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Roll for Initiative by Jaime Formato
At the end of last year, my teenage son got heavily into Dungeons and Dragons, resulting in most of his Christmas presents being somehow related to…
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Sophie Brown
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
When I started reading A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga, I was expecting a cute, middle-grade tale about a Mars rover trundling about on the surface of…
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Pride Month 2022: ‘The Civil War of Amos Abernathy’ by Michael Leali
In The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, thirteen-year-old Amos Abernathy is a history nerd who loves everything to do with 19th century America and spends…
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Pride Month 2022: ‘Small Town Pride’ by Phil Stamper
In Small Town Pride, middle-grade student Jake is the first openly gay kid in his small town of Barton Springs, Ohio, and just starting to get used to…
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Pride Month 2022: ‘The Secret Sunshine Project’ by Benjamin Dean
Please note: This post contains affiliate links and was originally published on GeekMom in June 2022.
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Pride Month 2022: ‘Pride’ by Stella Caldwell
Please note: This post contains affiliate links and was originally published on GeekMom in June 2022.
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‘World in Between’ by Kenan Trebinčević and Susan Shapiro
In the summer of 2021, I picked up World In Between: Based on a True Refugee Story by Kenan Trebinčević and Susan Shapiro - a middle-grade version of…
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The Last Firefox by Lee Newbery
When I was offered a review copy of The Last Firefox by Lee Newbery I didn’t even have to think about my response, how could I say no to a cover that…
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