middle grade
Publisher Spotlight: First Second
I first learned about First Second as they were the publishers of Ngozi Okazu’s Check Please! graphic novels, which were originally a webcomic I was obsessed with for a brief period. Since then, I’ve been...
Read MoreAnswers in the Pages by David Levithan
Answers in the Pages focuses on the story of two boys – Donovan, a kid whose mom is challenging a book he’s reading in class, and Gideon, who is experiencing strange feelings for the new...
Read MoreWishless by Sibylla Nash
Wishless is a magical journey between realms that follows Max, the last of the fairy godmothers. There is a lot riding on Max’s shoulders, and she is tasked with not only rescuing her friends but...
Read MoreThe Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
This book is a wonderfully charming middle grade historical fiction. Ellis Earl, our protagonist, is the right mixture of bright yet fallible, giving yet selfish at times – evading the perfect protagonist trope that is...
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