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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 fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs (9/15/19)

Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

The Age of Akra, by Vacen Taylor, at Jazzy Book Reviews

Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor, at Hidden in Pages (audiobook review)

Anya and the Dragon, by Sofiya Pasternack, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows, by Ryan Calejo, at Nerdophiles and Nicole's Novel Reads

The Fire Keeper, by J. C. Cervantes, at B. and N. Kids Blog

The Frozen Sea, by Piers Torday, at Book Craic

The Girl Who Speaks Bear, by Sophie Anderson, at Book Craic

The Green Children of Woolpit, by J. Anderson Coats, at Hidden in Pages

Guest: A Changling Tale, by Mary Downing Hahn, at BooksForKidsBlog

The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracey Baptiste, at Kid Lit Reviews

Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Some the Wiser

The Little Grey Girl, by Celine Kiernan, at Cover2Cover Blog

Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Always in the Middle, BooksYALove, Twirling Book Princess, and Charlotte's Library

The Moon Over Crete, by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, at Charlotte's Library

Over the Moon, by Natalie Lloyd, at Pages Unbound

Polly and Buster: the Wayward Witch & the Feelings Monster, by Sally Rippin, at Log Cabin Library

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong, at Puss Reboots

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at Locus (audiobook review)

Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, at Charlotte's Library

Snow and Rose, by Emily Winfield Martin, at Fantasy Literature

The Star Shepherd, by Dan Haring and Marcykate Connolly, at Pop Goes the Reader

The Three Hares: the Jade Dragonball, by Scott Lauder and David Ross, at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

The Time Travelers (Gideon #1), by Linda Buckley-Archer, at Say What?

Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Rajiv's Reviews

Lots of new fantasy in this B and N Kids Blog post and this post at Imagination Soup


Authors and Interviews

John Claude Bemis (The Wooden Prince, etc.) at Middle Grade Ninja

Thomas Taylor (Malamander) at Middle Grade Book Village, and he also has recommendations of books on, under, or by the sea at the B. and N. Kids Blog

Trenton Lee Stewart (The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of the Ages) at B. and N. Kids Blog



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