Glitter Gets EverywhereYvette ClarkHarperCollinsPublished May 4, 2021 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Glitter Gets Everywhere Kitty’s mother died on an inappropriately sunny Tuesday. So much has changed in Kitty’s life over the last few months, and she needs the world to stop spinning around her. She needs things to return to normal — or … Continue reading Review: Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark
2021 Reading List Here is my complete 2021 Reading List. This list shows all the books I’ve currently agreed to review plus whatever random backlist titles I managed to fit in. You’ll also find links to the reviews for these books as I post them as well as a link to add them to your … Continue reading 2021 Reading List
Aster’s Good, Right ThingsKate GordonRiveted PressPublished November 1, 2020 Book Depository | Goodreads About Aster’s Good, Right Things “I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll float away, and a storm will come and blow me to nothing.” Eleven-year-old Aster attends a … Continue reading Review: Aster’s Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon
Mary UnderwaterShannon DoleskiAmuletPublished April 7, 2020 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About Mary Underwater Mary Murphy feels like she’s drowning. Her violent father is home from prison, and the social worker is suspicious of her new bruises. An aunt she’s never met keeps calling. And if she can’t get a good grade on her science project, … Continue reading Review: Mary Underwater by Shannon Doleski
What Happens NextClaire SwinarskiHarperCollinsPublished May 19, 2020 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About What Happens Next In this heartfelt and accessible middle grade novel perfect for fans of THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH, a young girl throws herself into solving a local mystery to keep from missing her older sister, who has been sent to an eating disorder … Continue reading Review: What Happens Next by Claire Swinarski
I don’t know if I’m reading more books than usual because of trying to stay home and avoid COVID-19, or if I’ve just got better contacts and a better sense of the middle grade book world these days, or if I’ve just gotten incredible lucky, but it seems like there have been a LOT of … Continue reading Best Middle Grade Books from Spring 2020
