![Taking Up Space by Alyson Gerber [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/taking-up-space-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Taking Up Spaceby Alyson GerberSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: May 2021Publisher: Scholastic IncLength: 272 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: +9Representation: Protagonist develops disordered eating Summary 💬 Sarah loves basketball more than anything. Crushing it on the court makes her feel like she matters. And it’s the only thing […]
![Kiki Kallira Breaks A Kingdom and Amari and the Night Brothers [MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kiki-kallira-and-amari-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Here are a couple more reviews that have been languishing in drafts for almost a year. Both of these were Cybils 2021 finalists. My memory’s falling short here, so these are mostly point form reviews based on the notes I […]
![Spell Sweeper by Lee Edward Födi [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/spell-sweeper-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Spell Sweeperby Lee Edward FödiSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Nov 2021Publisher: HarperCollinsLength: 368 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: +9 Summary 💬 Most students at Dragonsong Academy spend their days practicing spells and wielding wands, but after flunking her sixth-grade standardized tests, Cara Moone is on the fast track […]
![The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy and The Last Cuentista [MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/troubled-girls-last-cuentista-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
These two middle grade speculative fiction titles had me thinking “Did I read the same book as everyone else??” Read on for some grumbly reviews. Click through the additional reviews for more positive takes! The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy […]
![Medieval Middle Grade: The Beatryce Prophecy, Healer & Witch, and The Green Children of Woolpit [Summer Reading Recap]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/medieval-fantasy-mg-summer-reading-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Brief reviews of medieval middle grade novels Kate DiCamillo’s The Beatryce Prophecy, Nancy Werlin’s Healer & Witch, and J. Anderson Coats’ The Green Children of Woolpit.