February 17, 2013

On the Radar: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: High Interest Fiction for Middle Grade Readers

School may be out soon, but that doesn’t mean that your tweens should stop reading for the summer. Make sure to send them off on vacation with a few titles in mind. For starters, give them a booklist, like this one prepared by New York Public Library. There’s something below for everyone, from time-travel fans to horse lovers.

Fiction Series Roundup (Grades 5 & Up), May 2012

The books listed below are new addition to fiction series that are most likely familiar to most of our readers, and we assume that purchase will be based on the popularity of the earlier titles.

Grades 5 & Up, May 2012

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Fiction Series Roundup

CHAMBERS, Aidan. Dying to Know You.276p. Abrams/Amulet. 2012. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-4197-0165-8.
Gr 9 Up–Quiet, good-looking, and sensitive, 18-year-old Karl Williamson has a secret. He’s dyslexic and much better with his hands than with words. When Fiorella, his new love interest, insists he open up to her in writing, he seeks help from a prominent local author. There are shades of Cyrano de Bergerac, but this is not a retelling of the classic. Karl’s ghostwriter [...]