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Geeks and the Holy Grail (Camelot Code #2), by Mari Mancusi, for Timeslip Tuesday

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...

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This week's round-up of middle grade sci fi and fantasy from around the blogs (8/11/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know about anything I missed so I can add it!

The Reviews

Abby in Wonderland, by Sarah Mlynowski, at Jill's Book Blog

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, by J.H. Reynolds, at YA Books Central

Cape, by Kate Hannigan, at Ms. Yingling Reads and Books4YourKids

The Crystal Ribbon, by Celeste Lim, at thelittlebookowl

The Elephant Secret, by Eric Walters, at Of Maria Antonia

Jagger Jones and the Mummy's Ankh, by Malayna Evans, at Charlotte's Library

The Land of Roar, by Jenny McLachlan, at Book Craic

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Mom Read It

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend, at Mrs. Day's Summer Reading Blog

Order of the Majestic, by Matt Myklusch, at GeoLibrarian

The Peculiar Peggs of Ridling Woods, by Samuel J. Halpin, at Book Gannet Reviews

Princess BMX, by Marie Basting, at Storgy Kids

Rise of the Dragon Moon, by Gabrielle K. Byrne, at Charlotte's Library 

Rise of the Dragons, by Angie Sage, at Phyllis Wheeler

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong, at Jill's Book Blog

The Royal Rabbits of London, by Santa Motefiore and Simon Montefiore, at Read Till Dawn

The Secret Dragon, by Ed Clake, at Book Craic

Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Imaginary Friends

Supernatural Pet Sitter: The Magic Thief, by Diane Moat, at Chanticleer Book Reviews

The Twelve, by Cindy Lin, at Cover2CoverMom


Authors and Interviews

Joshua C. Carroll, The Adventures of Sarah Ann Lewis and the Memory Thieves, at Writer Interivews


Other Good Stuff

25 sci fi books for kids at Book Riot

10 dragon books, at Book Riot
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Twnty years later--the message of the Iron Giant, at Tor

Congratulations to Bob, by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead , winner of this year's Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature

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This week's round-up of middle grade science fiction and fantasy from around the blogs (10/13/19)

Here's what I found in my blog reading this week; please let me know if I missed your post! The Reviews The Bootlace Magician (Cicus Mirandus #2), by Cassie Beasley, at Randomly Reading The Boy Who Was Fire, by Marcus Kahle McCann, at The Children's Book Review City of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Pages Unbound The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Howitz, at Sally's Bookshelf Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Charlotte's Library Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, at Imaginary Friends The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Log Cabin Library , Forever and Everly , and Lost In Storyland Ember: the Secret Book, by Jamie Smart, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books The Hippo at the End of the Hall, by Helen Cooper, at Charlotte's Library Homerooms and Hall Passes, by Tom O'Donnell, at Ms. Yingling Reads The International Yeti Collective, by Paul Mason, at Book Craic The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart, at Fantasy Literature Mightier than the Sword, by Drew Callander and ...

Stolen Time, by Danielle Rollins, for Timeslip Tuesday

If you are in the mood for a real page turner of a YA time travel story (it only took me two and a bit hours to read 400 pages), with lots of twists, lots of great characters, and lots of action, look no further than Stolen Time, by Danielle Rollins (Febraury 2019, HarperTeen). It begins in Seattle, in 1913, when Dorothy runs away from the marriage her con-artist mother has inveigled her into.  Her flight leads her to a time traveler, from New Seattle, 2077.  Ash is on a mission to find his mentor, the professor who figured out time travel technology, and who disappeared. leaving his team of young people gathered from different times without guidance and purpose.  Dorothy stows away in his ship, and Ash inadvertently takes her back to his own time, to a city devastated by earthquakes and inundated by tidal waves. It's a city living in fear of a vicious gang, whose co-leader, Roman, was once one of the professor's brightest students.  But Roman wanted time travel to ...

The Clockwork Scarab

By: Coleen Gleason Two girls are dead and one has gone missing in 1889 London.  The only clues are an Egyptian Scarabs that were found at both the murder scenes. Well, not exactly murder, both deaths were made out to look like suicides.  Mina Holmes, as in Sherlock Holmes's niece, and Evaline Stoker, sister of Bram Stoker (author of Dracula), are called to a secret meeting at the British Museum by Irene Adler.  Stoker and Holmes are called to investigate these series of murders by the Princess of Wales.  Along the way Holmes makes friends with Dylan Eckhert.  Dylan was at the museum looking at the statue of Sekhmet,  and Egyptian  Goddess, when he touched a scarab on the statue.  Next thing he knew, he woke up in 1889 London.  His problems come from the fact that he's from 2016 London.  Miss Holmes also has a rivalry with Lieutenant Grayling, of Scotland Yard.  Miss Stoker runs into a mysterious pick-pocket, Pix (meaning Pixie), a c...

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