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This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (11/10/19)

Welcome to this week's round-up, and please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab, at Hidden in Pages

The Darkdeep, by Ally Condy and Brendan Reichs, at Hidden in Pages

A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic #1), by Anna Meriano, at Imaginary Friends

The Dragon Warrior, by Katy Zhao, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Edge of the World (Mightier than the Sword #2), by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction, A Garden of Books, and Always in the Middle

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone, by Jaclyn Moriarty, at alibrarymama

The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Frostheart, by Jamie Littler, at Book Craic

The Griffins of Castle Cary, by Heather Shumaker, at Geo Librarian

Grimworld, by Avery Moray, at Becca Leighanne

The Hound of Rowan, by Henry Neff, at Say What?

The Lifters, by Dave Eggers, at The Comfort Table),

The Other Side of the Wall (Castle in the Mist #3) by Amy Ephron, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Over the Moon, by Natalie Lloyd, at Puss Reboots

The Piper's Apprentice, by Matthew Cody, at Fantasy Literature

Prince Dustin and Clara: Secrets of the Black Forest, by Daniel Lee Nicholson, at Log Cabin Library

The Princess who Flew with Dragons, by Stepahnie Burgis, at Foreward Reviews

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Broadway World Books

The Spirit of London (Spirits #2), by Rob Keeley, at Pages for Thoughts

Throwback, by Peter Lerangis, at Charlotte's Library

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Player FM (audiobook)

Two at The Book Search--Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, and Dragonfell, by Sarah Prineas


Authors and Interviews

Katharine Orton (Nevertell), also with review, at thereaderteacher

Matt Harry (Cryptozoology for Beginners) at Carpinello's Writing Pages

Rick Riodan at the B and N YA podcast

Ross MacKenzie (Evernight) at thereaderteacher


Other Good Stuff

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

Five fractured fairy tales, at Scholastic Parents

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