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This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (9/15/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The Age of Akra, by Vacen Taylor, at Jazzy Book Reviews

Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor, at Hidden in Pages (audiobook review)

Anya and the Dragon, by Sofiya Pasternack, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows, by Ryan Calejo, at Nerdophiles and Nicole's Novel Reads

The Fire Keeper, by J. C. Cervantes, at B. and N. Kids Blog

The Frozen Sea, by Piers Torday, at Book Craic

The Girl Who Speaks Bear, by Sophie Anderson, at Book Craic

The Green Children of Woolpit, by J. Anderson Coats, at Hidden in Pages

Guest: A Changling Tale, by Mary Downing Hahn, at BooksForKidsBlog

The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracey Baptiste, at Kid Lit Reviews

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

The Little Grey Girl, by Celine Kiernan, at Cover2Cover Blog

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Always in the Middle, BooksYALove, Twirling Book Princess, and Charlotte's Library

The Moon Over Crete, by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, at Charlotte's Library

Over the Moon, by Natalie Lloyd, at Pages Unbound

Polly and Buster: the Wayward Witch & the Feelings Monster, by Sally Rippin, at Log Cabin Library

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong, at Puss Reboots

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Locus (audiobook review)

Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, at Charlotte's Library

Snow and Rose, by Emily Winfield Martin, at Fantasy Literature

The Star Shepherd, by Dan Haring and Marcykate Connolly, at Pop Goes the Reader

The Three Hares: the Jade Dragonball, by Scott Lauder and David Ross, at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

The Time Travelers (Gideon #1), by Linda Buckley-Archer, at Say What?

Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Rajiv's Reviews

Lots of new fantasy in this B and N Kids Blog post and this post at Imagination Soup


Authors and Interviews

John Claude Bemis (The Wooden Prince, etc.) at Middle Grade Ninja

Thomas Taylor (Malamander) at Middle Grade Book Village, and he also has recommendations of books on, under, or by the sea at the B. and N. Kids Blog

Trenton Lee Stewart (The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of the Ages) at B. and N. Kids Blog



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