The first book in the Camelot Code series, The Once and Future Geek , mixed time travel between the medieval world of King Arthur and our own, and it is a very entertaining book. The second book in the series, Geeks and Holy Grail (Hyperion, October 2019), is also entertaining (though not quite as funny; King Arthur as a modern day high school student is hard to beat....). When Morgana, sworn enemy of King Arthur, attacks the druids of Avalon, Nimue, the youngest of them, takes the Holy Grail and runs with it. King Arthur is dying, and only the Grail can save him. Desperate to keep it from falling into Morgana's hands, she stumbles into Merlin's Crystal Cave. But instead of Merlin there to help her (he's on vacation in Los Vegas, in our time), there's only his very inexperienced apprentice, Emrys. His attempt to hide the grail works, in a sense--as a small, flatulent dragon, it sure doesn't look much like a grail. But it isn't much use to Arthur as a...
Here's what I found in my blog reading this week; please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews
The Book of Boy, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, at Kid Lit Geek
Children of Exile, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Say What?
The Clockwork Ghost, by Laura Ruby, at Hidden in Pages
Cogheart, by Peter Bunzl, at The Book Monsters
Goblins in the Castle: Goblins on the Prowl by Bruce Coville, at Say What?
Grump, by Liesl Shurtliff, at Book Nut
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, by Lamar Giles, at alibrarymama, Books4your kids, Ms. Yingling Reads, Charlotte's Library, and Word Spelunking
Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen,by J.L. McCreedy, at Middle Grade Minded
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Children's Books Heal and Charlotte's Library
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Kid Lit Geek
A Sprinkle of Spirits, by Anna Meriano, at Puss Reboots
The Wizenard Series, by Wesley King (created by Kobe Bryant), at Always in the Middle
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Kid Lit Geek and Completely Full Bookshelf
Other good stuff
New in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Reviews
The Book of Boy, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, at Kid Lit Geek
Children of Exile, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Say What?
The Clockwork Ghost, by Laura Ruby, at Hidden in Pages
Cogheart, by Peter Bunzl, at The Book Monsters
Goblins in the Castle: Goblins on the Prowl by Bruce Coville, at Say What?
Grump, by Liesl Shurtliff, at Book Nut
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, by Lamar Giles, at alibrarymama, Books4your kids, Ms. Yingling Reads, Charlotte's Library, and Word Spelunking
Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen,by J.L. McCreedy, at Middle Grade Minded
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Children's Books Heal and Charlotte's Library
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Kid Lit Geek
A Sprinkle of Spirits, by Anna Meriano, at Puss Reboots
The Wizenard Series, by Wesley King (created by Kobe Bryant), at Always in the Middle
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Kid Lit Geek and Completely Full Bookshelf
Other good stuff
New in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
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