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BtB's Top 10 Books for Middle Schoolers!1 comment

behindthebook wrote 2 weeks ago: Recently, we’ve been featuring books for high schoolers by authors we love. Today, we made the … more →

Tags: Books We Love, Before We Were Free, Book Recommendations, books for middle school, chess rumble, Cut, Greg Neri, I and I Bob Marley, jewell parker rhodes

Review: The Runaway King (The Ascendance Trilogy, #2) by Jennifer A. Nielsen1 comment

Lost in a Great Book wrote 2 months ago: A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Just weeks a … more →

Tags: Reviews, middle grade fiction, Funny, False Prince, Ascendance Trilogy, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Sage, Wry, Thief

Review: The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy, #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen1 comment

Lost in a Great Book wrote 2 months ago: In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of th … more →

Tags: Reviews, middle grade fiction, Funny, False Prince, Ascendance Trilogy, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Sage, Wry, Thief

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielson1 comment

Laura Catherine wrote 3 months ago: The False Prince, the first book in the Ascension Trilogy, is the story of Sage, a fourteen year old … more →

Tags: Action and Adventure, Books for Boys, Books in a series, Action & Adventure, Books for Boys, Children, Kings and Princes, middle schoolers, Teens

WONDER by R. J. Palacio

Laura Catherine wrote 5 months ago: August Pullman. Auggie is a typical 5th grader – at least that’s how he sees himself.  B … more →

Tags: Parents as Readers, Being a better person, Life Lessons, middle school reads, Realistic Fiction 2

Review: Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi

Lost in a Great Book wrote 8 months ago: Kazu Kibuishi’s thrilling, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series continues! Emily has survived the … more →

Tags: Reviews, Series, Scholastic Canada, Amulet, graphic novel, 5, Prince of Elves, Darker themes, Graphix

Review: Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy8 comments

Lost in a Great Book wrote 10 months ago: Lilah Bloom can hear dead people … and boy, are they annoying! After she’s hit by lightning at a wed … more →

Tags: Reviews, humour, bloomsbury, Joanne Levy, Small Medium at Large, middle grade fiction, Ghosts, Bubby, @BloomsburyPub

Top Ten Tuesday: My Spring To-Be-Read List1 comment

Lost in a Great Book wrote 1 year ago: Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This featur … more →

Tags: personal musing, Top Ten Tuesday, Anticipated Books, Great Reads, New Releases, top ten tuesday, Personal Views, Upcoming Books!, What I Like

Review: Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull (Book 2 in the series)

Lost in a Great Book wrote 1 year ago: The second epic installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series! After th … more →

Tags: Reviews, ya, Boys and reading, Action/Adventure, quest, Series, Great Reads, Brandon Mull, adventure

Top Ten Tuesdays - Canadian Reads for Middle Schoolers

Lost in a Great Book wrote 1 year ago: Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This featur … more →

Tags: personal musing, Top Ten Tuesday, ya, Boys and reading, different picks, Action/Adventure, Favourite books, Canadian reads, Top Ten

Review: Brandon Mull's Beyonders series - Book One: A World Without Heroes1 comment

Lost in a Great Book wrote 1 year ago: By reading these words, you have nominated yourself to recover the Key Word.             Move swiftl … more →

Tags: Reviews, Boys and reading, Action/Adventure, middle school library, quest, Series

My Ten(ish) Best Reads for Reluctant Middle Schoolers2 comments

Lost in a Great Book wrote 1 year ago: Through a variety of conversations, I had the pleasure of browsing some of the past articles of Mich … more →

Tags: personal musing, Boys and reading, different picks, pn, Action/Adventure, Autobiographies, manga, middle school library, passionate readers

Mythology in middle school

Abigail Holland wrote 1 year ago: The Odyssey –a graphic novel by Gareth Hinds As a substitute librarian at the Dalton School, I … more →

Tags: Young Adult Media, Graphic Novels, school libraries

Twins Doppelgangers and Other Doubles

Abigail Holland wrote 1 year ago: Flip by Martyn BedfordTwins have been objects of fascination throughout history, ever since Jacob tr … more →

Tags: Young Adult Media

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Erin Zambataro wrote 1 year ago: After some contemplation, I’ve decided not to feel bad that two out of four of my posts on thi … more →

Tags: Dangerous Dystopias, Science Fiction, 2011, Serious Series, books for high schoolers, Books for teens

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Erin Zambataro wrote 1 year ago: Nailer lives in a future world on the American Gulf Coast where everyone is looking for a lucky brea … more →

Tags: 2010, Books for Boys, Science Fiction, books for high schoolers, teen books, Printz winner, national book award finalist

Tween Book Buying Guide for the Holidays- The Detective1 comment

thereadingzone wrote 4 years ago: Mystery books are always hot in my classroom.  The danger, intrigue, and suspense are enticing to tw … more →

Tags: Tween Gift Ideas, great mysteries for tweens


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