Information Goodreads: Mystery at the ManorSeries: Mystery at the Manor #3Age Category: Middle GradeSource: LibraryPublished: 2024 Summary Disguised as the master detective Montgomery Bonbon, Bonnie Montgomery delivers a rare diamond to the infamous Adderstone Manor. There, retired thief Fergus Croke trains a new generation of criminals. So, when Croke is found dead, there is no … Continue reading Mystery at the Manor by Alasdair Beckett-King, Ill. by Claire Powell| Pages Unbound | Book Reviews & Discussions
Information Goodreads: Dream OnSeries: NoneAge Category: Middle GradeSource: LibraryPublished: 2025 Summary Cassie feels overlooked in her large family, and things get worse when a new girl comes between her and her best friend Vali. So when Cassie receives a letter in the mail assuring her that she won the grand prize in a sweepstakes, she … Continue reading Dream On by Shannon Hale, Ill. by Marcela Cespedes| Pages Unbound | Book Reviews & Discussions
Information Goodreads: Carousel SummerSeries: NoneAge Category: Middle GradeSource: LibraryPublished: 2025 Summary Lucy is not particularly enjoying summer. Her best friend is away at camp and her dad and brother are both working. Mostly she does chores. Then a local artist (Ray) arrives in town with her daughter Anaïs. Milforth is preparing for its 150th anniversary … Continue reading Carousel Summer by Kathleen Gros| Pages Unbound | Book Reviews & Discussions
Information Goodreads: The Lemonade WarSeries: None (yet–the chapter book has sequels)Age Category: Middle GradeSource: LibraryPublished: 2025 Summary Evan Treski is good with people, but not with numbers. His younger sister Jessie is the opposite. Because her school recommended that Jessie skip a grade, both will be going into fourth grade together this year. And Evan’s … Continue reading The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel by Jacqueline Davis, Ill. by Karen De La Vega| Pages Unbound | Book Reviews & Discussions
Information Goodreads: The Lost SundaySeries: NoneAge Category: Children’s/Middle GradeSource: LibraryPublished: 2021 Summary Nina lives in a town haunted by the wolves of the days of the wee…| Pages Unbound | Book Reviews & Discussions
Brief thoughts on the books I read in August, including books by E.K. Johnston, Intisar Khanani, Rboin Wall Kimmerer, and Nnedi Okorafor. Continue reading →| alibrarymama
My brief thoughts on the books I read in June – so many books I loved! These are mostly fantasy as usual, with a smattering of contemporary middle grade, adult romance, and one historical tee…| alibrarymama
Are you looking for good children’s books containing divorce or separated parents? I have divorce-themed picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books to share... The post 26 Good Children’s Books About Divorce appeared first on Imagination Soup.| Imagination Soup
Ali Terese: writing mayhem full of hilarity and heart! She's my new fav and should be yours, too.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Maybe I DO have something I’m hoping kids will learn from my books after all: That even when the world feels like it’s falling down around them, they can still find laughter.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Author Jamie Sumner joins us to talk about her new middle grade novel, SCHOOLED.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Grief and humor mixing and melding in middle grade is a delicate thing to establish. We talk with author Joanne Levy on how to make this very secret sauce.| A Fuse #8 Production
If you know a child who is a football fan, give them football-themed books like these picture books, chapter books, and middle grade stories as well as amazing nonfiction titles. The post 24 Fantastic Football Books for Kids appeared first on Imagination Soup.| Imagination Soup
I'm thrilled to interview sister and brother Kim Shearer and Chas! Pangburn to talk about their ideation, collaboration, making graphic novels, and more!| Imagination Soup
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Books with a High Page Count (Share those doorstop books!) Happy Tuesday! Oh, fantasy lovers- this is our week!! haha. I … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Chunky Books!| Books Are The New Black
Format: ebookPublished: August 4th, 2020Age: Middle Grade – Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars I really liked this. There’s an eerie element to the novel threaded in by the use of shadows and the threats hanging over our cast, and it’s just the right level for older Middle Grade and younger Young Adult readers toContinue reading "Book Review: The Forest of Stars by Heather Kassner"| Unwrapping Words
Ride or Die By Delilah S. Dawson Pages: 224 pagesPublication Date: August 5th 2025Genre: Horror, Middle GradeLinks: Goodreads| Amazon| Barnes & Noble| IndieBo…| Bookish In Bed
✍🏼 Leigh Botts's favorite writer in the world is a children books' author, Boyd Henshaw. Since Leigh was in second grade, he has been writing letters to "Dear Mr. Henshaw". At first because of his teacher's assignment, but then he keeps writing because his mother told him too. Being a famous writer, you would think that Henshaw would ignore these childish letters; one in particular containing a list of questions that Leigh made Henshaw answer. But funnily, Henshaw wrote back with his lis...| Fanda Classiclit
🚣 While searching for an audiobook of Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil - an essay by Jean-Claude Izzo - I've planned to read for #ParisInJuly...| klasikfanda.blogspot.com
Dracula's Brunch Club by Brian Gonsar is a fun ride from beginning to end, full of vampires and jelly donuts. The post Review: Dracula’s Brunch Club appeared first on Between the Shelves.| Between the Shelves
Check out these cool new releases to get middle grade readers through the last hot days of summer break!| From The Mixed Up Files
Interview with Dylan Thuras and Jennifer Swanson, authors of The Atlas Obscura Guide to Inventing the World| From The Mixed Up Files
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I was so surprised to learn about author Teresa Robeson’s experience creating DISGUSTOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF GROSS because it’s the opposite of the usual way authors, illustrators, and pu…| Beth Anderson, Children's Writer
John Welch by Ethel Barrett is a great Reformation biography the Christian Focus 4 Kids Trailblazers series of Christian biographies!| Thinking Kids
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Books Set in/Take Place Duri…| Books Are The New Black
