![My Favourite Middle Grade Read of 2020: The Girl and the Ghost [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-girl-and-the-ghost-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
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]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bloom-hatch-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
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 […]
![Middle Grade with Mom: The Lost Girl [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the-lost-girl.jpg?fit=317%2C475&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been […]
I finally finished this list! I have been working on it for a couple weeks. I meant to get it out sooner, but ‘life happens’ as they say. I wanted to highlight all the great books I’ve read this year, […]
![My Spooky Season TBR [Spooktastic Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/spooktastic-reads-2020.png?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
A casual mini event hosted by the Wyrd & Wonder folks (Lisa @ Dear Geek Place, Jorie @ Jorie Loves a Story, and Imyril @ One More), Spooktastic Reads celebrates “dark fantasy, Gothic horror and autumnal scares”. I don’t have […]