The week's round-up of middle grade science fiction and fantasy from around the blogs (7/28/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know of anything I missed!

(It may not be the longest list of links ever, but still I visited three blogs new to me and found two books I'd not yet heard of, so that's a win in my book!)

The Reviews

Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, at Madison's Inkwell

The Bad Luck Lighthouse, by Nicki Thornton, at thereaderteacher

Bad Order, by B.B. Ullman, at Always in the Middle

Banneker Bones and the Alligator People, at Charlotte's Library

Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book, by Jennifer Donnelly, at Pages Unbound

Bone Garden by Heather Kassner, at Log Cabin Library

The Camelot Code, by Mari Mancusi, at Cover2Cover

Carnival Catastrophe (The Problim Children #2) by Natalie Lloyd, at Log Cabin Library

Changling (The Oddmire #1), by William Ritter, at Carina's Books, Young Adult Books-What We're Reading Now, and Howling Libraries

Darkwood, by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, at Rachel Neumeier

The Dragon in the Library, by Louie Stowell, at Book Craic

The Morganas and the Jewel of Bar-Ran, by K.T. Dady, at A Garden of Books

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at proseandkahn (audiobook review)

Outwalkers, by Fiona Shaw, at Hidden in Pages

The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Duble, at proseandkahn and The Book Monsters

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelly Armstrong, at Sharon the Librarian

The Simple Art of Flying, by Cory Leonardo, at This Kid Reviews Books

The Strangers, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Becky's Book Reviews

Through the Untamed Sky (Riders of the Realm #2), by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, at Say What?

The Tzar's Curious Runaways, by Robin Scott-Elliot, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Until the Celebration (Green Sky #3), by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, at Say What?

Urchin of the Riding Stars (Mistmantle Chronicles #1), by M.I. McAllister, at Redeemed Reader

Authors and Interviews

Chris Colfer (A Tale of Magic) at USA Today

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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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