The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins

When I started this story, I did not think I would enjoy it much. I thought that it was written for a younger audience, and I might not appreciate it as such. By the time I finished it, I realised that I liked it because it was aimed at a younger audience and had a…

What Stars Are Made of by Sarah Allen

I managed to stick to my binge posting till I missed just one day. I am hoping to get back in the groove, but understandably it starts with one post at a time. This is a good book to attempt another streak. It is still available to request on NetGalley as of the writing of…

The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

It is hard to come across a book like this. At least, it has been for me. The biggest highlight of its 'difference' is that the children act their age, and there are no romantic entanglements in this. It is purely a book about friendship, and despite its meagre beginnings, the power it can hold…

Adventures of a Dwergish Girl by Daniel Pinkwater

I have read and reviewed a short collection by this author previously, so when I saw this book I decided to give it a shot. This is the story of a girl who did not feel at home in her secret community. They have been lost to the fables for the city around them. The…

Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

Due to my infrequent association with middle-grade fiction, I have very minimal expectations once I realise I am reading one. I do not read the blurb of a book once I have queued it into my reading for thrills. This is one book which tackles quite desperate situations, prejudices, all the while not talking down…

American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar

I am not a teenage girl, and I was not born in a country where my forefathers (and mothers) could not trace they ancestry back to, but there was something so relatable about this book that I read it in almost one stretch, wanting to see it all the way through. The one bias I…

Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris; Shelly Brown

I may not read a lot of books targeting a younger audience, but I do try and pick up the ones I feel interested in. I recently really enjoyed one but did not gel entirely with it. We have a precocious main character who is well versed in Marine Biology because of her mother. The…

The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki I stumbled on this multiple times before I decided to give it a shot also since I once again forgot that the next two books were not available to me at this time, I will probably only listening to this one and may look out for the others. That may seem like…