this week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (6/2/19)

Here's what I found this week; as ever, please let me know what I missed!

The Reviews

A Box of Bones, by Marina Cohen, at Charlotte's Library

The Curse of Ragman's Hollow, by Rhys A. Jones, at splashesintobooks

The Fairy Tale Detectives, by Michael Buckley, at proseandkahn

The Last Spell Breather, by Julie Pike, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at For Those About To Mock

Nevermore: the Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at TBR and Beyond

Order of the Majestic, by Matt Mvklush, at Always in the Middle

Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles, by Thomas Lennon, at Redeemed Reader

The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Duble, at Log Cabin Library

Rumblestar, by Abi Elphinstone, at Snow White Hates Apples

Time Sight, by Lynne Jonell, at Charlotte's Library

The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom, by Temre Beltz, at Pages Unbound

Twice Magic (The Wizards of Once, #2), by Cressida Cowell, at Of Books, Photography, and Tea

Two at Lost in Storyland--Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, and Briar and Rose and Jack, by Katherine Coville

Authors and Interviews

Ronald Smith (The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away), at Middle Grade Book Village

Zeno Alexander (The Library of Ever) at Maria's Melange

Malayna Evans (Jagger Jones and the Mummy's Ankh) at steaMG

Other Good Stuff

"Coming out on top of a bidding war, Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to Amari and the Night Brothers, the debut novel by first-time author B.B. Alston." (Read more at The Hollywood Reporter)

At Dream Gardens podcast, you can hear Roshani Chokshi talking about The Iron Ring, by Lloyd Alexander

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The Secret Deep, by Lindsay Galvin

The Secret Deep , by Lindsay Galvin (Scholastic, Feb 4 2020), is a sci-fi mystery/adventure that's difficult to review, because it's best read without spoilers, but hard to talk about without them. So conclusion first--this is a fun adventure with science pushed to fantastical limits, with lots of ocean adventure, and a thought-provoking consideration of the ethics of medical consent. It's upper middle grade (classic "tween")-- 11-14 year olds. There's some nascent romance, but it's not a plot point. It wasn't really a book that hit all the right notes for me, but if you look at Goodreads you'll find lots of readers who loved it. It begins with two sisters, Aster and Poppy, flying to New Zealand to live with their aunt after their mother dies from cancer. Aunt Iona is an oncologist, but she wasn't around to help her sister; instead, she was travelling frenetically around the world, helping various disadvantaged communities, seemingly unawa...

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The Moon Over Crete, by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, for Timeslip Tuesday

The Moon Over Crete , by Jyotsna Sreenivasan (1996, Smooth Stone Press), is a slightly older children's time travel story, interesting for several reasons. It's the story of a modern girl, 11-year-old Lily, whose mom is Indian American, and whose dad is European American. Lily is finding it difficult being a girl--her best friend is interested in dressing to impress boys, a boy in her class is sexually harassing her and no one is doing anything about it, her mother isn't letting her do things (like go exploring off in the woods) that she'd be allowed to do if she were a boy. Lily's flute teacher, Mrs. Zinn, is the only one who seems to understand Lily's growing resentment. And happily for Lily, Mrs. Zinn is a time-traveler, fond of visiting ancient Crete, where (in this fictional world) there is almost utopian gender equality. Mrs. Zinn offers Lily the chance to go to ancient Crete with her for a few weeks, and Lily accepts. Having an experienced adult guid...

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When the Stars Go Blue

By Caridad Ferrer Once, Soledad thought that the best thing in the world was the percussion encouraging to move faster, jump higher, reach the skies. But things change. She gets into a relationship with Jonathan, a horn player from a corps, and he invites her to dance with the group. First impressions were good, a not so usual fairy dancer, Soledad, but one with actual substance. But then, it got really cliche. She falls for the guy, obsesses over him, then, is faced with a problem that might bring her apart from him. And it kept going. She falls for another guy, Taz, a spanish soccer player, then has to choose between Jonathan and the hot soccer player. It goes the whole jealous boyfriend cycle as well. Then a twist almost brought it back from the dead for me, but it somewhat disturbed me. It reminded me of Pink's music video for Don't Leave Me (which I don't recommend watching). Then, guess what! It got cliche a And she even end...

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