Tag: #middlegrade

• Interview with Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

  I have actually been in touch with Suzanne Williams, a prolific children’s writer with hits such as Library Lil, Ten Naughty Monkeys, the Fairy Blossoms series for several years now. So it was great to get to a short interview her and her co-writer, Joan Holub (Might Dads/Moms, Little Red Writing) to discuss their careers,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 15, 2022

  Interview

  #goddessgirls, #greekmythology, #heroesintraining, #lowergrade, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews

• Book Highlight: Song of the Lioness

  Ah, The Song of the Lionness. The quartet that helped put Tamora Pierce on the map as premiere fantasy novelist with a feminist hero for the ages. It also founded the expansive Tortall universe. Since the books have been around since the 80s I’m not going to repeat what happens in them. Everyone has probably…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 28, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #alannathefirstadventure, #inthehandofthegoddess, #lionessrampant, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #songofthelioness, #tamorapierce, #thewomanwhorideslikeaman

• Interview with Jessica Burkhart

  First off, for those who didn’t grow up in the early 2000s when Canterwood Crest first came out, how did you get started?  I started really, really young as a freelance writer. Like, I was 14 when I started pursuing writing for publication. Over the years, I did regular work for several different (many now…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 13, 2022

  Interview

  #canterwoodcrest, #jessicaburkart, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #representation, #saddlehillacademy

• Jacqueline Dembar Greene Interview

  Jacqueline Dembar Greene is a writer of lower/middle grade historical fiction and creator of Rebecca Rubin for American Girl. In this here interview she talks about her inspiration, heritage and historical fiction books. She also kindly provided cover images. Please enjoy! What first drew you to reading? More specifically, the historic fiction genre? Growing up…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 7, 2022

  Interview

  #americangirl, #historicalfiction, #jacquelinedembargreene, #lowergrade, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebeccarubin, #the2001worldtradecenterattack, #theleveller, #thetriangleshirtwaistfactory, #walktillyoudisappear

• Interview with J.H. Sweet

  J.H. Sweet is the author of a number of Christian-inspired fantasy books for kids. In this interview she discusses her longrunning Fairy Chronicles series, Christianity, philosphy and the timelessness of stories. Please enjoy. 1. What sparked you to become a writer?  Love of reading, to start with; but also, English was my favorite subject in…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 3, 2022

  Interview

  #fairies, #fantasy, #jhsweet, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #thefairychronicles

• The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages Review

  I was a fan of the series way back in middle school so when I heard they were coming out with a whole new book all these years later. I ignored it. But now I figured why not, let’s see if it holds up. So I reread the other four books and dove into The…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 22, 2022

  Reviews

  #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #themysteriousbenedictsocietyandtheriddleofages, #trentonleestewart

• Disney Descendants: School of Secrets Review

  Unlike my post on the Isle of the Lost, this one will be an actual review of the series overall. Unlike the Isle of the Lost series, this has some leeway in escaping continuity issues. They are not to set up movie plots or examine the main characters. This focuses on side characters that appear…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 5, 2022

  Reviews

  #disney, #disneydescendants, #disneyhyperion, #jessicabrody, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #schoolofsecrets

• Book Highlight: The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle

  This is a fun kids book that acts as a triptych taking place over 20 years in titular Yawning Rabbit River. The first story tells the origins of how the rabbit thief, Sean raced the river goddess Violet to bring water back to the Valley and how his heroic actions immortalized him forever. As well…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 28, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #jhkimmel, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #springtreepress, #yawningrabbitriverchronicle

• Author Highlight: Courtney Sheinmel

  I have already talked about one of her books that I have reread several times, Sincerely, but last year I decided to go on a binge of several of her middle grade books. None of them are connected, but each deal with the complexities of families and the young protagonists dealing with big changes in…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 14, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #allthethingsyouare, #courtneysheinmel, #middlegrade, #mysocalledlife, #positively, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #simon&schuster

• Top 4 Meg Cabot books

  Girl meet Boy series This fun, frothy romcom series is written entirely in epistolotory form. meaning that it’s written in emails, texts, and such. No prose, which makes it a very fast read as the characters swap gossip, get into miscommunications and get sexy. The romances all share small-town girls falling for outsider city boys,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 24, 2022

  Top 5

  #alliefinklesrulesforgirls, #girlmeetsboy, #harpercollins, #heatherwellsmysteries, #megcabot, #middlegrade, #mysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #romcom, #scholastic, #theprincessdiaries, #williammorrowbooks, #YA