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this week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (7/14/19)

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

The Reviews

And All Between (Green Sky #3), by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, at Say What?

The Book of Dust, by Philip Pullman, at Girl With Her Head in a Book

Brightstorm, by Vashti Hardy, at Charlotte's Library

Changling (the Oddmire #1), by William Ritter, at Metalphantasmreads, Storythreads, and Bookworm for Kids

The Haunting of Henry Davis, by Kathryn Siebel, at From My Bookshelf

The House with Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson, at Arkham Reviews

The Longest Night of Charlie Moon, by Christopher Edge, at Middle Grade Mafia

The Lost Tide Warriors, by Catherine Doyle, at Book Craic 

The Magic Bed-Knob, by Mary Norton, at Fantasy Literature

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Heather's Reading Hideaway

The Rithmatist, by Brandon Sanderson, at Read Till Dawn

Serafina and the Seven Stars, by Robert Beatty, at the B and N Kids Blog

Ship Rats: A Tale of Heroism on the High Seas, by Rhian Waller, at Nayu's Reading Corner

Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts, by Charles Kowalski, at The Reading Bud

A Small Zombie Problem, by K.G. Campbell, at Lost in Storyland, Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers,  and From My Bookshelf

Authors and Interviews

Kara LaRue (The Bland Sisters series) at From the Mixed Up Files

Rajani LaRoca (Midsummer's Mayhem) at Taleoutloud and Michelle I. Mason

Caroline Carlson (The Door at the End of the World) at Stephanie Burgis

Nicole Valentine (A Time-Traveller's Theory of Relativity) at My Brain on Books

Juliette Forrest (The True Colours of Coral Glen) at thereaderteacher.com

Other Good Stuff

What's new in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

A booklist of favorite mice at Redeemed Reader

Disney news rounded up at A Backwards Story

"A Debut Middle-Grade Author's Life-Changing Tweet" at Publishers Weekly

Congratulations to Cressida Cowell, just named Waterstones Children's Laureate for the coming year!


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