Kids and adults alike are drawn to stories about man’s best friend. This selection of Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominees will reach a wide range of ages and interests. Though I am a Round I panelist in this Middle Grade fiction category for the Cybils, my opinions are solely my own and are not meant…
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The Distant Hours
I spent many hours with The Distant Hours and enjoyed every minute of it. At 576 pages (and an audio running length of over 22 hours), Kate Morton is not short on words, and in fact, amidst all the positive reviews for her books, there are those who complain about how long-winded she is. Yet…
Cybils Fiction nominees, Audio-style
There aren’t as many audiobooks available as last year, but I’ve found a few. I’m a fan of the audiobook in general, but especially when I’m trying to squeeze in more reading time, I appreciate the flexibility that audio offers me to “read” while I’m doing laundry or cleaning out closets or shuttling my children…
Dudes with ‘Tudes in Cybils Middle Grade Fiction
As parents, we have to be careful about what our kids are ingesting in the media and even in print. However, most of us want our kids to read, and that involves letting them read what they like. Here are some Cybils Middle Fiction nominees that feature some dudes with attitudes. They don’t like school,…
No Rest for the Dead
When I started to write this post, I originally opened with the line, “I don’t read a lot of mysteries.” But then I went back through my Read shelf in GoodReads, and realized I’ve read more than I’d originally thought. It’s a genre I don’t look to often, but I do enjoy the occasional “whodunit.”…
Take Me There
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti is the quintessential high school drama. Through alternating points of view the reader meets Rhiannan and her best friends James and Nicole. Typical of any teenager, Rhiannan has just experienced her first heartbreak and is struggling to get back on her feet. With a little support from her friends…
All These Things I’ve Done
All These Things I’ve Done epitomizes everything I love about Young Adult literature. It’s told in a first-person introspective POV by 16-year-old Anya Balanchine. She tells the story in real-time, blow by blow, but there are phrases that indicate that she’s looking back, like “If I had known what was to come” etc. It also…
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