Jam Sessions by Jerry Harwood | Review
Sometimes in Middle School, the best you can do is survive. Can Phillip not only survive but thrive? #MiddleGrade #Fiction #TeenAnxiety #Anxiety #Bullying #AntiBullying #Family #NewSchool
The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow | Review
Twelve-year-old Porter would much rather spend his weekends playing soccer than channeling spirits in the parallel universe of Pericael. Unfortunately for him, Porter's family has guarded the gate between Earth and monster-filled Pericael for generations, so he's not getting out of Gatekeeper lessons anytime soon.
Horror aficionado Lanie Adams should be thrilled when two eighties-era ghosts materialize in her bedroom. Yet after a fainting incident unbecoming of a horror nerd, she would rather her haunting just go away—the ghosts' waterlogged voices and ice-cold auras are more terrifying than any movie. Enlisting the help of Ryan, an entirely-too-cute stoner, she makes it her mission to put the spirits stalking her to rest.
Beyond the Dragonhead by Kelly Nichols and Alyn Rockwood | Viking Refugees Book #1 | Book Review | A middle-grade & up Viking adventure tale. Were Vikings the killing marauders they have been portrayed as?
Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters decides to investigate after the authorities give up on him. Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother's old closet.
A briefcase meant for her eyes only. There was far more to Quinton; it seems, than she ever knew. He's left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside; if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis, and magicians all being real.
Just Between Sam and Me
A tale for tweens
By Cat Michaels and Rosie Russell
6th Grade is Tough with a Mean Girl Against You
Shy Olivia just wants to do her best in 6th grade and care for the animals on her family farm. But the new girl at school is determined to turn that world upside down.