This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (9/8/19)

Here's what I found this week in my on-line reading of interest to us mg fantasy and sci fi fans! Please let me know of anything I missed.

First--
You have until Friday the 13 to apply to be a Cybils judge! Please do; we'd love to welcome new folks to the wild reading and discussing fun that is the Cybils, and I, in particular, would love love love to welcome new folks to the category I'm responsible, Elementary Middle Grade Speculative Fiction.

The Reviews
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, by John August, at Imaginary Friends

Briar and Rose and Jack, by Katherine Coville, at Cracking the Cover

Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows, by Ryan Calejo, at Eli to the nth

Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Rajiv's Reviews

Dragon Slippers, by Jessica Day George, at Middle Grade Book Village

The Girl who Speaks Bear, by Sophie Anderson, at Magic Fiction Since Potter

Hunters for Hire (Monster Club #1), by Gavin Brown, at Say What?

Jagger Jones and the Mummy's Ankh, by Malayna Evans, at Reading, Writing, and Stitch-Metic

The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste, at Rajiv's Reviews

Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Some the Wiser

Legacy and the Queen, by Annie Matthew, at Always in the Middle

The Little Grey Girl, by Celine Kiernan, at Charlotte's Library

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Log Cabin Library

Princess BMX, by Marie Basting, at Storgy Kids

The Runaway Princess, by Kate Coombs, at Not Acting My Age

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Rajiv's Reviews and Fantasy Literature

The Train to Impossible Place, by P.G. Bell, at Puss Reboots

Two at Ms. Yingling Reads--The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, and The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracey Baptiste

Authors and Interviews

Lindsay Lackey (All the Impossible Things) at Nerdy Book Club and Fuse #8

Other Good Stuff

Check out the trailer for The Last Kids on Earth via Waking Brain Cells

An Ursula Le Guin approved tv version of Earthsea is coming! (more at Tor)

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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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