Tag: middle grade
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Review: Magical Rescue Vets Blaze the Phoenix by Melody Lockhart
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Melody Lockhart returns with the next installment in Magical Rescue Vets, Blaze the Phoenix. Kat and Rosie are determined to continue to be helpful to the vets, but Rosie seems to think that she has done a…
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Review: Sorceline by Sylvia Douyé
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Sylvia Douyé presents Sorceline Volume 1, an upper middle grade fantasy graphic novel following the titular Sorceline. Sorceline finds herself in a magical school for cryptozoology where she and her fellow students aim to learn about magical creatures and…
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Review: Greek Myths by Jean Menzies
5 stars **I bought this one myself :)** How could this not be 5 stars? This book is intended as a children’s introduction to Greek myth, and it does exactly that. The classics academia background from author Jean Menzies and the absolutely stunning art from illustrator Katie Ponder make this a must have book. Menzies…
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Review: The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego et al
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Joe Whitt and Rii Abrego team up to bring the tale of Sprite and the Gardener to life. The sprites used to help raise plants, which has now become a human task. When Wisteria is caught helping…
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Review: Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Lilah Sturges returns with her newest work, Girl Haven. Ash’s mother wrote about a fantasy world called Koretris where only female creatures live and only female travelers can pass through. When Ash and his friends (Eleanor, Junebug,…
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Review: Secrets of Camp Whatever Vol 1 by Chris Grine
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating 4.5 Chris Grine introduces a fun middle grade graphic novel surrounding a sleepaway camp and the mystical creatures of the island with the first volume of Secrets of Camp Whatever. Readers follow a group of children who…
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Review: Delicates by Brenna Thummler
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Brenna Thummler returns to the world of Sheets with its sequel, Delicates. Readers continue to follow Marjorie as she enters the eighth grade and joins student council. Wendell the ghost struggles with feeling left behind…
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Review: A Natural History of Fairies by Emily Hawkins
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Emily Hawkins presents A Natural History of Fairies, a book that documents a field researcher’s findings about the fairy species. This book is beautifully illustrated by Jessica Roux. Hawkins has clearly put a lot of research into making this…
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Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC post-release from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kiki’s Delivery Service is undeniably a classic that has had many renditions made in many different forms of media. That being said, this particular edition is my first time experiencing the story! I definitely enjoyed the…
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Review: The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Kay O’Neill
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Kay O’Neill’s third installment in the Tea Dragon series of graphic novels, The Tea Dragon Tapestry, continues with the previously established characters on a new story arc. I had already pre-ordered The Tea Dragon Tapestry before I…
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