Monday, January 1, 2018

Miss Carol's Favorite Book Finds of 2017 -- Middle Grade Books

Every year I spend the last few weeks of the year compiling my favorite book finds of the year.  They are not always new books.  Just books I discovered for the first time and really, really liked.

MIDDLE GRADE CHAPTER BOOK DISCOVERIES FOR 2017:

  



The Crooked Sixpence(The Uncommoners) by Jennifer Bell Ivy Sparrow and her big brother Seb discover a city beneath London where ordinary objects have magical powers.

If the Magic Fits(100 Dresses) by Susan Maupin Schmid Darling Dimple, a young orphan, discovers a closet full of magical dresses, each of which gives her the appearance of another person in the castle and that, along with her own magical abilities, helps her protect Princess Mariposa from betrayal as the castle swarms with suitors.

Mary Anning'sCuriosity by Monica Kulling A fictionalized retelling of the childhood of Mary Anning, one of the world's greatest fossilists.

  


Prisoner of Ice andSnow by Ruth Lauren When thirteen-year-old Valor is arrested, she could not be happier. Demidova's prison for criminal children is exactly where she wants to be. Valor's sister Sasha is already serving a life sentence for stealing from the royal family, and Valor is going to help her escape ... from the inside.

Rebel Genius by Michael Dante DiMartino In twelve-year-old Giacomo's Renaissance-inspired world, art is powerful, dangerous, and outlawed. Every artist possesses a Genius, a birdlike creature that is the living embodiment of an artist's creative spirit. Those caught with one face severe punishment, so when Giacomo discovers he has a Genius, he knows he's in big trouble.

Space Case (Moon Base Alpha) by Stuart Gibbs Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, must solve the mystery behind the murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.

Miss Carol's Best Book Finds of 2017 -- Picture Books

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