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    12 Somewhat Scary Stories for Middle Grade Readers

    I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a scaredy-cat – I don’t like haunted houses, scary movies, or even scary books! But I know tons of readers who love books that creep them out, so if that’s something you love – check out these creepy titles for middle grade…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/14/17

    I kicked butt reading this week, I finished The Painting by Charis Cotter and also read The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg and Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed. I love getting to all the books I want to during the week! I finished Love, Hate & Other Filters in just one day,…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/24/17

    I’m not doing too bad with middle grade fiction lately!  Over the past week, I read Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder and Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk. I just started Miss Ellicott’s School for the Magically Minded by Sage Blackwood yesterday, so I’m working my way through that story and have Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories.…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/27/17

    I finally finished Carmer and Grit: The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean Horowitz – it took me quite a while to finish and it wasn’t because I didn’t enjoy reading it, for whatever reason it just took me some time. It’s the perfect book if you have a middle grade reader who likes fairies…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/27/16

    Summer reading means being busy all week and this weekend was packed with birthday parties, barbeques and graduation parties. That being said, I did get to do some reading – and some great stories at that! I read The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald, who also wrote Under the Egg. I love art…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/30/16

    I’m so proud of myself this week!  I read all three books that were on my list from last week.  Nothing But Trouble by Jacqueline Davies is a fun story about two girls who couldn’t be more opposite and yet become friends and co-conspirators to increase class spirit in a…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/15

    Over the course of the week, I finished Serafina and the Black Cloak and absolutely loved it!  I also read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, which made me want the sequel immediately!  And I started working on Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones.  I didn’t get to any…