Tag: #middlegrade

• Notable Author: Erin Hunter

  Though I suppose I should authors since Erin Hunter is the nom de plume of several different authors. But honestly this post isn’t about them. I decide to go on a binge and reread these series. Well reread the first series, the rest are entirely new to me and see if they still hold up.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 21, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #bravelands, #erinhunter, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #survivors, #warriors

• Lisa Papademetriou Interview

  Lisa Papademetriou is the author of several lower and middle grade books with genres ranging from realistic fiction (Apartment 1986, Homeroom Diaries) to her fantasy novels, (Dreamway, The, Wizard, the Witch and Two Girls from New Jersey) and more that readers are sure to love and recognize. Here, she kindly took the time to talk…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 17, 2022

  Interview

  #accidentallyfabulous, #apartment1984, #candyapple, #disney, #disneyfairies, #disneyhyperion, #homeroomdiaries, #lisapapademetriou, #lowergrade, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #thedreamway, #thewizardthewitchandtwogirlsfromnewjersey

• Top 5 Vet Volunteers

  Trapped: This one comes first for me because I love deer so the story of Brenna taking care of an injured fawn is just adorable. But what is also interesting is the focus on Brenna’s brother and his growing enviromental radicalism and how far he is willing to go to stop poachers. Anderson presents the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 14, 2022

  Top 5

  #animalbooks, #fearoffalling, #fightforlife, #helpinghands, #lauriehalseanderson, #lowergrade, #masks, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #trapped, #vetvolunteers

• Tania del Rio Interview

  Tania del Rio is an author/illustrator of comics and middle grade books. Her most prominant work has been for Archie Comics, delivering the popular Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within manga series and Diary of A Girl Next Door (Riverdale Diaries). Here, she kindly took the time to discuss her artistic inspiration, working on…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 27, 2022

  Interview

  #archiecomics, #comics, #manga, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #sabrinatheteenagewitch, #taniadelrio, #themagicwithin

• Heather Vogel Frederick Interview

  Heather Vogel Fredrick is the author of such popular series as The Mother-Daughter Book Club, Pumpkin Falls Mysteries and more. She kindly took the time to answer my questions about inspiration for her books, mother-daughter bonds and what is coming next from her pen. 1. As you’ve been a longtime resident of MA and visited…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 19, 2022

  Interview

  #heathervogelfrederick, #littlewomenchristmas, #middlegrade, #onceuponatoad, #patiencegoodspeed, #pumpkinfallsmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #themotherdaughterbookclub

• Book Highlight: Brown Girl Dreaming

  Just as I never read the children classic author, Ronald Dahl, I hadn’t gotten to Jacqueline Woodson. Until now! Her memoir mixes prose and poetry as she chronicles her childhood in five parts: Part 1, i am born which covers her childhood in Ohio and her parents’ separation; Part 2, the stories of south carolina…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 12, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #browngirldreaming, #jacquelinewoodson, #memoir, #middlegrade, #penguinrandomhouse, #poetry, #rachelreads&reviews

• Book Highlight: Young, Fearless, Awesome

  This delightfully inspiring book encourages kids to chase after their dreams and break boundaries no matter their age through the stories of these icons. Some you probably know like Anna Frank and Greta Thunberg but it also features some new ones like Samantha Smith who wrote to a Soviet leader and became a peace ambassador…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 5, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #activists, #middlegrade, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #sourcebooks, #stellacaldwell, #twentyfiveyoungpeoplewhochangedtheworld, #youngfearlessawesome

• Author Highlight: Ann M. Martin

  Ann M. Martin has shaped so many lives with her children and young adult fiction ever since the 80s I believe. The first Martin classic has lived on in pop culture with reboots and reprints is The BSC-The Babysitter’s Club!

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 20, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #acorneroftheuniverse, #annm.martin, #bsc, #comingofage, #heretoday, #mainstreet, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #thebabysittersclub, #thedollpeople

• Ranking The Mother-Daughter Book Club

  Home for the Holidays: Home for the Holidays takes top spot for being one of the few holiday novels that I’m interested in. Yeah, I confess I’m not a magical Christmas fan. But this one makes me feel the spirit. It also has the riveting addition of Becca having a POV after three years of…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 19, 2022

  Rankings

  #dearpenpal, #heathervogelfredricks, #homefortheholidays, #middlegrade, #muchadoaboutanne, #piesandprejudice, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #themotherdaughterbookcamp, #themotherdaughterbookclub, #wishyouwereeyre

• Princess Academy Review

  I am on a roll here with yet another childhood staple (and Newbery Honor winner) I missed when I was young. I’ll admit I skipped it because I thought it was yet another Cinderella adaptation. Those are everywhere! But I was wrong and I’m glad I finally did read this. Hale’s wholly original tale takes…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 7, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale