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...

The Skeleton's Knife, by Joni Sensel

Earlier this week I reviewed The Jewel of the Kalderash , third in a series whose first book I helped shortlist for the Cybils in 2008. By ...

The ones that got away--four mg sff books that didn't make the shortlist

Although I'm very fond of the books on the middle grade fantasy/science fiction shortlist for the Cybils, there were (as is always the ...

Kids of color in the middle grade fantasy and science fiction books of October 2010 to October 2011

I have read around 130 middle grade fantasy and science fiction books published between October 16, 201o and October 15, 2011. 130 books we...

Torn (The Missing, book 4) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Today's Timeslip Tuesday is Torn , the fourth book in The Missing Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2011 middle...

You Have to Stop This, by Pseudonymous Bosch

Avid readers of my blog might have noticed that there was no Timeslip Tuesday post yesterday. This is because at nine o'clock on Monday...

The Cybils Middle Grade Science Fiction and Fantasy Panel

The Cybils middle grade science fiction and fantasy panel was announced yesterday, and I'm thrilled to be a part of the first round of j...

The nominations for the Cybils are open (and--when is an animal story fantasy?)

Head over to the Cybils now to nominate your favorite books from the past year! published in the US or Canada only . published Oct. 16, 20...