The title of this post says it all. List ordered by release date. Entirely speculative fiction and primarily middle grade fiction, with one adult (#1) and two young adult (#5 and #9) titles. Middle grade continues to impress. As you’ll see below, so many great stories, so many awesome covers.
The Year of the Witchingby Alexis Henderson (Jul. 21) – Puritanical society + dark powers + feminist fantasy + #ownvoices for Black/biracial rep
Cattywampusby Ash Van Otterloo (Aug. 4) – Forbidden hexes + family feud + zombies + intersex rep + nonbinary author
The Girl and the Ghostby Hanna Alkaf (August 4) – Dark spirit + power of friendship + Malaysian folk tale + #ownvoices for Malaysian rep
What If a Fishby Anika Fajardo (Aug. 11) – Summer in Colombia + meet half-brother + magical realism + #ownvoices for Colombian-American rep
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Aug. 25) – Alternate America + raise ghosts of dead animals + murder mystery + #ownvoices for ace and Lipan Apache rep
The Barren Groundsby David A. Robertson (Sept. 8) – Portal fantasy + quest to save starving community + Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations + #ownvoices for Indigenous rep (Robertson is Swampy Cree)
Hide and Seekerby Daka Hermon (Sept. 15) – Horror hide and seek + #ownvoices for Black rep
Over the Woodward Wallby A. Deborah Baker (Oct. 6) – Middlegame universe + portal fantasy
Beyond the Ruby Veilby Mara Fitzgerald (Oct. 13) – Fantasy + scheming socialite + water from blood + gay protagonist
Ana on the Edgeby A.J. Sass (Oct. 20) – Competitive figure skating + exploring gender identity + #ownvoices for nonbinary rep
What upcoming 2020 releases are you looking forward to?
Robin is an apprentice forester in the woods of Nottingham. The arrows he makes and sells earn barely enough extra coin to retain the title to his father’s small lands. The sheriff of Nottingham’s jealousy toward Robin’s father is just as fierce towards his son, and the sheriff’s men take every opportunity to harass the young woodsman. But when Robin defends himself by accidentally killing one of the sheriff’s men, […]
I participated in my first Top 10 Tuesday (embedded above) on 19 January 2016. TTT had already been running for years by then. :O Is there anything else in book blogging that’s ten years old?? Lots of thanks to the former team at The Broke and the Bookish for starting TTT and Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl for keeping it going. To celebrate, we’re looking back at the first […]
Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega 🍂 Interview @ Spooky Middle Grade 🍂 Review by Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense 🍂 Review by Cande @ Latinx Book Magic 📝 Plot summary: 12 year old Lucely lives with her papi Simon, who runs ghost tours in St. Augustine, Florida. Lucely can see the ghosts of her family. These ghosts live with her and Simon and take the form of firefly spirits (cocuyos, based on […]
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