Genre: Middle-Grade

The Frights of Fiji by Sunayna Prasad | Review

The Frights of Fiji by Sunayna Prasad | Review

The Frights of Fiji (Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions) by Sunayna Prasad | Review
A world of magic and adventure awaits… Sent to live with her strict, aloof, and uncaring uncle after her parents are killed in a car accident, twelve-year-old orphan Alyssa McCarthy longs for the life she used to have—one filled with fun and love.

Alyssa is kidnapped by Master Beau, a banished sorcerer with a mysterious connection to her who can only regain his power by weakening hers. She is hurled into a world of wizardry filled with fantastical beasts and marvelous technology beyond her wildest imagination.

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The Mostly Invisible Boy by AJ Vanderhorst | Review

The Mostly Invisible Boy by AJ Vanderhorst | Review

The Mostly Invisible Boy by AJ Vanderhorst | Review
Eleven-year-old Casey is stubbornly friendly, but he’s eternally the new kid at Vintage Woods Middle School. Students look right through him—and they’re not faking. Casey doesn’t know why he’s mostly invisible, but when he scales a colossal oak, he discovers a fortress in its branches. The forgotten sentry tree marks the border between his safe, suburban life and a fierce frontier.

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The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow | Review

The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow | Review

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.

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Specter by Katie Jane Gallagher | Review

Specter by Katie Jane Gallagher | Review

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.

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Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston | Review

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston | Review

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.

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