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This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (8/18/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass, at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow

Are You Ready to Hatch and Unusual Chicken? by Kelly Jones, at Not Acting My Age

Aru Sha and the Song of Death, by Roshani Chokshi, at proseandkahn (audiobook review)

The Beasts of Grimheart (Longburrow #3), by Kieran Larwood, at BooksForKidsBlog

The Boy From Tomorrow, by Camille DeAngelis, at Puss Reboots

Caravan Holiday, by Hilda Boden, at Charlotte's Library

Changling (The Wormling #3), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry, at Say What?

The Curse of the Werepenguin, by Allan Woodrow, at Ms. Yingling Reads 

Dragonfell, by Sarah Prineas, at alibrarymama

Eventown, by Corey Ann Haydu, at Not Acting My Age

The Gauntlet, by Karuna Riazi, at A Dance With Books

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, at Rajv's Reviews

The House With Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson, at Book Craic

Inkling, by Kenneth Oppel, at Rajiv's Reviews

The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at Cracking the Cover

The Night's Realm, by Nick Ward, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Outwalkers, by Fiona Shaw, at Bibliobrit

Rise of the Dragon Moon, by Gabrielle Byrne, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Redeemed Reader

Serafina and the Seven Stars, by Robret Beatty, at Jen Robinson's Book Page

The Strangers, by Margaert Peterson Haddix, at Redeemed Reader

Tin, by Kenny Padraig, at Say What?

Weird Little Robots, by Caolyn Crimi, at Milliebot Reads

4 (The Lighthouse Between Worlds, Snow and Rose, Straw Into Gold, and Watch Hollow) at Random Musings of a Bibliophile

Authors and Interviews

Gabrielle Byrne (Rise of the Dragon Moon) at Nerdy Book Club

K.A. Reynolds (The Spinner of Dreams) at Middle Grade Book Village

Angie Smibert (Ghosts of Ordinary Objects Series--Bone's Gift, etc.), at Kim Ventrella

Other Good Stuff

Via  Laughing Squid--a Russian artist imagines his life with giant cats.  Here's the artist's instagram account, for all the pictures.














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