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...
Welcome to this round-up of what I found in my blog reading this week! Please let me know of any posts I missed.
First up--the call for judges for the Cybils Awards has gone up! Since 2006, the
Cybils has recognized kids and YA books that combine both literary merit and kid appeal in a variety of categories, and one of these is Middle Grade Speculative Fiction (the category I organize)! There are two rounds of judging, the first creating a shortlist, and the second picking the winner, and so there's room for lots of folks to join in and be part of the judging panels! It is lots of fun. So much so that many of the same folks want do Middle Grade Speculative Fiction every year, and although I love them dearly, it would be great to have some fresh volunteers!
All you have to do to be eligible is to review books somewhere on line--podcasting, book tubbing, blogging, Goodreads reviews, Instagram, etc.
Teens are eligible too (with parents permission if under 18), and being one of the judges for a nationally recognized book award looks great on a college application.....
Here's a post I wrote with more information, and please let me know directly if you have any questions!
The Reviews
Babysitting Nightmares, books 1-3,by Kat Shepherd, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Pages Unbound and A Dance With Books
Cape (The League of Secret Heroes book 1), by Kate Hannigan, at The Children's War
Changling (The Oddmire 1) by William Ritter, at Charlotte's Library
Crumbled! by Lisa Harkrader, at Pages Unbound
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, at alibrarymama
Game of Stars. Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 2, by Sayantani Dasgupta, at alibrarymama
The Haunting of Henry Davis, by Kathryn Siebel, at Always in the Middle
Hidden Scales (Merrows Book 1), by A.M. Robin, at Pages for Thoughts
The Hippo at the End of the Hall, by Helen Cooper, at Read Till Dawn
The House on Parchment Street, by Patricia McKillip, at Fantasy Literature
The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracy Baptiste, at J.R.'s Book Reviews
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at alibrarymama and Semicolon
Mightier than the Sword, by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Always in the Middle
The Minions of Time (The Wormling #4), byJerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry, at Say What?
Moominland Midwinter, by Tove Jansson, at Girl With Her Head in a Book
Princess Who Flew With Dragons, by Stephanie Burgis, at Moon Dreams
The Secrets of Winterhouse, by Ben Guterson, at Puss Reboots
Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races, byK.D. Holbrook, at Say What?
Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy, at proseandkahn
Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Susan Uhlig
The Storm Runner, by J.C. Cervantes, at Geo Librarian
The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers, by Pseudonymous Bosch, at Geo Librarian
Two at Mom Read It--Hello, Neighbor, by Carly Anne West, and In the Land of Broken Time, by Max Even
Authors and Interviews
Kate Hannigan (Cape) at Middle Grade Ninja
Other Good Stuff
SCBWI has a new grant for writers of mg sci fi and fantasy
First up--the call for judges for the Cybils Awards has gone up! Since 2006, the
Cybils has recognized kids and YA books that combine both literary merit and kid appeal in a variety of categories, and one of these is Middle Grade Speculative Fiction (the category I organize)! There are two rounds of judging, the first creating a shortlist, and the second picking the winner, and so there's room for lots of folks to join in and be part of the judging panels! It is lots of fun. So much so that many of the same folks want do Middle Grade Speculative Fiction every year, and although I love them dearly, it would be great to have some fresh volunteers!
All you have to do to be eligible is to review books somewhere on line--podcasting, book tubbing, blogging, Goodreads reviews, Instagram, etc.
Teens are eligible too (with parents permission if under 18), and being one of the judges for a nationally recognized book award looks great on a college application.....
Here's a post I wrote with more information, and please let me know directly if you have any questions!
The Reviews
Babysitting Nightmares, books 1-3,by Kat Shepherd, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Pages Unbound and A Dance With Books
Cape (The League of Secret Heroes book 1), by Kate Hannigan, at The Children's War
Changling (The Oddmire 1) by William Ritter, at Charlotte's Library
Crumbled! by Lisa Harkrader, at Pages Unbound
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, at alibrarymama
Game of Stars. Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 2, by Sayantani Dasgupta, at alibrarymama
The Haunting of Henry Davis, by Kathryn Siebel, at Always in the Middle
Hidden Scales (Merrows Book 1), by A.M. Robin, at Pages for Thoughts
The Hippo at the End of the Hall, by Helen Cooper, at Read Till Dawn
The House on Parchment Street, by Patricia McKillip, at Fantasy Literature
The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracy Baptiste, at J.R.'s Book Reviews
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at alibrarymama and Semicolon
Mightier than the Sword, by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Always in the Middle
The Minions of Time (The Wormling #4), byJerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry, at Say What?
Moominland Midwinter, by Tove Jansson, at Girl With Her Head in a Book
Princess Who Flew With Dragons, by Stephanie Burgis, at Moon Dreams
The Secrets of Winterhouse, by Ben Guterson, at Puss Reboots
Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races, byK.D. Holbrook, at Say What?
Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy, at proseandkahn
Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Susan Uhlig
The Storm Runner, by J.C. Cervantes, at Geo Librarian
The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers, by Pseudonymous Bosch, at Geo Librarian
Two at Mom Read It--Hello, Neighbor, by Carly Anne West, and In the Land of Broken Time, by Max Even
Authors and Interviews
Kate Hannigan (Cape) at Middle Grade Ninja
Other Good Stuff
SCBWI has a new grant for writers of mg sci fi and fantasy
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