Book: Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge Author: Allan PeterkinIllustrator: Mike ShiellPages: 80Age Range: 9-12  I have to admit that when Raab Associates sent me a copy of Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge, I kind of scratched my head. Really...

Book: Six Innings Author: James Preller Pages: 160Age Range: 9-12  Six Innings, by James Preller, is a middle grade novel set during a little league championship game. The structure of the book mirrors the game itself, 12 chapters, one for each half-inning of the six-inning g...

Book: Beneath the Mask: The Grassland Trilogy: Book 2 Author: David Ward Pages: 272Age Range: 9-12  Beneath the Mask is the sequel to Escape the Mask, which I reviewed here. The third book in the Grassland Trilogy, Beyond the Mask, will be out later this spring. This review contains spoilers f...

Book: Savvy Author: Ingrid Law (blog)Pages: 352Age Range: 9-12  Ingrid Law's Savvy is an immensely fun middle grade novel about a close-knit family whose members each have over-the-top special abilities, from controlling the weather to the ability to have thin...

Book: Tennyson Author: Lesley M. M. Blume Pages: 240Age Range: 9-12  Tennyson by Lesley M. M. Blume is one of my favorite reads of the year. Tennyson is the haunting story of a young girl living in the south during the Depression. Tennyson and her younger sister Hattie live a wild,...

Book: Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink (The Professionals)Author: MAC Illustrator: Glenn FabryCover Art: Greg HornPages: 256Age Range: 10 - 14 Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink is the first book in The Professionals series by author MAC. It's a book for slightly older kids (10 and up), but features g...

Book: Underwater Author: Debbie Levy Pages: 155Age Range: 9-12Time Spend Reading: 1 hour, 20 minutesTime Spent Blogging: 35 minutes Underwater, by Debbie Levy, was my 11th and final book for the 48 hour book challenge. I will admit to having selected it in part because I only had an hour and 50 minu...

Book: 100 Cupboards Author: N. D. Wilson Pages: 304Age Range: 9-12Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 50 minutesTime Spent Blogging: 20 minutes 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson was my seventh title for the 48 Hour Book Challenge. I chose it because I enjoyed Wilson's previous book, Leepike Ridge, immensely, a...

Book: Cicada Summer Author: Andrea Beaty Pages: 176 Age Range: 9-12 Time Spent Reading: 1 hour, 15 minutesTime Spent Blogging: 40 minutes Cicada Summer, Andrea Beaty's first middle grade novel, was my fifth book for the 48 Hour Book Challenge. Cicada Summer is one of those books that is brief yet su...

Book: Saffy's Angel Author: Hilary McKay Pages: 160Age Range: 9-12Time Spent Reading: 1 hour, 45 minutesTime Spent Blogging: 30 minutes I've been hearing about Hilary McKay's Casson family series for years now. Today I finally read the first book in the series, Saffy's Angel (as my third book in the...