Roll for Initiative
Sixth grade is not starting out as well as Riley Henderson would prefer. Her brother, Devin, has abandoned Riley to attend college on the...
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- 2 min
The Aging Machine
The cost of incarceration is skyrocketing, and Dr. Elmore Fishbein has a solution that will not only bring him wealth, but will also...
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- Sep 16
- 3 min
Series Feature: Norman Space Bat
Norman the bat leads a pretty ordinary life. He attends school, and he loves to play his favorite game: sonar tag. One fateful day,...
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- Sep 13
- 2 min
Series Feature: Kidventure
If you have an entreprenurial-minded middle grade reader, this series of books is perfectly designed to help enhance that spirit with...
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- Sep 9
- 3 min
Author Feature: A.M. Luzzader
If you have a middle grade reader who is ready for more challenging chapter books but isn't quite ready to make the jump from series...
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- Sep 6
- 2 min
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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- Sep 2
- 2 min
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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- Aug 30
- 2 min
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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- Aug 26
- 2 min
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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- Aug 23
- 2 min
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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- Aug 19
- 2 min
Octavia Can Do It!
Octavia loves helping her mother bake cookies! One day, Octavia decides that she is big enough to bake cookies all by herself—and she is...
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- Aug 16
- 2 min
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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- Aug 12
- 2 min
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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- Aug 9
- 2 min
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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- Aug 5
- 2 min
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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- Aug 2
- 2 min
Dance Stance
In ballet, as in anything that requires dedicated study, the fundamental elements are the foundation of ongoing success. Dance Stance is...
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- Jul 29
- 2 min
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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- Jul 26
- 3 min
At the End of Everything
The trigger warning at the beginning of this book sets the tone for a tale that balances the weight of injustice with the lightness of...
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- Jul 22
- 2 min
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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- Jul 19
- 2 min
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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