Genre: Middle Grade Speculative

Rise of the Wolf by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Rise of the Wolf by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Nic may have escaped enslavement in the mines outside of Rome, but his troubles are far from over. The Praetor War—the battle to destroy Rome from within—is in full force, and Nic is caught in the crossfire. The secretive Praetors are determined to unlock a powerful amulet—one sure to bring the empire to its knees. Worse, the Praetors believe Nic holds the key to finding […]

January 26, 2016 / 1 Comment
Museum Adventures: The Maya Mystery by Mikey Brooks

Museum Adventures: The Maya Mystery by Mikey Brooks

Nick and Katie didn’t sign up to go on an adventure. They didn’t ask to be nearly killed by a jaguar, or hunt for ingredients under a volcano. They most certainly did not ask to be sacrificed by some crazy high priest at the top of a Mayan temple. But that is just what they got when they volunteered to help pack up boxes in […]

January 11, 2016 / 0 Comments
Clan of the Stone: Fort Kanosh by Kurt F. Kammeyer

Clan of the Stone: Fort Kanosh by Kurt F. Kammeyer

Does history repeat itself on other planets? It is the Sixth Eon on the planet Edom. Benjamin ben Jacob is a Believer who lives with his parents at Fort Kanosh in the land of Deshret. At the age of thirteen, Ben becomes a Kohan and receives his own personal Believer name-stone. When he meets Elizabeth, an Outsider, they discover that the stone makes them telepathic, […]

November 27, 2015 / 0 Comments
Cleopatra’s Legacy: The Diamond Looking Glass by Dorine White

Cleopatra’s Legacy: The Diamond Looking Glass by Dorine White

Beauty and the Beast. The world knows it as a cartoon with dancing teacups and broomsticks. To twelve year old Claire La Fleur, it is family history, and the power behind Belle’s mirror is real. Every ten years her family gathers to see if the mirror will awaken, and for the last two hundred years it has slept. This time, Claire’s touch awakens the magic […]

November 25, 2015 / 0 Comments
Prince Charming’s Quest by Jessica L. Elliott

Prince Charming’s Quest by Jessica L. Elliott

Lucian struggled through school to get his princess to fall in love with him. Now they’ve graduated and he’s on a quest to save Moira from her hiding place. Danger lurks around every corner and it soon becomes clear that someone is plotting to see him fail. Meanwhile Moira is waiting each day for her prince to come. But when she begins to realize what […]

October 31, 2015 / 0 Comments
Of Indigo and Ice by Danyelle Leafty

Of Indigo and Ice by Danyelle Leafty

It isn’t often that a Baba Yaga makes a mistake. And still more seldom when she admits to it. But when the world is on the brink of eternal winter, she’s willing to make an exception. Only Aneira is no longer the mortal girl Baba Yaga spirited away so many years ago. Her heart is completely frozen, and she has cut ties with all she […]

October 26, 2015 / 0 Comments
The Caretaker’s Guide to Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

The Caretaker’s Guide to Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

You may have read about centaurs and satyrs, fairies and fog giants. But have you actually seen them? Now you can. And you won’t even need to drink the milk! With The Caretaker’s Guide to Fablehaven, caretakers-in-training can visually identify a river troll, a flying stag, a swamp hag, and dozens of other mystical and magical creatures. Witness the majesty and brawn of Celebrant, the […]

October 25, 2015 / 1 Comment
The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party by Shannon & Dean Hale

The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party by Shannon & Dean Hale

Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate. Today is Princess Magnolia’s birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving… Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closet, ditches her frilly clothes, and becomes the Princess in Black! She rushes to […]

October 13, 2015 / 1 Comment
The Lord of the Hat by Obert Skye

The Lord of the Hat by Obert Skye

Rob Burnside thinks he’s getting the hang of things. It almost seems as if he has learned all he needed to from his unusual closet. Beardy, the doorknob, has it locked up and there are no signs of the closet door opening again. But something slips from the closet unnoticed and that something is part Gollum, part Cat in the Hat. He’s an intense creature […]

October 12, 2015 / 0 Comments
Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage

Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage

Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy with a knack for all things mechanical. But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and invention is a curse word. Kallista Babbage is a repair technician and daughter of the notorious Leo Babbage, whose father died in an explosion an event the leaders […]

September 29, 2015 / 1 Comment