The Other Side of the River
(Haven't read book 1 yet? Read more about it here!) The immediacy and danger of the Mexican Revolution launched twelve-year-old Petra...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 2, 20222 min read
The Prince of Steel Pier
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...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Trex
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...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Ghosts Come Rising
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...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 23, 20222 min read
Daybreak on Raven Island
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...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Frances and the Monster
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...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone
Middle school is filled with bad decisions, especially as young people are managing body changes alongside the social drama that...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Peeps in Bloom
Beginning sixth grade can be particularly difficult as the newest student in a class of children that has known each other for years....
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Mary Lanni
Aug 5, 20222 min read
The Mapmakers
For the past two months, Cordelia Hatmaker has been struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her father. Those around her...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 29, 20222 min read
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 22, 20222 min read
The Way of the River
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Series Feature: The Captain's Daughters
This action-packed middle grade story takes place nearly three hundred years in the future, where Captain William Marsh leads the...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Wish
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,...
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Mary Lanni
Jul 1, 20223 min read
Quintessence
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 28, 20223 min read
The Clackity
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 24, 20222 min read
Tales from Slacksville
Short stories can be deceptively difficult to write, but when they are done well, they are particularly enjoyable. Tales from Slacksville...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 14, 20222 min read
An Awfully Big Adventure
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...
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Mary Lanni
Jun 7, 20222 min read
A Leaf for Bongani
I did not know, until reading this book, how endangered the giraffe is in the wild. These tall, majestic creatures have important places...
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