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Books with Honorifics in the…| Books Are The New Black
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Books I’d Like to Re-read (S…| Books Are The New Black
Incredible or I Cannot Believe How Much I Liked This| The Corner of Laura
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Most Anticipated Books Relea…| Books Are The New Black
My brief thoughts of the 15 books I read in May – from middle grade to adult, including lots of fantasy, some romance, and one deeply thoughtful nonfiction title.| alibrarymama
A great, immersive read that will leave readers anxious to see what happens next.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Books on My Summer 2025 to-R…| Books Are The New Black
Carole @ Carole’s Random Life hosts a weekly blog link-up called “Books from the Backlog” where you share neglected books from your bookshelf. Since I continually make reading goa…| Keeper of the Wood Between Worlds
SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome…| Kite Tales
A Field Guide to Broken Promises and A Split Second are two moving stories of middle school girls blindsided by betrayals from friends and sometimes family, each with a slight speculative twist| alibrarymama
Ah, the HOOK! How can you grab the readers’ attention? Snag their interest? And pull them in to read your work? Hooks are key, but sometimes hard to come up with. Take a read through Ann McCa…| Beth Anderson, Children's Writer
My brief thoughts of the 14 books I read in April, including three re-reads of beloved books. Continue reading →| alibrarymama
Here’s a moving story in verse that includes mountains, blisters, many varieties of chocolate-chip cookies, and finding the space for the main character to reevaluate and come to terms with h…| alibrarymama
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Ways in Which My Blogging/Re…| Books Are The New Black
How did I miss this one until now? I mean, it had tons of positive reviews, great buzz from other readers I know, and won prestigious awards. I even had a copy in hand from a Little Free Library donation. … Continue reading →| What's Not Wrong?
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Unpopular Bookish Opinions (…| Books Are The New Black
When I got an email asking if I’d like to take a look at a middle grade book from a founding Drag Queen Story Hour Queen and Asian-American, the answer was an enthusiastic yes! This is a sparkling and heartwarming … Continue reading →| alibrarymama
Join me for a guest post by Nancy McCabe on the inspirations for her new middle grade novel, Fires Burning Underground.| alibrarymama
Told with deep compassion and raw feelings, this book is not an easy read, but it's an important one.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
Connor is beginning freshman year in a rough situation. His parents are separated. Connor lives with his mother but doesn’t get along with his father, although his mother has moved them to a differ…| What's Not Wrong?
The fastest and funniest Beano comic workshop ever!| International Literature Festival Dublin
“Beautiful, informative and quietly revolutionary.” Just Imagine| International Literature Festival Dublin
My brief thoughts of the 16 books I read in March – so many books I loved!| alibrarymama
I adore historical fiction and the middle grade versions are typically wonderful! Here are two terrific ones to look for!| The Book Search
Y’all, I’ve completed a book. I didn’t expect this to happen in February since the month has proven to be very busy so far, but I gave in to getting this audiobook and quickly ran through it. Let’s…| Zezee With Books
Today I have a tour spotlight for you! In this post I’ll take you through the blurb and about the authors. If you’d like to follow along with the tour, you can find the full tour schedule here. Book Information This… Continue reading →| Jenjenreviews
A laugh-out-loud graphic novel with important lessons about pursuing your dreams Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Tori Sharp for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy… Continue reading →| Jenjenreviews
Today I have a tour review for you! It’s slightly late because I didn’t have this in my planner for some reason. Apologies for that! In this post I’ll take you through the blurb and about the authors. If you’d… Continue reading →| Jenjenreviews
A cute haunted house mystery, perfect for the October month Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Christyne Morrell for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary e-copy and… Continue reading →| Jenjenreviews
Part novel-in-verse, part visual art, part documentary Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Shifra Saltagi Safadi for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy and media kit!… Continue reading →| Jenjenreviews
Discover the best children's picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books about immigration, refugees, migration, migrant work, deportation, poverty, and culture. I hope this list is helpful.| Imagination Soup
Hi book nerds! Were you ever forced to go to summer camp? I went in 5th grade, and it was awful! Bugs a plenty, limited electricity, crappy cabins, and… Read more Book Review: The Curse of Camp Cold Lake (Goosebumps #56) →| Jonathan Pongratz
The discovery of a hidden library full of secrets takes 12-year-old Dally on adventures through over a century of her family’s history in this thought-provoking adventure.| alibrarymama
I am always here for messy friendship stories.| Teen Librarian Toolbox
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Hello, my lovely lemons! 🍋 I’ve been inspired by Sophie @ Me and Ink’s post: Series I Want to Complete or Forget to revisit one of my own old posts. I know I put a lot of effort into the orig…| Scribbles & Stories
Prince of Blue Flowers by Ryu Zhong DNF at 52% I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley. This is an independently published book about this trickster-like cha…| The Literary Huntress
Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon 320 pages, Paperback Published January 19, 2024 by North Star Editions Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’…| The Literary Huntress
Author: Kacy RitterPublication date: August 1, 2023Genre: middle grade fantasyMy rating: 4.25/5 stars 2023 is apparently the year of dragon books. From A Day of Fallen Night and Dragonfall to Fourt…| Metaphors and Miscellanea
The best mystery books for kids are in this roundup of the best middle grade mystery books, each of which entertain, engage, and engross young readers.| Broke by Books