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Let's be honest.  Social distancing is hard.  Especially when you have kids.  I mean how are we supposed to keep these little bodies entertained and engaged when school, their activities,...

Sweep is the story of 11 year old chimney sweep Nan Sparrow.  It is set in London in 1875 when "masters" used indentured children or orphans to climb and clean...

Refugee is a book comprised of the stories of three refugee children.  The stories of each child are based on real people.    Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi...

There are very few children's books that bring me to tears.  Stick with me?  Make me think?  Sure.  Hundreds.  But, I can probably count the scenes that made me blubber on one hand. ...

K.A. Reynolds is the author of our September middle grade book selection.  The Land of Yesterday sees Cecelia Dahl dealing with the death of her little brother, Celadon.  His soul...

Finn shares his thoughts on our August middle grade book of the month, The Lifters by Dave Eggers.   The town of Carousel is named for the carousel horses its residents use to...

Finn shares his thoughts on our July middle grade book of the month, The Stars Beneath our Feet by David Barclay Moore.   Why does Lolly resist telling Mr. Ali what...

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig tells the story of Brian who is ignored by the other children in school to the point that he feels invisible.  Brian is quiet and...

In The Goldfish Boy several characters weren't what they seemed at first.  Mr. Jenkins seemed so healthy and nice, but he smoked and bullied his students.  Jake came across as the typical...

The first book in the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series by Jordan Stratford centers around the main characters, Ada Byron and Mary Shelley, founding a detective agency and cracking their first...

Lisa Thompson is the author of our June middle grade book selection.  The Goldfish Boy centers around Matthew Corbin who is struggling with his obsessive compulsive disorder.  His profound fear...