Posted in Historical fiction, MG Fantasy, Middle Grade Book Reviews | Tagged Adam Gidwitz, Max in the House of Spies, MG Historical Fiction | 6 Comments THE NIGHT RAVEN Posted on October 29, 2023 by Greg Pattridge ALWAYS in the MIDDLE is today’s stop for THE NIGHT RAVEN blog tour!
These award-winning books of historical fiction for middle-grade readers are all excellent stories. The awards won by this group include the prestigious John Newbery Medal, the Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. These books repre...
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Elizabeth is a grifter, a con woman, now going by the name Betty Perkins. When the current con. goes badly, she has to run for her life. Chased by two heavies, she takes refuge in a protest by a band of suffragists. They are quickly arrested and Elizabeth finds herself in a workhou...
Historian Joe Manning did some sleuthing about Tony and Paul Zazzaro. The boys’ parents had immigrated from Italy. Their father worked as a street sweeper, their mother took care of seven children. When Paul grew up he started a successful restaurant called The Capitol Grille. ...
“thatbookof wondrous fascination.” A softened Puritanism also reveals itself in Bunyan’sBook for Boys and Girls: or, Country Rhymes for Children(1686), as well as theDivine and Moral Songs for Childrenby the hymn composerIsaac Watts, whose “How doth the little busy bee” still exhales ...