(Haven't read book 1 yet? Read more about it here!) The immediacy and danger of the Mexican Revolution launched twelve-year-old Petra...

In a large, Jewish family, it can often feel like the amount of talking and arguing everyone is doing makes it nearly impossible to keep...

Eight years ago, Trex Wilson should have died in the car accident that claimed his father’s life. Instead, he was given a second chance...

When a loved one passes on, it is common to wish to speak with them across the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead. The...

It is nearing the end of the school year, and a class of seventh graders from Greenville Middle School is embarking on an impromptu field...

I try not to read too much about books before I set out to review them, particularly because I want to see how much comes through in the...

Middle school is filled with bad decisions, especially as young people are managing body changes alongside the social drama that...

Beginning sixth grade can be particularly difficult as the newest student in a class of children that has known each other for years....

For the past two months, Cordelia Hatmaker has been struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her father. Those around her...

Zachary Ying has had a hard time fitting in ever since he and his mom moved from New York to Maine. As one of the only people of Asian...

I do enjoy a good story about magic and mystery, and this book includes both of those things. This is the story of several siblings and...

This action-packed middle grade story takes place nearly three hundred years in the future, where Captain William Marsh leads the...

What fun it is to travel the world through the experiences of dynamic characters. Shinji Takashi is one of the newest in the canon of...

I've had this book on my TBR list for a while, and I'm glad I finally got the chance to read it. I enjoyed the audio version very much,...

The fact that we are all made of “star stuff” is one that is discussed often inside my home, and I was delighted to discover how much...

I am continually impressed by the range of stories available for middle grade readers that I would have loved to be able to read when I...

Short stories can be deceptively difficult to write, but when they are done well, they are particularly enjoyable. Tales from Slacksville...

It is 2053 and the majority of the world has been enmeshed—connected to one another through their brains to the multiweb. Twelve-year-old...

It has been one year since Captain Hook was made to walk his own plank, and now that the initial jubilee has come to a close, many of the...

I did not know, until reading this book, how endangered the giraffe is in the wild. These tall, majestic creatures have important places...