June Releases That Caught My Eye

We are just one day away from June (and 4 from the end of my school year but who's counting!). 

With that in mind here are some middle grade books coming out in June that have really caught my eye. Hope you find some that catch yours too!

The Titlting House by Tom Llewellyn

Release Date: June 8

Publisher: Tricycle Press

“Whaddya say you boys and me take five and poke around a bit?”

“Poke around where?” I asked.
“Around our new house. I’ll bet if we look in every nook and cranny, we’ll uncover a secret or two.”
“A secret?” asked Aaron. “What kind of secret?”
“I don’t know.” Dad grinned as he struggled to get up from the tilting couch. “A house built with tilting floors has got to have secrets."

Talking rats
Growth potions
Buried treasure

Brothers Josh and Aaron Peshik are about to discover that their new home with the tilting floors hides many mysteries. When the boys and their neighbor Lola discover the hidden diary of F.T. Tilton, the brilliant but deranged inventor who built the house, they learn a dark secret that may mean disaster for the Peshik family. Can the kids solve the riddles of the tilting house before time runs out?

Mad science, mischief, and mishaps combine in the suspenseful and imaginative tale of The Tilting House.

After All, You're Callie Boone by Winnie Mack

Release Date: June 8

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Ferrets, belly flops and a broken friendship.

It’s the worst summer on record for Callie Boone. Not only has she been ditched by her best friend for someone more “awesome”, but she may never live down her recent humiliation at the community pool.
The only things keeping her afloat are dive practices with her dad and a secret Olympic dream. That is, until a boy named Hoot moves in next door and teaches a reluctant Callie the true meaning of friendship.
But just when everything seems to be going her way, disaster strikes and it’s up to Callie to grow up fast and hold on tight to what matters most; her friendship with Hoot, the love of her family and a newfound belief in herself.

Growing Up Ivy by Peggy Dymond Leavey

Release Date: June 1st

Publisher: Dundurn Press

Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father. In 1931, Frannie sends 12-year-old Ivy to stay with her paternal grandmother in Larkin, Ontario, while she seeks stardom in New York City. When Ivy's father, Alva, arrives unexpectedly in Larkin, he turns out not to be the Prince Charming she imagined, but an illiterate peddler. Rescuing Ivy from her uncompromising grandmother, Alva takes her with him for the summer, wandering the countryside by horse-drawn caravan and selling shoes.

In the course of their travels, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, orphaned as an infant and raised by his aunt on a farm outside Larkin. Ivy has a flair for writing and boundless imagination; Charlie loves baseball and loathes farming. Unknown to both of them, though, is a secret connection they share. When the final pieces of the puzzle of their lives fall into place, nothing will ever be the same.

The Talent Thief by Alex Williams

Release Date: June 10

Publisher: Philomel

Adam’s sister is a singing sensation and he is her biggest fan. Unlike his superstar sibling, this twelveyear- old boy excels at absolutely nothing—although his sister would argue that he’s the master of getting on her nerves. But when a mysterious creature as old as time steals her talent, it’s Adam who fearlessly leads the charge to retrieve it and stop the creature before it can take the talents of other children.



 
 
 
 

The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Release Date: June 10

Publisher: Dial
 
Moxie Roosevelt Kipper has endured thirteen years of being an ordinary girl with an unordinary name. Now that she’s entered boarding school, the time is ripe to reinvent herself. She’ll become unusual, outlandish, unexpected, sassy—someone worthy of a name like “Moxie.“ But who exactly? From Mysterious Earth Goddess to Hale and Hearty Sports Enthusiast; from Detached, Unique, Coolly Knowing Individual to Assertive Revolutionary Activist, Moxie tries them all, while keeping her true talent for piano-playing a secret. But at boarding school, Moxie isn't the only one who isn't what she claims to be.
 

Magie Below the Stairs by Caroline Stevermer

Release Date: June 10

Publisher: Dial

 

Young Frederick is plucked from an orphanage to be a footboy for a wizard named Lord Schofield in Victorian England. Is his uncanny ability to tie perfect knots and render boots spotless a sign of his own magical talent, or the work of Billy Bly, the brownie who has been secretly watching over him since he was little? No matter, for the wizard has banished all magical creatures from his holdings. But Billy Bly isn’t going anywhere, and when he discovers a curse upon the manor house, it’s up to Frederick and Billy Bly to keep the lord’s new baby safe and rid the Schofield family of the curse forever.