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Crushing It by Erin Becker [MG Review]

20 October 2024 / review / 9 Comments
Crushing It by Erin Becker [MG Review]

I received a free copy from the author. Crushing Itby Erin BeckerSource: ebook/authorPublished: 6 Aug 2024Publisher: Penguin Workshop (PRH) Length: 240 pagesGenre: ContemporaryTarget Age: +10Representation: Sapphic Summary 💬 On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She’s ready to lead her team to victory at the city championship in her new role as captain. Off the field, however, is a totally different story. Mel can’t get a handle on her class presentation, […]

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Fungal: Foraging in the Forest by Ariel Gordon [Non-fiction Review]

18 June 2024 / review / 4 Comments
Fungal: Foraging in the Forest by Ariel Gordon [Non-fiction Review]

Fungal: Foraging in the Forestby Ariel GordonSource: ebook/publicistPublished: 11 June 2024Publisher: Wolsak & WynnLength: 242 pages Genre: Creative non-fictionTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +14) Summary 💬 Fungal is a wide-ranging collection from Ariel Gordon where she explores her fascination with all mushrooms, not just those you can eat. In these engaging essays she takes the reader through ditches and puddles in search of morels, through the hallways of a mushroom factory, down city […]

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Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

11 May 2024 / review / 12 Comments
Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

Tidal Creaturesby Seanan McGuireSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 6 Jun 2024Publisher: TorDotCom (Macmillan)Length: 464 pages Genre: Speculative fictionTarget Age: AdultRepresentation: A progatonist is American with a Chinese father and Scottish mother, supporting character is Black Summary 💬 All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest […]

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Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison [MG Review]

9 April 2024 / review / 2 Comments
Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison [MG Review]

Keeping Paceby Laurie MorrisonI received a free copy for review. Source: ebook/publisherPublished: 9 Apr. 2024 Publisher: Amulet Books (Abrams)Length: 304 pagesGenre: ContemporaryTarget Age: Upper MG (suitable for +10) Summary 💬 Grace has been working for years to beat her former friend Jonah Perkins’s GPA so she can be named top scholar of the eighth grade. But when Jonah beats her for the title, it feels like none of Grace’s academic accomplishments have really mattered. […]

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Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino [MG Review]

26 January 2024 / review / 2 Comments
Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino [MG Review]

Alice Austen Lived Hereby Alex GinoSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: June 2022Publisher: Scholastic PressLength: 176 pages Genre: Contemporary fictionTarget Age: +8Representation: Nonbinary protagonist, Black nonbinary supporting character, various queer supporting characters Summary 💬 Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They’re nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam’s family is very cool with it… as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do […]

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