This weeks round up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (10/27/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post (or a post about your book....)

The Reviews

The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander, at Say What?

The Bookwanderers, by Anna James, at Ms. Yingling Reads and Book Nut

Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Geo Librarian and Books4YourKids

The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Read Love

Ember and the Ice Dragons, by Heather Fawcett, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Iggy and Oz: the Plastic Dinos of Doom, by J.J. Johnson, at Reading, Writing, and Stitch Metric

Knock Three Times (Wizards of Once #3), by Cressida Cowell, at Twirling Book Princess

Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Puss Reboots

Lintang and the Pirate Queen, by Tamara Moss, at Read Love

The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Not Acting My Age

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Milliebot Reads

The Poison Jungle, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Hidden in Pages

Rise of the Dragons, by Angie Sage, at Say What?

The Rubicus Prophecy, by Alane Adams, at Always in the Middle

The Runaway Princes, by Kate Coombs, at Leaf's Reviews

Sam Saves the Night, by Shari Simpson, at Nerdophiles

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at The New York Times

We're Not From Here, by Geoff Rodkey, at Imaginary Friends

Two at The Book Search--The Spinner of Dreams, by K.A. Reynolds, and A Wolf Called Wander, by Rosanne Perry

Authors and Interviews

Jacqueline West (A Storm of Wishes) at Spooky Middle Grade

Katie Zhao (The Dragon Warrior) at Nerdy Book Club and Literary Rambles

Anna James (The Bookwanderers) at Nerdy Book Club

Other good stuff

Middle grade ghosts of 2019, compiled by me at the B and N Kids Blog

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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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