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at Always in the Middle.
As a middle school media specialist, middle-grade books have a very special place in my heart. I don't always feel they get the recognition they deserve, so I know want to do my part to promote them!For MMGM, on Monday bloggers promote middle-grade books. For me, that might mean a review or a spotlight.
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Today I'm sharing two new middle-grade books I saw recently. They both sound so fantastic and the covers are amazing. I can't wait to get the chance to read them!
There are places where you want to go and places where you want to leave. There are also places where you want to stay.
Ten-year-old Daniel must move across the country with his mom after his parents’ divorce. He’s leaving behind his whole life—and he’s taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbor, Tilda Butter, and many other inhabitants. There are some people who can see into our souls and help make things better. Tilda Butter is that person. And While-a-Way Lane is that curious place where it all happens.
Eleven-year-old Wunder Ellis is a miracologist. In a journal he calls The Miraculous, he records stories of the inexplicable and the extraordinary. These miracles fill Wunder with the feeling that he is not alone, that the world is magical, that he is part of something brighter than he can imagine.
But then his newborn sister dies, at only eight days old. If that can happen, then miracles don’t exist. So Wunder gets rid of The Miraculous. And he stops believing.
Then Wunder meets Faye—a cape-wearing, outspoken girl with losses of her own. Together, they find an abandoned house by the cemetery and the old woman who lives there—and who might be a witch. The old woman asks for Wunder and Faye’s help. She asks them to go through graveyards and forests, to townhalls and police stations, by bike and by train. She asks them to believe. And together, they go on a journey that leads them to friendship, to healing—and to miracles.
We have an even LONGER wait for this one. It doesn't come out until next June! But it just sounds amazing and covers a topic not typically cover in middle-grade books. I will be searching this one out come June.
What are you thoughts on these two?
First one:
Ten-year-old Daniel must move across the country with his mom after his parents’ divorce. He’s leaving behind his whole life—and he’s taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbor, Tilda Butter, and many other inhabitants. There are some people who can see into our souls and help make things better. Tilda Butter is that person. And While-a-Way Lane is that curious place where it all happens.
This one is coming out April 2019, so we've got a wait for it. But I think it sounds so very very good! And that cover. Just so makes me want to explore the book more!
Second One:
But then his newborn sister dies, at only eight days old. If that can happen, then miracles don’t exist. So Wunder gets rid of The Miraculous. And he stops believing.
Then Wunder meets Faye—a cape-wearing, outspoken girl with losses of her own. Together, they find an abandoned house by the cemetery and the old woman who lives there—and who might be a witch. The old woman asks for Wunder and Faye’s help. She asks them to go through graveyards and forests, to townhalls and police stations, by bike and by train. She asks them to believe. And together, they go on a journey that leads them to friendship, to healing—and to miracles.
We have an even LONGER wait for this one. It doesn't come out until next June! But it just sounds amazing and covers a topic not typically cover in middle-grade books. I will be searching this one out come June.
What are you thoughts on these two?
Thanks for posting these. I love reading middle grade and both of these sound a bit magical and a whole lot emotional and ones kids can relate to. I'm adding them to my must read list.
ReplyDeleteI don't have much patience waiting for books, but these both look good. Thanks for the post.
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