On Tuesday, March 15, (next week) Brandon Mull will be having a launch party for “Beyonders: A World Without Heroes”…
Browsing: Middle Grade
“Mira, Mirror,” by Mettie Ivie Harrison, Viking (ages 10 and up) Before “The Princess and the Hound,” “The Princess and…
There’s lots of exciting things going on in the middle-reader, YA worlds. Below are some links to some of what’s…
It took a while, but Utah-based author Brandon Mull and his Fablehaven series have finally hit their stride. Like J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books, the characters in “Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague” have evolved, the action has picked up and the story is more exciting.
All the whining “why me” drama in J.K. Rowling’s “Order of the Phoenix” left fans wondering if the series was going to turn into Harry Potter 90210. But readers need not be worried. Rowling has brought new life to her popular series with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”
It’s a whale of a tale if ever there was one — a teenage girl becoming surrogate mother to a lost baby gray whale.
“A TALE DARK AND GRIMM,” by Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Juvenile, $16.99 (ages 9-12) Once upon a time … That’s how…
“THE MEMORY BANK,” by Carolyn Coman and Rob Shepperson, Arthur A. Levine Books, $16.99 (ages 9-12) Life hasn’t been easy…
“MOCKINGBIRD,” by Kathryn Erskine, Philomel, $15.99 (ages 9-12) Kathryn Erskine’s “Mockingbird” was named the winner of the 2010 National Book…
“WHERE THE STREETS HAD A NAME,” by Randa Abdel-Fattah, Scholastic Press, $17.99 (ages 9-12) Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission…