Tag: middle grade
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (one of my fav MG books ever!)
Hi everyone, From the moment I read the blurb for this book, I knew I would love it. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise soon became one of my favourite MG novels ever and one of my fav novels I’ve read this year. Five years. That’s how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived…
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Mini-Review // Three Keys
Front Desk was one of my all-time MG reads since I could relate to it so much as a Chinese-born Canadian. So of course I couldn’t wait for the sequel. Here are my thoughts about Three Keys! Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud…
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Mini-Review // The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is such a Middle Grade classic that… I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t read it until now. In fact I haven’t read any Rick Riordan books prior to this one, so I was excited to delve into this series and see what the hype is about! Percy Jackson is…
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Mini-Review // Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts, and control the power that threatens to consume her. But…
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Mini-Review // From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover…
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Mini-Review // Clean Getaway
How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:* Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.* Fasten Your Seatbelt: G’ma’s never conventional, so this trip won’t be either.* Use the Green Book: G’ma’s most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and, most important, the way home. What…
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Mini-Review // Ali Cross
Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former detective and FBI agent Alex Cross. While solving some of the nation’s most challenging crimes, his father always kept his head and did the right thing. Can Ali have the same strength and resolve? When Ali’s best friend Abraham is reported missing, Ali is desperate…
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Mini-Review // The Strangers (Greystone Secrets #1)
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom. But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children—who share the same…
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Mini-Review // The Wig in the Window
Hi everyone! Today I have a mini-review for an older middle-grade book that I really enjoyed. This is one of my favourite MG mysteries, so I am excited to tell you guys all about this book! Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of spying on their…
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Mini-Review // Chasing Secrets
San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people . . . but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow’s snobby school for girls. Lizzie’s secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On…
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