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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 (11/10/19)

Welcome to this week's round-up, and please let me know if I missed your post!

The Reviews

City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab, at Hidden in Pages

The Darkdeep, by Ally Condy and Brendan Reichs, at Hidden in Pages

A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic #1), by Anna Meriano, at Imaginary Friends

The Dragon Warrior, by Katy Zhao, at Ms. Yingling Reads

The Edge of the World (Mightier than the Sword #2), by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction, A Garden of Books, and Always in the Middle

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone, by Jaclyn Moriarty, at alibrarymama

The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Frostheart, by Jamie Littler, at Book Craic

The Griffins of Castle Cary, by Heather Shumaker, at Geo Librarian

Grimworld, by Avery Moray, at Becca Leighanne

The Hound of Rowan, by Henry Neff, at Say What?

The Lifters, by Dave Eggers, at The Comfort Table),

The Other Side of the Wall (Castle in the Mist #3) by Amy Ephron, at Ms. Yingling Reads

Over the Moon, by Natalie Lloyd, at Puss Reboots

The Piper's Apprentice, by Matthew Cody, at Fantasy Literature

Prince Dustin and Clara: Secrets of the Black Forest, by Daniel Lee Nicholson, at Log Cabin Library

The Princess who Flew with Dragons, by Stepahnie Burgis, at Foreward Reviews

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Broadway World Books

The Spirit of London (Spirits #2), by Rob Keeley, at Pages for Thoughts

Throwback, by Peter Lerangis, at Charlotte's Library

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Player FM (audiobook)

Two at The Book Search--Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, and Dragonfell, by Sarah Prineas


Authors and Interviews

Katharine Orton (Nevertell), also with review, at thereaderteacher

Matt Harry (Cryptozoology for Beginners) at Carpinello's Writing Pages

Rick Riodan at the B and N YA podcast

Ross MacKenzie (Evernight) at thereaderteacher


Other Good Stuff

What's new in the UK, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Five fractured fairy tales, at Scholastic Parents

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