Marvelous Middle Grades – Page 2

Circus Mirandus, by Cassie Beasley, for MMGM

22OctoberSuzanne11 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

You guys, this book was so great! I heard about it from several of the MMGM and #MGlitchat crowd, but it stayed on my TBR pile so long it nearly became a permanent fixture. Then when I did pick it up and started reading, I had trouble at first getting into the story because my

The Boy Who Knew Too Much, by Commander S. T. Bolivar III, for MMGM

8OctoberSuzanne14 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

If you were one of those I, um, faked out with an email alert that this post went up days ago only to have it later disappear on you–sorry! I’ve had a persistent sinus and ear infection, and wasn’t entirely cognizant of my choices. Thankfully I’m feeling much better now! <3 I discovered The Boy

Falling In, by Frances O’Roark Dowell, for MMGM

24SeptemberSuzanne14 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I swear to you, I am not deliberately making a study of books where the narrator speaks directly to the reader! I was knowingly choosing fairy tale-ish books for a little while and perhaps that opens the door to direct narrator communication…but I’d have to make a deliberate study in order to know for sure.

The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo, for MMGM

10SeptemberSuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Sometimes you hear about books for so long, it begins to feel you must have read them because everyone has read them…so you must have too, right? And then you try to remember a single detail from the book, and it turns out you can only remember what others have said. Kate DiCamillo‘s The Tale

You Wish: The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff, by Jason Lethcoe, for MMGM

20AugustSuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Today’s spotlight is on You Wish, which is the first in the series of The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff–which is kind of a mouthful to write, but fun to say! This story is intentionally a bit preposterous from the beginning, letting you know from the outset that you’re in for a Charlie in the

The Penderwicks At Last, by Jeanne Birdsall, for MMGM

6AugustSuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Today’s Spotlight is on the fifth of the Penderwicks books! I’ll try to keep my spotlight relatively spoiler-free, but given how deep into the series this is, if you haven’t read them you may want to back up and take a look at my spotlight on the first in the seriesÂ instead of reading on here.

The Very Little Princess, by Marion Dane Bauer, for MMGM

23JulySuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

The Very Little Princess is so very pink–and the version I had was MUCH more pink!–that I almost didn’t pick it up. Nothing against that particular color, but it’s not something I’ve ever identified with or felt was a fit for me. Once I did pick it up it took me several weeks to read

Dying to Meet You, by Kate Klise, for MMGM

9JulySuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I hope you all had a happy 4th of July! I got to help my nephews night-write with their sparklers, which was delightful! Games, good pie, and lots of fireworks. 🙂 Today’s spotlight is on Dying to Meet You, by Kate Klise. I can’t help but chuckle when children’s writers put a children’s writer in

The School for Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, for MMGM plus Where the Watermelons Grow WINNER

18JuneSuzanne10 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Before we get to today’s fabulous spotlight, I want to thank everyone for the book love on my last post, and for giving Cindy a boost in this buildup to the release for her first novel. <3 Huzzah and hooray for beautiful new books going out in the world, and hooray for all readers! The

An interview with Cindy Baldwin, author of Where the Watermelons Grow, for MMGM and a GIVEAWAY!

4JuneSuzanne35 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Summer is here, and so is the heat! As I type this post I am–fittingly enough–munching on watermelon and wondering if the thunderstorms will hold off this afternoon so we can swim. And in my head I can hear Della’s voice from Where the Watermelons Grow, praying for rain and relief, as she and the

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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