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Tag Archives: friends
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Claribel Ortega’s newest middle grade fantasy, Witchlings, is an appealing mix of friendship, danger, and magic set in a contemporary fantasy world filled with whimsical details. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged contemporary fantasy, friends, Latino/a, Latinx, witches, youth fantasy
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Strange Birds: a Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Strange Birds: a Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez. is a Scout-flavored book of friendship during a Florida summer for young activists. Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged activism, Florida, friends, Girl Scouts, Latinx, youth fiction
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Food, Friendship, and Immigration – Measuring Up and A Place at the Table
Here are two and a half reviews of books for middle grade readers that combine cooking (or eating together) with making friends and the immigrant experience. What could be yummier? Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu. Harper Alley, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged Ann Xu, Asian-American, cooking, friends, Jewish, Laura Shovan, Lily LaMotte, middle grade fiction, middle school fiction, Muslim, Pakistani, Saadia Faruqi, South Asian, Taiwan, youth fiction
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The House That Wasn’t There BLOG TOUR
Please join me on the blog tour for the brand-new book the House That Wasn’t There by Elana K. Arnold, a tale of hidden magic and growing friendships. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged blog tours, California, Elana K. Arnold, friends, kittens, knitting, Middle Grade, youth fantasy, youth fiction
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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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Shifting Friendships: a Middle School Book List
When my teen librarian, Ms. D, and I started talking about a realistic fiction list for middle school, the way that formerly close friendships often start shifting in middle school came up as a particularly relevant topic. I’d been working … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged bibliography, friends, middle grade fiction, middle school fiction, realistic fiction
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Magic, Friendship and Community: Muse Squad, Weird Little Robots, If We Were Giants
Every September before Cybils nominations open, I look around for eligible books that I can read in the meantime. Here are three that I enjoyed that were not nominated, though there are still a few days for their publishers or … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Cuban-American, environment, friends, greek mythology, Latino/a, Latinx, robots, youth fantasy
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My Two Blankets
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Our young narrator loved her life at home in Africa, until war came and they had to leave. Now she lives in a place where everything is … Continue reading
Protected: gardening and mortality
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