Middle Grade – Page 2 – Looking For a Good Book

October 2, 2023

DOGTOWN – Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko

Chance, a three-legged dog, is the top dog in the Dogtown Shelter. The management seems to think he’s pretty cute, but Chance has some concerns about Dogtown since they also keep electronic pet dogs. Chance doesn’t much care for this idea, but he does admit that the metal dogs increase foot traffic which increases the Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Middle Grade, Reviews

September 20, 2023

TRAVELERS – Brett Riley

The high school friends who self-titled their group of friends “Freaks” have survive the summer (despite the otherworldly figure trying to kill them) and now school is back in session and they are looking are starting their sophomore year. While the appearance is that they are ordinary, if borderline outcast students, the truth is quite Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

September 14, 2023

THE PLANET THIEVES – Dan Krokos

Mason Stark is a thirteen-year-old cadet from the Academy for Earth Space Command. He and seventeen of his fellow cadets have boarded the SS Egypt for a short voyage – just enough for the cadets to log their requisite space hours. Mason’s sister serves aboard the ship and the two of them can’t help playing practical jokes on Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

August 30, 2023

OPERATION OVERLORD – Francis Moss

Tommy Collins is the son of Royal Naval Lieutenant Commander Lawrence Collins. Britain is deep in World War II and Lawrence Collins is attending “Most Secret” meetings. There is rumor that an Allied invasion will be taking place soon. Despite the active dangers in England, and the sensitive nature of Lieutenant Commander Collins’ current work, Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

May 16, 2023

THE TOWER TREASURE – Franklin W. Dixon

It’s a little hard to believe, but at one time I was a reluctant reader. In my younger years I really didn’t care to read and while my parents brought me a barrage of books from the local library, nothing seemed interesting to me. This is likely why I have never read a Hardy Boys Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, MYSTERY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Mystery, Reviews, YA

December 20, 2022

SAM GUNN JR. – Ben Bova

I’m pretty sure I’ve never read any Ben Bova before this, unless I’ve read a short story in an anthology sometime back in the 1970’s or so. I’m not exactly sure why this is other than the simple fact that there’s too many books and too little time and choices of what to read have Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 19, 2022

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA – Andrew E.C. Gaska; E.L. Thomas

I am a big fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure concept and series of books. This is only slightly unusual because when the series brand was publishing, in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, I was not doing very much reading. But the idea of a reader getting to dictate the path of a journey Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

November 14, 2022

MISSION ATOMIC – Sarwat Chadda

* * * WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD!! * * * Things are heating up for the Cahills, thirteen year old Dan and his older sister Amy. One of their own ancestors, a Cahill now known as The Outcast, has recreated three of the world’s worst disasters and appears to save the worst for last Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

October 28, 2022

TIN STAR – Cecil Castellucci

Tula Bane is a young girl who is a part of a colonization plan. She is traveling with her family on a ship called Prairie Rose headed to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. The ship stops at a remote space station to take on supplies. Tula, a bit of an explorer and tired of being cooped Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

October 26, 2022

FOREST SECRETS – Laurie Woodward

Daisy Castillo is a preteen girl embarking on a new (unwanted) adventure. Her parents are divorcing and she’s moving with her mom to a new home. There’s an ancient forest near the new home and Daisy retreats to the woods and there she meets and befriends Calliandra, a magical half-tree/half-human creature. Calliandra is upset because her parents Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

August 5, 2022

CITY OF MAGIC – Avi

It is 1492 and King Claudio has heard that someone in Venice has written a manuscript that explains a magical method for making money. King Claudio then orders Magnus the Magnificent (and Fabrizio, Magnus’s assistant) to go to Venice and steal the manuscript. To fail will mean death, but Venice doesn’t look kindly on magic or magicians and to Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

August 1, 2022

SHADOW AVENGERS – Carrie Harris

Doctor Strange has been preparing for the arrival of Dormammu – a being who rule the Dark Dimension – and formed the Shadow Avengers as a small, super-hero army to do battle with the dark entity and his supporters when the time comes. The team consists of Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and the Black Panther. Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, comic book superheroes, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult