second because I liked the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged adventure, dystopia, utopia, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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Scratch9: Cat of Nine Worlds
Taking a quick break from my own middle grade speculative fiction Cybils reading to talk about the book I nominated for the elementary/middle grade graphic novel category. Scratch9: Cat of Nine Worlds by Rob M. Worley and Joshua Buchanan. … Continue reading
The Wells Bequest and The Poe Estate
Just as a reminder – you still have time to enter the giveaway for Oddly Normal! I have a never-ending list of books to read for myself in print – but when it comes to audiobooks for the car that … Continue reading
Around the World
My friend A~, with whom I share many aspects of taste in books (including getting reading material primarily from the public library), is not generally one for graphic novels. So when she has laid down money for one, and then … Continue reading