This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (1/26/20)

Here are the posts about mg fantasy and sci fi that I gleaned in my blog reading this week! Please let me know if I missed yours.

The Reviews

Agent Weasel and the Abominable Dr Snow, by Nick East, at Library Girl and Book Boy

Agent Weasel and the Fiendish Fox Gang, at Twirling Book Princess

The Bootlace Magician, by Cassie Beasley, at Sloth Reads

The Haunting, by Lindsey Duga, at Not Acting My Age and Cracking the Cover

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day, by Christopher Edge, at Charlotte's Library

Nevertell, by Katherie Orton, at Booktrailers for Kids and YA

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Sonderbooks

Serafina and the Seven Stars, by Robert Beatty, at Good Reads With Rona

A Sprinkle of Sorcery, by Michelle Harrison, at Book Craic

The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady, by Gerald Morris, at Leaf's Reviews

Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, Book 1) by M.I. McAllister, at Semicolon

Wild and Chance, by Allan Zadoff, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Wolf Light, by Yaba Badoe, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Authors and Interviews

Sunayna Prasad (The Frights of Fiji) at Andi's Middle Grade and Chapter Books

Other Good Stuff

At Postcards from La-La Land, it's selkie time!

Tomorrow is ALA Awards day--will a fantasy/sci fi book win the Newbery? I'm thinking not (realistic mg is very strong this year), but if one did, I bet it would be The Lost Girls, by Anne Ursu...what do you think?

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Formerly Shark Girl

by Kelly Bingham Formerly shark girl is a truly beautiful book written in verse. It is the story of a girl who lost her arm in a shark attack as she fights her way through her senior year. She is an amazingly determined character, who any teen can relate to, especially her struggles with her dreams and choosing a college. Unlike some books where things are a bit to cliche or overly dramatic, I think this really hit recovery from a major injury right on. She works long and hard to bring her painting skills back to what they were, since she lost her right hand, and struggles in science with tweezers during a dissection. The small things that don't seem that important and Jane's reaction to them is perfect. I especially loved her conviction that she is fine, that she has moved passed it and her determination to prove herself. When she faces water for the first time, a large swimming pool, and is too proud to admit how her whole world collapsed, I saw a lot of myself in her. I know...

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Parched

Written by: Georgia Clark Gulp down a tall glass of H2O and some water crackers for this one! Yay for sci-fi/adventure/romance/dystopian original novels! Seriously, I really liked this book. Clark is a charismatic writer, and her characters are complex and fun to get to know. Tessendra Rockwood is a spoiled rich girl who (for reasons initially unknown) leaves the protective dome of her city, Eden, to camp out in the Badlands. The contrast is horrifying; people in Eden live clean, happy lives and have an abundance of precious water, while in the Badlands children fight over the smallest sip of muddy liquid. Tessendra is eventually found by a member of the rebel group Kudzu, who are intent on ending the growing inequality. She returns home and lives with her uncle, who she thinks may be helping Eden keep the water in and the Badlanders out. She works undercover with the Kudzu, and eventually hatches a plan to help free the water, all while balancing her time studying at home with her Unc...

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Doon

By: Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon Once again I found myself reading a romance. This is not exactly my genre. While I can admire romances in books with intricate plots, romances just don't do the same thing for me. In general, I find it annoying when one character is constantly thinking about another. This was an average romance. The main character Veronica was in love with another character, Jamie, the entire time. There was some suspense and action but most of it was about the romance, which makes sense, because Doon is a romance. I won't say it was an extraordinary romance but it also didn't fall short. Veronica is a girl from the United States. Her dad left her when she was 12, her mom is marrying someone she hates, and her boyfriend just left her. Overall, her life is pretty bad. Her friend Kenna takes her to Scotland for the summer where they discover a magical world called Doon. Doon passes time at about...

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