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.
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