Tag: middlegrade
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Book Review: The Adventure’s Guide to Successful Escapes
by Wade Albert White publisher’s synopsis “Is there such a thing as too much adventure? Anne is about to find out. She’s spent most of her thirteen years scrubbing dirty hallways and laboring in dark mines at Saint Lupin’s orphanage, dreaming of finding her true home and of becoming an adventurer alongside her best friend,…
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Book Review: The Lost Girl
by Anne Ursu publisher’s synopsis When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else: For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark is inventive, dreamy, and brilliant–and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve never left each other’s…
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Book Review: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone
By Jaclyn Moriarty publisher’s synopsis Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when a telegram announces that her parents have been killed by pirates. This does not bother her particularly; Her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance from the Butler, and…
