Tag: middle grade

All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero [MG Review]

16 March 2021 / review / 5 Comments
All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero [MG Review]

All You Knead is Loveby Tanya GuerreroSource: ebook/NetgalleyPublished: 30 Mar.Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (Macmillan)Length: 384 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 9+#OwnVoices: Filipino Spanish representationI received a free copy from the publisher via NetGalley. Summary 💬 Twelve-year-old Alba doesn’t want to live with her estranged […]

The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

5 January 2021 / review / 14 Comments
The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

Preamble This post sat in my drafts for just over a year. Cybils judging introduced me to Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow in January 2019. I had heard some buzz around the book prior to that. I thought it […]

The Language of Ghosts & The Dragon Egg Princess [MG Reviews]

29 December 2020 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
The Language of Ghosts & The Dragon Egg Princess [MG Reviews]

The Language of Ghostsby Heather FawcettSource: Hardcover/giveawayPublished: Sept. 2020Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)Length: 356 pages Genre: High fantasyTarget Age: 8+ 🍂 Review by Kathie @ Bit About Books Premise: “Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her […]

My Favourite Middle Grade Read of 2020: The Girl and the Ghost [MG Review]

23 December 2020 / review / 11 Comments
My Favourite Middle Grade Read of 2020: The Girl and the Ghost [MG Review]

The Girl and the Ghostby Hanna AlkafSource: Purchase/ HardcoverPublished: Aug. 2020Publisher: HarperCollins CanadaLength: 288 pages Genre: Ghost/folk taleTarget Age: 9+#OwnVoices: Author and protagonist are Muslim Malay Summary 💬 Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion […]

Bloom: A Thrilling Start to this Speculative Fiction Trilogy [MG Review]

18 December 2020 / review / 4 Comments
Bloom: A Thrilling Start to this Speculative Fiction Trilogy [MG Review]

Bloom/Hatchby Kenneth OppelSource: ebook/libraryPublished: 10 Mar./15 Sept.Publisher: HarperCollins CanadaLength: 320/384 pages Series: The OverthrowGenre: Scifi thrillerTarget Age: Upper middle grade (suitable for 11+) Summary 💬 The invasion begins–but not as you’d expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout–overnight, everywhere. These […]