Another incredible recommendation from my 5th grader! 💛 All the Impossible Things by Lindsay Lackey is a beautiful book about the foster care system and identifying the push-pull of what your heart and head needs. And discovering for yourself the difference between hard and impossible things. Quite a line-up for a middle grade book, right?! …
I have heard SO many wonderful things about Catherine’s War by Julia Billet and Claire Fauvel. So. Many. I finally got my mitts on this graphic novel and I can’t stop thinking about it. This middle grade book shares a new perspective on Jewish children from France in exile during the Nazi regime. I have …
I’m telling you, these middle grade books I’ve been reading are NUUUUU-THING like what I remember reading as a kid. My latest gem is The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis (what a name, right?!) and as always, I wouldn’t be writing about it if I didn’t absolutely love it. And I mean, love. …
This might be the year that every friend of mine has the same New Year’s Eve plans as their kiddos – zilch. 😉 I get my mental hype for holidays through books and decorating the house. Anyone else struggle with that odd slug of what to do with all that white space after you take …
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone is a middle grade book that should be read by every single person you know. And you. It touches on father-son relationships, civil rights, biracial relationships (especially during the civil rights era), traveling as a black person during this period and the power of secrets. Make a clean getaway from …
