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Category Archives: Middle Grade Reviews Drama by Raina Telgemeier ( website | tweet ) Publication Date: September 1, 2012 Publisher: Scholastic GRAPHIX Pages: 240 Target audience: middle grade Keywords: Broadway, theater, stage crew, LGBT Format read: ARC from NetGalley (Thanks!) Summary: Callie, a Broadway buff, is working behind-the-scenes of her middle school’s production of Moon Over Mississippi. As if working…  See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles Upcoming Publication Date: May 8, 2012 Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: 310 Keywords: Family, siblings, LGBT, family business, bullying, trauma Target Audience: Mature middle grade Format Read: Paperback from ALA. (Thanks!) Summary: With her parents always working at the family restaurant and her younger brother constantly winning everyone’s attention, Fern… Seeing Cinderella by Jenny Lundquist [website | twitter] Release Date: March 20, 2012 Publisher: ALADDIN M!X Pages: 240 Target Audience: Middle Grade Format: Finished copy received from Simon & Schuster Why I Read It: Slightly awkward young teenager + an intriguing pair of glasses Summary: Thirteen-year-old Callie is having trouble seeing. Though she hates the…  The Storm Makers by Jennifer E. Smith ( website | twitter) Upcoming Publication Date: April 3, 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: 384 Target Audience: Middle grade Format read: ARC paperback from ALA (Thank you!) Summary: Plucked from their hometown to a desolate farm by their parents who are hoping to pursue their own passions, twins Ruby and Simon… |
