Reviewing Books for the Young Adult In All Of Us
Etta Invincible by Reese Eschmann Release Date: July 12th, 2022 Publisher: Aladdin Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Pages: 368 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | Indiebound Synopsis A girl with hearing loss and a boy adjusting to life in a new country connect through their love of comics and […]
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Duet by Elise Broach Release Date: May 10th, 2022 Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery Pages: 304 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | Indiebound Synopsis A musically gifted bird, a piano-playing boy, and a real-life mystery involving three artistic geniuses Welcome to the world of Mirabelle, […]
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Grow Up, Tahlia Wilkins by Karina Evans Release Date: April 19th, 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary Pages: 304 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | Indiebound Synopsis Debut author Karina Evans gives modern-day readers their own version of Are You There God? It’s […]
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The Einsteins of Vista Point by Ben Guterson Release Date: April 12th, 2022 Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary Pages: 272 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | Indiebound Synopsis After the tragic loss of their sister, Zack and his siblings band together to investigate a Morse […]
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Synopsis Anne of Green Gables with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and The Secret Garden on 81st Street, this full-color graphic novel moves Anne Shirley to modern-day West Philadelphia, where she finds new friends, new rivals, and a new family. When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to foster a teenage girl for the […]
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The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights by: Alexandria Rogers Release Date: February 8th, 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | IndieBound | Indigo Synopsis Twelve-year-old Ellie can’t help that she’s a witch, the most hated member of […]
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Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson Release Date: February 1st, 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers Genre: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction Pages: 416 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | IndieBound Synopsis Debut author Amina Luqman Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from […]
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Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan Abdo & Jason Patterson Release Date: September 28th, 2021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Graphic Novel Pages: 256 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | IndieBound Synopsis She-Ra and the Princesses of Power meets Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man in this sidesplitting […]
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Synopsis Content Warnings: Main characters’s mother has died four years earlier and her father is critically injured and hospitalized for most of the book. Twelve-year-old Abby Beckett is proud to come from a long line of elite Viking warriors known as the Aesir. She’s spent her entire life training to hunt the horrific creatures known […]
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Synopsis Debut author Arnée Flores spins an exciting and original tale about hope in even the darkest of places, perfect for fans of Shannon Hale. The Kingdom of Lyrica was once warm and thriving, kept safe by the Firebird, whose feather and song was a blessing of peace and prosperity. But the Firebird disappeared, and Lyrica […]
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