Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day by Tonya Duncan Ellis | Middle-Grade Book Review – Excerpt – $25 Giveaway
A delightful middle-grade tale in the Sophie Washington series that teaches many valuable lessons while entertaining younger and older readers.
Relatively Normal Secrets by C.W. Allen | Spotlight, Excerpt, $25 Giveaway
Tuesday and Zed Furst are perfectly normal children with perfectly strange parents. Their father won’t discuss his job, their mother never leaves the house without her guard dog, and the topic of the family tree is off limits.
Fireborn by Aisling Fowler (Fireborn #1) | Spotlight and Review Tour
Welcome to my stop on the Ultimate Blog Tour for Fireborn by Aisling Fowler. Sponsored by WriteReadsTours and Harper Collins Children’s Books. This Middle-Grade fantasy is the kick-off for the Fireborn series. Don’t miss this one, it’s going to be a huge hit!
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.
Gina’s Friday Finds – June 4, 2021
Open this week’s edition for timely news about Giveaways as well as the regular books on my radar, recipes I think you’ll like, and a craft project to try. Don’t miss out on the comment contest, too!
Danny Mann Super Fan by Ian Slatter
Danny loves Chadmouth Town Football Club more than anything, but a run of defeats and terrible luck has left them bottom of the table and looking certain to be relegated with time running out. Does Danny have what it takes to save Chadmouth’s season with his pre-game ritual?
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.
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips is on an epic blog tour. Join Ebenezer Tweezer and Bethany as they take on the beast! Will 511-year-old Ebenezer survive until his next birthday? Will Bethany survive until tomorrow? Read this fantastic book to find the answers or just for the sheer joy of an incredible story with excellent illustrations.
