Don’t Feed the Lion Author: Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi Genre: MG Contemporary Publication Date: November 11, 2025 Publisher: Arcadia Children’s Books Thank you to NetGalley and Arcadia Children’s Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. With unexpected twists […]
Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the War Author: Alice Hoffman Genre: MG Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 17, 2024 Publisher: Scholastic Press Thank you to NetGalley and Scholastic Press for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest […]
How to Find What You’re Not Looking For Author: Veera Hiranandani Genre: MG Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 14, 2021 Publisher: Kokila Thank you to BookishFirst for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, racism, ableism, xenophobia […]
Tristan Strong Destroys the World Author: Kwame Mbalia Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: October 6, 2020 Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents Series: Tristan Strong #2 CONTENT WARNING: violence, trauma, mention of death Tristan Strong has been traumatized. He’s back in Alabama after saving Alke—a world inhabited by African American […]
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Author: Kwame Mbalia Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: October 15, 2019 Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents Series: Tristan Strong #1 CONTENT WARNING: grief, brief mention of slavery Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save […]
That Thing About Bollywood Author: Supriya Kelkar Genre: MG Magical Realism/Contemporary Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am giving my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: mention of […]
City of the Plague God Author: Sarwat Chadda Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: January 12, 2021 Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents CONTENT WARNING: death, grief, bullying, Islamophobia, gore, plague Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. […]
Awa and the Dreamrealm by Isa Pearl Ritchie is a middle grade book that I found surprisingly interesting. It was a quick read that held my attention and had me flipping pages to find out what happened next to Awa. I was invited to review this book as […]
