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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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