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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles Format/source: ARC/NetgalleyPublished: 2 April 2019 Publisher: VersifyLength: 305 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fiction ★★★★ Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched […]
Last year for Reading Week, my sister Ash came to visit me. This year, the two of us went to New York City. The impetus for this visit was the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth exhibit on at the Morgan Library. […]
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The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith When he was four years old, Sam Abernathy was trapped at the bottom of a well for three days, where he was teased by a smart-aleck armadillo named Bartleby. Since then, his […]
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]
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Both of these books were shortlisted for the 2018 Cybils award in the category middle grade speculative fiction. Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain by Zac Gorman In the absurd land of Nth, Thisby Thestoop can be found within the […]