I picked this book for the foodie magic of course. I love the idea of a bruja-owned bakery in Texas. Leo is the youngest of five girls and hates always being thought of as the baby. She wants to do […]
Dactyl Hill Squad
Do I really need to tell you anything else besides THIS IS A CIVIL WAR STORY WITH DINOSAURS? Because, honestly, that’s all it took for me. I mean, ok, it is written by Daniel Jose Older whose adult and YA […]
Castle Hangnail
This book has everything I absolutely love about fantasy books. It is chock full of imagination and whimsy. There are also dragons. You must have dragons. Molly knows that she is going to be a Wicked Witch. She can do […]
All Four Stars
Gladys loves food. She loves to read about it, cook it, and eat it. Her parents don’t care about food at all. They pick up dinner from fast food restaurants every night. If they do try to cook, they believe […]
The Littlest Bigfoot
I picked up this book at BEA last year because I like Jennifer Weiner’s adult fiction. Â I don’t read a lot of middle grade so I would have missed this one otherwise. Alice is the neglected child of wealthy New […]
Becoming Naomi Leon
“Naomi Soledad León Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, her status at school as “nobody special.” […]
Unidentified Suburban Object
“The next person who compares Chloe Cho with famous violinist Abigail Yang is going to HEAR it. Chloe has just about had it with people not knowing the difference between someone who’s Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. She’s had it with […]
