Today, we are thrilled to host a stop on the blog tour for Anne Ursu’s newest book, fantasy middle grade novel The Real Boy. We are huge fans of Anne’s (having read and loved Breadcrumbs), so were thrilled when…
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Book Review: Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1) by Caroline Carlson
Title: Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1) Author: Caroline Carlson Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: September 10 2013 Hardcover: 368 Pages Pirates! Magic! Treasure! A gargoyle? Caroline Carlson’s hilarious…
Title: Dead City Author: James Ponti Genre: Horror, Middle Grade/Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Aladdin Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 288 Pages The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins says this paranormal action-adventure “breathes new life into the zombie genre” and…
Title: Counting by 7s Author: Holly Goldberg Sloan Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade, PoC Publisher: Dial Publication Date: August 29 2013 Hardcover: 384 Pages In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving…
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Joint Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
Title: The Year of Shadows Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Paranormal, Horro, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 27 2013 Hardcover: 416 Pages Olivia Stellatella is having a rough year. Her mother left,…
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The Year of Shadows Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Claire Legrand on Believing in Ghosts
We are thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour for Claire Legrand’s second novel, The Year of Shadows, a middle grade ghost story about love, loss, and friendship! Today, Claire is over to talk about ghosts – specifically,…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for R.J. Anderson’s forthcoming middle grade novel, Nomad (sequel to Swift)! We’re big fans of R.J.’s – Thea loved Ultraviolet and Quicksilver so very much – so we cannot wait…
Title: Vanished Author: Sheela Chari Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, PoC, Middle Grade Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her…
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Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness Blog Tour: Sarwat Chadda on Diversity and Writing Kick-ass PoC Characters
Sarwat Chadda, is the author of the fabulous Billi SanGreal books, featuring a teenage female Templar Knight as well as the kick-ass Ash Mistry series featuring Indian Mythology and a badass PoC hero. The third book, Ash Mistry and…
