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 week's round-up of mg sci fi and fantasy blog postings! Please let me know if I missed anything (anyone is welcome to send me posts during the week for the following Sunday's round-up, including authors and publiscists etc.).
The Reviews
Anya and the Dragon, by Sofiya Pasternack, at Read Love
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Charlotte's Library
City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab, at Fantasy Literature and Treestand Book Reviews
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Horwitz, at Log Cabin Library
Dragonfell, by Sarah Prineas, at Puss Reboots
The Green Children of Woolpit, by J. Anderson Coats, at Charlotte's Library
The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at Cover2CoverBlog
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Imaginary Friends
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Marigold Star, by Elise Primavera, at Nayu's Reading Corner
The Red Rover: Origins, by C.E. Whitaker III, at The Write Path
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Imaginary Friends
Small Spaces, by Katherine Young, at Puss Reboots
The Specter Key, by Kaleb Nation, at Say What?
The Switching Hour, by Damaris Young, at Book Craic
Tin, by Pádraig Kenny, at Book Craic
Trace, by Pat Cummings, at RaiseThemRighteous
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia,at Ms. Yingling Reads
Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House, by Michael Poole, at Cracking the Cover
Authors and Interviews
Carolyn Crimi (Weird Little Robots) at The Children's Book Review
Other Good Stuff
For the B. and N. Kids Blog, I made a list of great middle grade island books, including lots of fantasy!
And don't forget to head over to the Cybils Awards to nominate your favorite middle grade speculative fiction book from the past year (the year being Oct 16, 2018-Oct 15, 2019). And you can also nominate books in each of the other categories as well....
The Reviews
Anya and the Dragon, by Sofiya Pasternack, at Read Love
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Charlotte's Library
City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab, at Fantasy Literature and Treestand Book Reviews
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Horwitz, at Log Cabin Library
Dragonfell, by Sarah Prineas, at Puss Reboots
The Green Children of Woolpit, by J. Anderson Coats, at Charlotte's Library
The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander, at Cover2CoverBlog
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Imaginary Friends
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Marigold Star, by Elise Primavera, at Nayu's Reading Corner
The Red Rover: Origins, by C.E. Whitaker III, at The Write Path
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Imaginary Friends
Small Spaces, by Katherine Young, at Puss Reboots
The Specter Key, by Kaleb Nation, at Say What?
The Switching Hour, by Damaris Young, at Book Craic
Tin, by Pádraig Kenny, at Book Craic
Trace, by Pat Cummings, at RaiseThemRighteous
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia,at Ms. Yingling Reads
Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House, by Michael Poole, at Cracking the Cover
Authors and Interviews
Carolyn Crimi (Weird Little Robots) at The Children's Book Review
Other Good Stuff
For the B. and N. Kids Blog, I made a list of great middle grade island books, including lots of fantasy!
And don't forget to head over to the Cybils Awards to nominate your favorite middle grade speculative fiction book from the past year (the year being Oct 16, 2018-Oct 15, 2019). And you can also nominate books in each of the other categories as well....
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