Waiting on Wednesday--The Spy Princess, by Sherwood Smith

A chance few idle minutes on the computer (not enough to do anything Pointful, like finish the taxes) led me (via Paperback Book Swap) to th...

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! by Matthew McElligott and Larrry Tuxbury, for Timeslip Tuesday

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! by Matthew McElligott and Larrry Tuxbury (Putnam, 2010, younger middle grade, 128 pages). Young Victor lives a...

The Way We Fall, by Megan Crewe

The Way We Fall , by Megan Crewe (Hyperion, 2012, YA, 320 pages) 16 year old Kaelyn made a vow that this year she would be different. She ...

This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs

Here are the middle grade fantasy and sci fi posts I found in my blog reading this week; please let me know if I missed yours! The Reviews: ...

Tarot Card fiction--The Game of Triumphs, by Laura Powell

As something of a joke gift back in the late seventies, my father gave my mother a tarot deck--the Hoi Polloi 1970s re-envisioning of the ...

An illustrated talk by Alan Garner

I have company at home, of the young nephew type, and their happy friskiness, when combined with that of my own boys, is such that my head h...

Reminder: African American read-in of Ninth Ward

Just reminding anyone interested that Edi from Crazy Quilts , Doret from TheHappyNappyBookseller and Vasilly from 1330v are currently hos...

Tempest, by Julie Cross, for Timeslip Tuesday

Tempest , by Julie Cross (2012, St. Martin's, YA, 352 pages) Never has a bus ride gone faster than last night's journey home spent ...

Above World, by Jenn Reese

Above World , by Jenn Reese (Candlewick, 2012, mg/YA, 368 pages) Thirteen-year-old Aluna is about to grow her tail, and become one of the ad...

The Andre Norton Award Shortlist has been announced!

The Nebula Awards short lists have been announced ! The Nebulas are awards voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fictio...

2012 YA/MG fantasy challenge reminder, plus YA Historical Fiction Challenge

Just wanted to remind you all who read my blog, and presumably read YA/MG fantasy, that there's a nice 2012 YA/MG fantasy challenge host...

This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs

Another week, another mg sff roundup! Please let me know if I missed your post or the posts of your loved ones. (Even if I read your blog,...

shine.

this video inspired me today {found via this blog post }. http://vimeo.com/9806357 i watched it and i felt love and hope and passion run thr...

A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle

If you have never offered your eight(ish) year old child the books comprising Roddy Doyle's Rover Trilogy (the first one being The Giggl...

New releases of fantasy and science fiction for kids and teens--the second half of Feb., 2012

Here are the new releases of sci fi and fanstasy for kids and teens from the second half of February 2012; my information comes from Teens R...

Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen

Scarlet , by A.C. Gaughen (Bloomsbury 2012, YA, 304 pages) When Robin of Locksley returned from the crusades, he found his lands taken from ...

Magical Mischief, by Anna Dale

Here's a nice one about magic intruding into the ordinary world that makes a lovely followup to my post on Tuesday about Any Which Wall ...

happy wednesday evening:)

My weekend was glorious, as anticipated. I didn’t do everything I wanted to do (homework and emails fell by the wayside…surprise, surprise;)...

Waiting on Wednesday--Chronal Engine, by Greg Leitich Smith

I am always on the look out for Time Travel books, and so I am planning on reading Chronal Engine , by Greg Leitich Smith, coming out March ...

Any Which Wall, by Laurel Snyder (revisited for Timeslip Tuesday)

Although my first "Timeslip Tuesday" post was in June of 2008, and my review of Any Which Wall was written in May of 2009, for som...

And the Cybils Winners are.....

The Cybils Winners have been announced !!! I was a panelist for middle grade sci fi/fantasy, and helped come up with this shortlist: A Monst...

For Valentine's Day--a look back in time to an interview with Sara Zarr about her first book, Sweethearts

Way back in 2008, Sara Zarr published her second novel, Sweethearts , am moving YA love story. At that point, I was still a generalist, re...