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Blog Tour Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE by Shawn K. Stout Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours About The Book   Title: THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE Author: Shawn K. Stout Pub. Date: May 31, 2022 Publisher: Peachtree Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Pages: 336 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Do you believe in impossible things? Cutie Grackle does. She has to. Otherwise, she’ll never be more than a lonely 10 year old inRead More →

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Blog Tour and Giveaway   I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the WHEN THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN by K. Ibura Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!     Title: WHEN THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Author: K. Ibura Pub. Date: February 1, 2022 Publisher:  Scholastic Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Pages: 288 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle,Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org What do you do whenRead More →

Middle Grade Series A Million Ways Home

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The Poppy Parker Series  Book 2 Description A mysterious girl with a secret A terrible dilemma What’s worse, betraying someone’s trust, or losing another home?  Twelve year old Poppy Parker is still adjusting to her new life with Detective Trey Brannigan and his mother when she meets a strange, secretive red-haired girl named Presley. Presley is friendly and all, but why does she struggle to remember how to spell her own last name? And whyRead More →

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the SHOE WARS by Liz Pichon Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! About the Book Title: SHOE WARS Author: Liz Pichon Pub. Date: March 2, 2021 Publisher: Scholastic Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook Pages: 448 Find it:  Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Readers who have devoured Captain Underpants, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the works of Raina Telgemeier willRead More →

Book Cover - embracing our Human Race for its diversity

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Review, Guest Post,  And Giveaway Join us for this tour from Jan 25 to Feb 12, 2021! Book Details Book Title:  It’s Me by Jeff KubiakCategory:  Middle-Grade Non-Fiction (Ages 8-12),  57 pagesGenre:  Children’s/Middle Grade, Non-fiction, own voicesPublisher:  EduMatch PublishingRelease date:   November 14, 2020Content Rating:  PG. Although the book reads like a graphic novel, it does contain topics dealing with racism and other social issues. Description It’s Me is dedicated to every person who has everRead More →

book by Rebecca Stead

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– An Emotional Story That’s Hard To Put Down – Blurb At a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me. After her parents’ divorce, Bea’s life became different in many ways. But she can always look back at the list she keeps in her green notebook to remember the things thatRead More →

Book by Lisa Gerlits

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Clara and Orion Will Take You On An Interesting Journey The Journey Begins When eleven-year-old Clara, whose full name is Clarity Kartoffel, and her friend Orion break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, it is a bigger problem than you might imagine. Why? Because rumors have been flying for years about the scary old man who lives at the end of the street. Yes, the man who lives in the house that once was adorned withRead More →

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– The Conclusion To The Series Of Novels – Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher: Candlewick Press (September 24, 2019) Sample Chapter Genre: Middle Grade Hardback: 256 pages My Thoughts This is New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo’s touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros. Though it is a stand-alone book, it is a companion novel to Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana’s Way Home. Beverly Tapinski has no reasonRead More →

author Cary Fagan book cover

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Can A Homemade Postcard Carry So Much Meaning? ABOUT THE BOOK Who is Gretchen Oyster? The discovery of a series of mysterious handmade postcards distracts Hartley from trouble at home. A poignant novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spotsRead More →

Cover of David Barclay Moore's book, The Stars Beneath Our Feet

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A Middle-Grade Debut Novel You Won’t Want To Put Down Author: David Barclay Moore Hardcover: 304 Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 19, 2017) Paperback: 304 Yearling; Reprint edition (January 8, 2019) Ages: 10 – 13 This story is an amazing glimpse into the life of Wallace “Lolly” Rachpaul, an angry boy who is attempting to work through the death of his older brother. What makes this even more difficult is that he is livingRead More →

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 Meet Characters Who Will Beg You To Keep Turning The Pages Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher:  Candlewick (October 2018) Ages: 10+ Hardback: 240 pages Audio Book: 3 hours and 35 minutes Kindle:  240 print pages I am going to write it all down, so that what happened to me will be known, so that if someone were to stand at their window at night and look up at the stars and think, My goodness, whatever happenedRead More →

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A Story You Won’t Soon Forget ABOUT THE BOOK Author: Lynn PlourdePublisher:  Puffin Books; Reprint edition (August 2017) Pages: 272 hardcover Ages: 10+ When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. With its diverse cast, authentic narrator, and perfect blend of spot-on middle-grade humor, drama, and wisdom, this powerful debut is relatable, funny, bittersweet,Read More →

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What Defines True Friendship? Description If it were up to Mattie Markham, there would be a law that said your family wasn’t allowed to move in the middle of the school year. After all, sixth grade is hard enough without wondering if you’ll be able to make new friends or worrying that the kids in Pennsylvania won’t like your North Carolina accent. But when Mattie meets her next-door neighbor and classmate, she begins to thinkRead More →

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A Growing Concern: Homelessness Author Dianna Dorisi Winget takes us on a journey through the eyes of Shannon, a 12-year-old girl. After Shannon’s mom dies, her aunt Junie does her best to provide for both of them, but when she finds it impossible they take off to another state. A state, Aunt Junie tells Shannon, where there will be higher wages and they will be better off. So Aunt Junie, Shannon, and Shannon’s dog Boone head forRead More →