Tag: speculative

An Unlikely Crew of Robots Make for a Charming Tale [MG Review]

12 April 2020 / review / 4 Comments
An Unlikely Crew of Robots Make for a Charming Tale [MG Review]

Cog by Greg Van Eekhout Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development,” and he was built to learn. But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab—and […]

A Wish in the Dark [MG Review]

27 March 2020 / review / 4 Comments
A Wish in the Dark [MG Review]

A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All light in Chattana is created by one man — the Governor, who appeared after the Great […]

Two #OwnVoices Indigenous Novels [MG Review]

8 January 2020 / brief reviews / 2 Comments
Two #OwnVoices Indigenous Novels [MG Review]

Biref thoughts on two debut #ownvoices Indigenous middle grade novels – I Can Make This Promise (contemporary) and The Ghost Collector (speculative fiction).

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

Reviews of the winners of September and October’s vote – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (non-fiction) and Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (middle grade fiction)

An Enchanting English Timeslip Tale [MG Review]

29 November 2019 / review / 4 Comments
An Enchanting English Timeslip Tale [MG Review]

Measles mean Tom has been sent to stay with an aunt and uncle who live in a converted flat of an old house without a garden. When a grandfather clock strikes thirteen in the middle of the night, Tom creeps outside to discover a grand and expansive daytime Victorian garden, in place of parked cars and rubbish bins…