“CLUELESS McGEE,” by Jeff Mack, Philomel Books, August 2012, Hardcover, $11.98 (Ages 8-12) In my house, we have readers of…
Browsing: Middle Grade
As someone who loved books from the time she was little, Sheila O’Connor had many books that stand out from…
“KEEPING SAFE THE STARS,” by Sheila O’Connor, Putnam, Oct. 11, 2012, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 10 and up) There are some…
From the time she was a 10-year-old girl hanging around in her tree house reading books, Christina Gonzalez wanted to…
When becoming a mermaid, frog or a cowgirl didn’t work out, Bobbie Pyron decided writing was the thing to do.…
Courtney Sheinmel thinks in terms of stories. She says she’s just wired that way. It makes sense, then, that she’s…
“Unlocking the Spell,” by E. D. Baker, Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Oct. 2, 2012, $16.99 (ages 8 and up) There once was…
“Books and story are essential to our lives, like food and drink and breathing. And loving! We live in a…
“The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm,” by Patricia MacLachlan and Tim Jessell, Albert Whitman & Company,…
A little more than a year ago, Derek Taylor Kent set out on a mission to bring kids a book…