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Tag Archives: youth dystopia
4 Fantasy Series Starters for Kids: An Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros & Magic, The Genie Game, The Last Ember, and The Magic Library of Waterfall Way
I’m sharing four new series starters here, posting as part of Marvelous Middle Grade Monday hosted by Greg at Always in the Middle. An Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros & Magic by Sarah J. Mendonca. Quill Tree Books, 2025. ISBN 978-1335012883. … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged Asian-American, book-review, books, climate fantasy, dragons, epic fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Japanese-American, magical libraries, Nigerian fantasy, Nigerian science fiction, reading, youth dystopia, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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Dystopias: the Last Cuentista and the Monster Missions
Here are two Cybils nominees, very different stories of life after disaster on earth – one literary and set in space, one action-oriented, and set on an Earth entirely covered by oceans. Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged environment, Latinx, space travel, youth dystopia, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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The Wild Huntsboys by Martin Stewart
The deprivations of wartime London mix with the modern era and dark fairies. Continue reading
Posted in books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged contemporary fantasy, Cybils, fairies, youth dystopia, youth fantasy
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A Face like Glass by Frances Hardinge
This was a book that I had been waiting for five years to be published in the US, and had hoped in vain that some family member would buy for me from the UK. I had already read and enjoyed … Continue reading
Rebellion of Thieves
Rebellion of Thieves. Robyn Hoodlum Book 2 by Kekla Magoon. Bloomsbury, 2016. The adventures of Robyn Hoodlum, a Robin Hood for a dystopian future which began in Shadows of Sherwood continue! Robyn’s done a great job of spreading awareness of … Continue reading
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