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Category Archives: Middle Grade
Win a FREE author visit to your classroom!
To celebrate Angelhood winning a 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Award, I’m giving away one free author visit to a classroom in the Chicago area. Details and entry form are here. But hurry! Contest is only open until November 15, 2015! … Continue reading
Posted in Angelhood, Giveaway, Middle Grade, Reading, Speculative Fiction, Teaching
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8 Books to Engage Your Middle School Student this School Year
As an author and middle school English teacher, I get a lot of requests from parents about what books I might recommend to their children. Since the school I teach at started early this year, I’ve already been listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy, Historical, Middle Grade, Mysteries, Reading, Speculative Fiction
Tagged book reviews, fantasy, middle grade books, middle school, mystery
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Monday Book Review: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
One of my favorite things to read is a middle grade mystery with puzzles that the reader can play along with, and Chris Grabenstein delivers just such a treat in his Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. (And seeing how I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Middle Grade, Mysteries, Writing
Tagged book review, libraries, middle grade, mystery
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Spin Cycle: Summer Reading List
This week on the Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie is asking for our summer reading lists. Here are a few things on my Kindle app that I’m hoping to get read this summer. 1. Capturing Today by Jess Evander–I read … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Middle Grade, Mysteries, Speculative Fiction, Spin Cycle, young adult
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Monday Book Review: Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai
Here’s the second in my reviews of juvenile mysteries for these year’s Edgar nominees! Title: Saving Kabul Corner Author: N.H. Senzai Genre: mystery Age group: middle grade Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Ariana is a bit perturbed that her perfect cousin Laila, who … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Edgar Nominee, Middle Grade, Mysteries
Tagged book review, Edgar Awards, middle grade books, mystery
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Monday Book Review: Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Last summer, this book was so popular around the summer school kids that even the principal asked to borrow my copy so she could read it. After she returned it to me, it took a while before I had time … Continue reading
Monday Book Review: Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Today I’m bringing you one of last year’s nominees for the Rebecca Caudill Award. I had it on my to-be-read list for a while and finally got around to it. I enjoyed it very much and can see why it … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Historical, Middle Grade
Tagged book review, Clare Vanderpool, coming of age, historical, middle grade, Navigating Early
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Spin Cycle: Lost
This week on the Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie is asking us to write a post prompted by the word lost. I have a great fear of getting lost. Many of my childhood nightmares had to do with getting lost. I … Continue reading
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Monday Book Review: Bird Face by Cynthia T. Toney
I’d heard a lot about Bird Face from a lot of my fellow ACFW authors (of which Cynthia T. Toney is one), so I was excited when I got the chance to read her sweet coming-of-age story. Title: Bird Face … Continue reading