All posts tagged "middle grade"
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Reluctant Witch’s Guide to Magic, by Shivaun Plozza
MIDDLE-GRADE: Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service meets Cressida Cowell in this funny, quirky middle-grade fantasy about Willa, who must unravel a witchy mystery to save her city, her friends and herself.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Prometheus High: How To Make A Monster, by Stuart Wilson
MIDDLE GRADE: A hugely inventive, action-packed, fun and quirky – and occasionally dark – adventure for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant, Nevermoor or Frankenstein.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Skandar and The Unicorn Thief, by A.F. Steadman
MIDDLE GRADE: The first book in the hotly anticipated new fantasy adventure series for readers age 9+, from A. F. Steadman.
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13.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.: Sister Act, by Jen Carney
MIDDLE GRADE: The third hilarious diary of Billie Upton Green by superstar author-illustrator Jen Carney.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm: Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters 1, by Karen Foxlee, illustrated by Freda Chiu
MIDDLE GRADE: A delightful fantasy adventure from the award-winning and bestselling author of Lenny's Book of Everything and Dragon Skin, with lively line illustrations by Freda Chiu.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Xenoflight, by Nean McKenzie
MIDDLE-GRADE: An adventure story set in the Australian bush.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Frankie Best Hates Quests, by Chris Smith
MIDDLE-GRADE: ONWARD and Cressida Cowell meets The Wizard in my Shed in an accessible Pixar-like fantasy for 8-12 readers by bestselling author Chris Smith.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables Join Forces, by Tim Harris, illustrated by James Hart
MIDDLE GRADE: Everyone’s favourite teacher, Mr Bambuckle, is back with more hilarious stories, shenanigans and silliness at Blue Valley School!
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Rat-Catcher’s Apprentice by Maggie Jankuloska
MIDDLE-GRADE: The Rat-Catcher’s Apprentice depicts non-traditional families, belonging and female bravery in an atmospheric historical setting.
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2.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Friday Barnes 10: Undercover, by R.A. Spratt
MIDDLE GRADE: The next instalment in the successful Friday Barnes series by AJ Spratt.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat, by Monica McInerney, illustrated by Danny Snell
MIDDLE-GRADE: This heartwarming story by award-winning and bestselling author Monica McInerney will delight readers young and old.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Boy With Wings, Written by Lenny Henry and Illustrated by Keenon Ferrell
MIDDLE GRADE: Twelve-year-old Tunde is just your average kid: average friends, average parents, average grades. But his life is about to get turned upside down when, in the middle of a football match, Tunde leaps for the ball and stays in the air – on an enormous pair of wings!
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Dragon Skin, by Karen Foxlee
MIDDLE-GRADE: From the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Lenny's Book of Everything comes a magical tale about a girl who saves a dragon and rescues her family.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Raven Heir, by Stephanie Burgis
MIDDLE-GRADE: Three triplets who live in the centre of the forest with their sorceress mother don't know that one of them is heir to the Raven Throne.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The What on Earth Institute of Wonder, by Lisa Nicol
MIDDLE GRADE: A mind-boggling expedition into the secrets of the Animal Kingdom with only an invisible map of the human heart as a guide. (Unless, of course, you count the talking parrot.) What on Earth could possibly go wrong…?
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Wolf’s Howl: A Maven and Reeve Mystery, by A.L.Tait
MIDDLE GRADE: Maven and Reeve find themselves at the far-flung and gloomy Glawn Castle while Sir Garrick secretly searches for supporters of the rebellion. But when a cook goes missing and the Airl's personal guards take more than a passing interest in the disappearance, danger looms and the potential for discovery grows.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little Gem and the Mysterious Letters, by Anna Zobel
JUNIOR FICTION: An adorable and charming new story about everyone's favourite witch Little Gem.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Glasshouse of Stars, by Shirley Marr
MIDDLE GRADE: Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land. Her parents said this would be a better life for them all, but surviving will take all the resilience and inner belief of this brave girl.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Her Perilous Mansion, by Sean Williams
MIDDLE GRADE: In a strange mansion miles from anywhere, an orphan named Almanac and a twelfth daughter named Etta soon realise that the house and its inhabitants are not quite what they seem.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Golden Tower, by Belinda Murrell
MIDDLE-GRADE: In her wildest dreams, Sophie never thought she might be kidnapped by a cat and taken to a world of flying horses and wonder – but also magic, mystery and danger!
