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Top Nine Middle Grade Books I Read in 2020

January 3, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love middle grade reads, so this is my longest list this year. In no particular order, here are the books to which I gave a five-star rating in 2020. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Across the Line, All of Me, Eva Ibbotson, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Kate Darnton, Katherine Rundell, Listen to the Moon, Lois Lowry, Meg Wolitzer, Michael Morpurgo, middle-grade, Nayanika Mahtani, Number the Stars, Out of My Mind, Sharon M Draper, The Good Thieves, The Misfits, The Star of Kazan, To Night Owl from Dogfish, Venita Coelho

The Good Thieves

June 1, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book cover Text: The Good Thieves Katherine Rundell Award-winning author of 'Rooftoppers' Image: A huge castle rising from a lake, four children in a boat rowing towards it.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – you cannot go wrong with Katherine Rundell. The Girl Savage, Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, and now, The Good […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Katherine Rundell, middle-grade, reading, review, The Good Thieves

The Explorer

July 5, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

With some writers, I feel I just cannot go wrong. Katherine Rundell is one of them. Sure, I like some books more than others, but at the end of each […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Katherine Rundell, reading, review, The Explorer