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 this week; please let me know if I missed your post (or a post about your book....)
The Reviews
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander, at Say What?
The Bookwanderers, by Anna James, at Ms. Yingling Reads and Book Nut
Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Geo Librarian and Books4YourKids
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Read Love
Ember and the Ice Dragons, by Heather Fawcett, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Iggy and Oz: the Plastic Dinos of Doom, by J.J. Johnson, at Reading, Writing, and Stitch Metric
Knock Three Times (Wizards of Once #3), by Cressida Cowell, at Twirling Book Princess
Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Puss Reboots
Lintang and the Pirate Queen, by Tamara Moss, at Read Love
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Not Acting My Age
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Milliebot Reads
The Poison Jungle, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Hidden in Pages
Rise of the Dragons, by Angie Sage, at Say What?
The Rubicus Prophecy, by Alane Adams, at Always in the Middle
The Runaway Princes, by Kate Coombs, at Leaf's Reviews
Sam Saves the Night, by Shari Simpson, at Nerdophiles
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at The New York Times
We're Not From Here, by Geoff Rodkey, at Imaginary Friends
Two at The Book Search--The Spinner of Dreams, by K.A. Reynolds, and A Wolf Called Wander, by Rosanne Perry
Authors and Interviews
Jacqueline West (A Storm of Wishes) at Spooky Middle Grade
Katie Zhao (The Dragon Warrior) at Nerdy Book Club and Literary Rambles
Anna James (The Bookwanderers) at Nerdy Book Club
Other good stuff
Middle grade ghosts of 2019, compiled by me at the B and N Kids Blog
The Reviews
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander, at Say What?
The Bookwanderers, by Anna James, at Ms. Yingling Reads and Book Nut
Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Geo Librarian and Books4YourKids
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Read Love
Ember and the Ice Dragons, by Heather Fawcett, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Iggy and Oz: the Plastic Dinos of Doom, by J.J. Johnson, at Reading, Writing, and Stitch Metric
Knock Three Times (Wizards of Once #3), by Cressida Cowell, at Twirling Book Princess
Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, at Puss Reboots
Lintang and the Pirate Queen, by Tamara Moss, at Read Love
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at Not Acting My Age
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Milliebot Reads
The Poison Jungle, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Hidden in Pages
Rise of the Dragons, by Angie Sage, at Say What?
The Rubicus Prophecy, by Alane Adams, at Always in the Middle
The Runaway Princes, by Kate Coombs, at Leaf's Reviews
Sam Saves the Night, by Shari Simpson, at Nerdophiles
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at The New York Times
We're Not From Here, by Geoff Rodkey, at Imaginary Friends
Two at The Book Search--The Spinner of Dreams, by K.A. Reynolds, and A Wolf Called Wander, by Rosanne Perry
Authors and Interviews
Jacqueline West (A Storm of Wishes) at Spooky Middle Grade
Katie Zhao (The Dragon Warrior) at Nerdy Book Club and Literary Rambles
Anna James (The Bookwanderers) at Nerdy Book Club
Other good stuff
Middle grade ghosts of 2019, compiled by me at the B and N Kids Blog
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