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This week's round up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blog (10/6/19)

Bloglovin utterly failed me this week, so I doubtless missed many posts.  So let me know if I missed yours, and I'll add it!

The Reviews

Cog, by Greg Van Eekhout, at Charlotte's Library

Creep, by Eireann Corrigan, at Not Acting My Age

The Double Helix (Explorer Academy #3), by Trudi Truit, at Mom Read It

The Fairfield Curse, by Kaleb Nation, at Say What?

The Last Dragon (The Revenge of Magic #2), by James Riley, at The Write Path

Lexi Magill and the Teleportation Tournament, by Kim Long, at A Garden of Books

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages, by Trenton Lee Stewart, at Puss Reboots

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong, at Geo Librarian

Scourge: A Grim Doyle Adeventure, by David H. Burton, at Say What?

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at A Dance with Books

The Storm Runner, by J. C. Cervantes, at A Backwards Story

A Tale of Magic, by Chris Colfer, at Ms. Yingling Reads

A Time Traveller's Theory of Relativity, by Nicole Valentine, at Charlotte's Library and Always in the Middle

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Brain Mill Press Voices

Zombies are People Too, by Tom Greenwald, at Say What?

Other Good Stuff

Seven series recommendations, with an Australian slant, at Emma Louise Hughes

A gathering of spooky middle grade at Some the Wiser

The nominations for this year's Cybils Awards are open!  Here's what's been nominated in Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction so far, and here are a few eligible titles that are new this October that haven't ben nominated yet (this isn't a comprehensive list by any means, but a quick off the top of my head; I'll almost certainly be mentioning more eligible titles between now and when nominations close on Oct 15).  Anyone can nominate books first published between Oct 16 2018 and Oct 15 2019; you don't have to be in the US, or have a blog, or be a grown up (so get your kids to send love to their favorite books of the past year!)

Here's where you go to nominate.

Alien Superstar, by Lin Oliver and Henry Winkler
Cog, by Greg Van Eekhout
Tristan Strong Punches  a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalai
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao
Throwback, by Peter Lerangis
Ember and the Ice Dragons, by Heather Fawcett


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