Genre: Middle Grade Speculative

Alvor: Dipped in Dark by Laura Bingham

Alvor: Dipped in Dark by Laura Bingham

Erin leaned her head on Joel’s shoulder as the pegasi pulled their carriage into the sky. His fingers laced around hers and rested on the skirt of her billowing dress. The gold crown sat on her head as a reminder of her new reality. On the brink of eighteen years old, life should have been easy for Erin and her twin brother, Bain. But just […]

July 14, 2016 / 0 Comments
Clockwork Charlie: The Kidnap Plot by Dave Butler

Clockwork Charlie: The Kidnap Plot by Dave Butler

Meet Charlie. He lives a quiet life with his protective father, an inventor and clockmaker. When Charlie’s father is suddenly and mysteriously kidnapped by a shadowy group called the Anti-Human League, it’s up to Charlie to save him. Before long, he has assembled a motley crew to help. From the terrifying but well-meaning troll Grim Grumblesson to the high-flying young aeronauts Bob and Sir Oliver, […]

June 21, 2016 / 0 Comments
The Jewel Thief by Andrea Pearson

The Jewel Thief by Andrea Pearson

Should Carter raise a detective from the dead to stop a famous thief? Carter suspects his former best friend, Ridge, is up to something, and he’s not surprised it has to do with bringing a dead person back to life. When Carter learns that the person Ridge brings back is a famous thief, he must race to stop them both. Unfortunately, it means he’ll also […]

May 7, 2016 / 0 Comments
Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff

Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff

Red is not afraid of the big bad wolf. She’s not afraid of anything… except magic. But when Red’s granny falls ill, it seems that only magic can save her, and fearless Red is forced to confront her one weakness. With the help of a blond, porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red goes on a quest to cure Granny. Her journey takes her through dwarves’ caverns […]

April 12, 2016 / 0 Comments
Believe by Nanette O’Neal

Believe by Nanette O’Neal

Best friends share everything, right? Unless it’s a secret that could cost them their lives. Robyn and Kit are born with forbidden magic-sense, the power to see and hear beyond Earthly sight and sound. It’s a curse that haunts them, but the girls are strangely drawn to it—could there be more to this power than they’ve been told? When they spill their secret, it opens […]

March 31, 2016 / 0 Comments
Five Kingdoms: Death Weavers by Brandon Mull

Five Kingdoms: Death Weavers by Brandon Mull

Cole is about to face his biggest peril yet. Since arriving in the Outskirts, Cole and his friends have fought monsters, challenged knights, and battled rampaging robots. But none of that has prepared them for Necronum. In this haunting kingdom, it’s hard to tell the living from the dead, and secret pacts carry terrifying risks. Within Necronum lies the echolands, a waystation for the departed […]

March 15, 2016 / 1 Comment
Of Secrets and Snow by Danyelle Leafty

Of Secrets and Snow by Danyelle Leafty

Once upon a time, the witch Baba Yaga stole a child from the mortal world and brought her to a land filled with magic. But after a hundred years of ice and wonder, Aneira is more than ready to return to her family. But she can’t return home yet. Not without her mortal heart. Never fear, the Babas Yaga are happy to help her—for a […]

March 4, 2016 / 0 Comments
A Cloak of Frost by Danyelle Leafty

A Cloak of Frost by Danyelle Leafty

Once upon a time, in the deep of a wintry night, the North Wind blew through a tiny village, leaving behind a little girl with a shock of white hair and eyes the color of glass, who had an affinity for both cold and magic. The one thing she didn’t have was a name. But as she grew, so too did her magic. Until one […]

February 23, 2016 / 0 Comments
The Ghost of Little Elm Lake by Shelley Bingham Husk

The Ghost of Little Elm Lake by Shelley Bingham Husk

They say in the woods by the Little Elm Lake, when the harvest moon is no more than a sliver, if you listen very carefully, you might hear it. So begins the true story of a ghost, and a lake, and the people who became the legend. Follow the two ten-year-old boys, Paxton, and his best friend Carter, as they discoverer the truth behind the […]

February 18, 2016 / 0 Comments
Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George

Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George

Princess Celie and her companions have made it home safely from the Glorious Arkower, and everything is back to normal now that the Eye of the Castle is where it belongs. With more magical griffins to care for, Celie, Lilah, and Rolf have their hands full. But when the dangerous ancient wizard Arkwright escapes the dungeon and goes missing within the Castle, no one can […]

February 9, 2016 / 0 Comments