Tag: #middlegrade

• Girls Survive P3

  This batch of Girls Survive books focus on historical events I already know, and have been covered by Lauren Tarish’s I Survived series. As I mentioned before, it is why I initially thought it was a rip-off riding on the coattails of the former’s popularity. It’s not entirely, but Leah Braves the Flood by Julia…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 2, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #carrieandthegreatstorn, #charlottespiesforjustice, #civilwar, #emmacarlsonberne, #emmiinthecity, #girlssurvive, #historicalfiction, #jessicagunderson, #juliegilbert, #leahbravestheflood, #lilyandthegreatquake, #maddyandthemonstrousstorm, #maribelversusthevolcano, #marieandthedeadlyplague, #middlegrade, #millieandthegreatdrought, #natashadeen, #nikkishannonsmith, #noelleatsea, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebeccaridestherevolution, #revolutionarywar, #salimaalikhan, #sanfranciscoearthquake, #sarahhannahgomez, #titanic, #veedabybee

• The Taylors Double Review

  This is going to be a unique as The Taylors are two novels, one middle-grade, one YA by two different authors focusing on the same group of friends as they navigate love and friendship through their namesake, Taylor Swift. So let’s start with Calonita’s. Taylor (aka Teffy to her family) is terrified to start middle…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 20, 2025

  Reviews

  #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #elizabetheulberg, #jencalonita, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #scholastic, #taylorswift, #thetaylors, #thetaylors:lovestories, #YA

• Bedeviled

  “Mom always said my dad is the devil. I never knew she meant it literally!” All Angel’s father (a.k.a. the Devil) wants is to be a part of her life. And in return he has the power to give her anything she wants—including popularity and a date with her long-time crush, Cole Daniels. But Angel…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 15, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #bedeviled, #carefulwhatyouuwishfor, #daddy’slittleangel, #fantasy, #humor, #lovestruck, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #shanipetroff, #thegoodthebadandtheuglydress

• Family Tree

  It’s no surprise that Ann M. Martin writes well. Who else could write a pop culture phenomena as the BSC? But while the BSC may be the most popular of her works, I want to highlight this series, combining warm, small town insight and historical fiction. Main Street is my favorite out of Martin’s works,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 28, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #annm.martin, #betterkeptsecret, #bettertowish, #comingofage, #familytree, #historicalfiction, #homeistheplace, #middlegrade, #quartet, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelongwayhome

• Dear America authors

  Well, I did it. Finished the 43 book series, and didn’t give myself eye strain this time. Yay! Anyway, I’ve already written my top five books so now I want to discuss the authors. Much like in Animal Farm, some authors are better than others. My favorites tend to fall to Kristina Gregory or Patricia…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 21, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #andreadavispinkney, #barrydenenberg, #dearamerica, #deborahhopkins, #ellenemersonwhite, #historicalfiction, #jimmurphy, #katelanjanke, #kathrynlasky, #kirbylarson, #kristinagregory, #lisarowefraustino, #marypopeosbourne, #middlegrade, #patriciamckissack, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #sherrygarland, #susancampbellbartoletti

• Bold, Brilliant, and Latine & Leyendas

  Bold, Brilliant, and Latine by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris and illustrated by Sol Cotti For the lower school set as it gives one page biographies of each Latino with emphasis on how they were a role model, and that kids can be like them too.  It has several well-known figures like Lin Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno, Gabriel…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 12, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #alyssareynosomorris, #boldbrilliantlatine, #chroniclebooks, #isadorazeferino, #latinx, #latinxhistory, #leyendas, #lowergrade, #middlegrade, #monicamancillas, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #solcatti, #wideeyededitions

• American Quilt

  This quartet by Susan Kirby is perfect for fans of Little House on the Prairie or Ann Martin’s Family Tree quartet. 12 year old Lacey is dealing with a new stepmom and stepsisters and each story her great-grandmother weaves out of special family quilts imparts lessons that relate and help her in life. As one…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 28, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #aladdin, #americanquilt, #daniel’sstory, #ellen’sstory, #hattie’sstory, #historicalfiction, #idalou’sstory, #middlegrade, #simon&schuster, #susankirby

• Secrets of the Manor

  For fans of Downtown Abbey, this historical fiction series follows the three generations of Chatswood and Vandermeer girls from 1848 to 1934. But it is not a linear journey which I believe adds to the fun. While I figured out the answer to the overlying mystery in the first book (and was thus impatient for…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 10, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #adelewhitby, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #secretsofthemanor, #simon&schuster

• Three Girls in the City

  Horse girls may be more familiar with Jeanne Betancourt for her popular Pony Pals series, here she takes a different slice of life approach with, as the title says, Three Girls in the City. The premise is as follows: NYC, 2002. Three 13 year-old girls meet at a summer photo Carolyn, fresh from Wyoming, motherless…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 26, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #blackandwhite, #closeup, #comingofage, #exposed, #jeannebetancourt, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #scholastic, #selfportrait, #threegirlsinthecity

• My Sister the Vampire

  Yes, I return to the world of early 2000s nostalgia with this series-My Sister the Vampire. This time I read all eighteen books. Here’s the initial premise. When Olivia Abbott moves to town, she’s excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 23, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #fangsforthememories, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #mysisterthevampire, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #siennamercer, #spooktacular, #supernatural, #vampires