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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

Listen to the Moon

February 19, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book Cover Text: The stunning new World War I novel Michael Morpurgo Listen to the Moon "Please invite this wonderful story in, you won't regret it. History is rarely more movingly alive." Morris Gleitzman Photograph of a boy's face, a girl's face and a horse's face against a full moon. Below, a huge wave and a boat with men on it and a flag fluttering

I keep saying that with Michael Morpurgo, you can’t go wrong. Once more, with Listen to the Moon, I realised the truth of that. Had it been almost any other writer, I would […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Listen to the Moon, Michael Morpurgo, reading, review