The Bookshelf – Suzanne Warr

A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, for MMGM

13MaySuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

When I was trying to decide which book to share today–with Mother’s Day just yesterday–A Single Shard jumped out at me. This, despite the fact that it’s about a young boy and his relationship with his mentor and eventually master, the potter Min. But, Tree-ear (the young boy) is an orphan and it is through

Hyacinth, by Jacob Sager Weinstein, for MMGM

29AprilSuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I know we’re not supposed to judge books by their cover, but the cover of Hyacinth and the Secrets Beneath reached out and grabbed me while I was browsing in the library, so I have to admit the cover gets credit for my picking it up! The back description provided just enough teasing hints to

Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh, for MMGM

15AprilSuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I really have no idea how it happened but somehow years ago I came to think that Harriet the Spy was a ridiculous, silly book, and not something I’d be interested in. Over the interim years that changed but not enough to make me go back and pick it up–until quite recently when everything I

The Tail of Emily Windsnap, by Liz Kessler, for MMGM

31MarchSuzanne16 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

It’s so good to be sharing a wonderful middle grade with you all again! And this one is a super fun tale. In fact, I loved this story so much, that in a roundabout way it led to a big announcement I’ve been sitting on for the last couple months–that is, as my husband and

Inkling, by Kenneth Oppel, for MMGM

11FebruarySuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf

I’m so happy to have emerged from my deadline den and be able to share today’s spotlight with you all! It’s been a bit since I got to post, but Saturday I sent my middle grade urban fantasy back to my agent, which is always a great relief. And I hope you’ll forgive me for

Turning a spotlight on some of 2019’s amazing MG debuts!

21JanuarySuzanne8 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades

Are you on twitter? I am as @warrchick, but only as it suits me and I manage to make time for it. One thing which keeps me coming back to it are the chats, and in particular #MGlitchat, of which I’m one of the hosts! We meet weekly at 9pm EST using the #MGlitchat hashtag

The Reader, by Traci Chee, for MMGM

7JanuarySuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Happy 2019, my friends! I hope you had a marvelous winter break (assuming you took one) and read lots of books! I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a new year. It’s a wonderful feeling, and one I intend to savor. 🙂 For my very first spotlight of the new year

Everlasting Nora, by Marie Miranda Cruz, for MMGM

10DecemberSuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Hello and happy December! Whatever holidays you celebrate, I hope your home is merry and bright and your time includes a cozy corner with books. Today’s spotlight will be my one and only for this month. Between travel, holidays, and not one but two big book deadlines–to my agent and publisher, respectively–over the next few

Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale, for MMGM

26NovemberSuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! Mine could have been meh, since my sweet teen wasn’t feeling well and had to go into the infusion center at the hospital on Wednesday to get an IV slow-dripped in. However (and I hope this doesn’t make me sound shallow…) early in the visit my

Full Cicada Moon, by Marilyn Hilton, for MMGM

5NovemberSuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

It was probably pretty obvious that I found Circus Mirandus to be gush-worthy, and while Full Cicada Moon is very different, it’s every bit as easy to love on and to sing it songs of praise. It also felt to me in some inexplicable way an appropriate spotlight for November. A time of change, a

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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