The last middle grade fantasy and science fiction round-up of 2019!

Not surprisingly, I didn't find many reviews from this past week (there was nothing from me, for instance, because I was too busy playing reindeer games and eating cookies....). But since I'm back home, and ready to commit to blogging more regularly, I didn't want this Sunday to pass without a round-up...As ever, let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The 12th Candle, by Kim Tomsic, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Casket of Time, by Andri Snaer Magnason, at Bookworm for Kids

The Forbidden Expediction (Polar Bear Explorers Club #2), by Alex Bell, at Pages Unbound

The Girl Who Speaks Bear, by Sophie Anderson, at The Anxious Bookworm

If We Were Giants, by Dave Matthews, at Say What?

Minecraft: the End, by Catherynne M. Valente, at SFF Book Reviews

Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, at Jean Little Library

The Storm Keeper's Island, by Catherine Doyle, at A Kids Book a Day

Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Bookishly Brittknee (audiobook review)

Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate, at Completely Full Bookshelf

Two at The Book Search--Homerooms and Hall Passes, by Tom O'Donnell, and A Sprinkle of Spirits, by Anna Meriano

Three at Rose Quartz Reads--Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

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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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Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler

Rapture Practice opens with a note from the author, Aaron Hartzler: "Something you should know up front about my family: We believe that Jesus is coming back." This initial detail introduces us to Aaron's family, a family that believes in the rapture, the idea that Jesus is going to come back down to earth and bring good people up to heaven. Aaron has been a part of his family's religious lifestyle for his entire life. He performs in plays of Bible stories with his family. They don't go to movies, don't have a TV, don't listen to many kinds of music. They are focused on living properly so that when Jesus comes back, they will get to go to heaven. At first glance, Rapture Practice probably seems like one of those sensational stories that we see nowadays, books about someone's abusive childhood or crazy cult. What's so refreshing about this book is that it isn't sensational. The entirety of the book can be summed up in one conversatio...

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The Wind Eye, by Robert Westall, for Timeslip Tuesday

This week's Timeslip Tuesday book is an older English one-- The Wind Eye , by Robert Westall (upper MG/YA 1976, still in print). Westall's work ranges from picture books to adult, often exploring how the past hits the present in dark and mysterious ways. Which is what happens in The Wind Eye.... It begins when a family, comprising a mother and her teenaged son married to a father with two daughters (one a young teen and one a little girl), setting off to the northeast coast of England to stay in the old house the father has just inherited. They are not a happy family. The kids get along fine, but the parents are not getting on well at all. And then the past and the present collide. St. Cuthbert still is a real person to the people of this part of the Northumberland coast, and he becomes so to the kids as well when they find a boat that travels back to his time, taking them out to the island that was his retreat from the world. Along the way, there's...

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