The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a solidly good middle grade book that is full of appeal, if not life changing. This book is packed full with life truths about love, loss, grief, ignorance, hope, and endurance. Its quite amazing now that I think about it in retrospect but this little book had a lot to say about some pretty heavy topics. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is about a town who lives in fear of the witch that haunts their local woods. To appease the witch and keep her from their door they offer up the youngest…
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The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend
I can’t remember a book I have had more fun with in the past year than “The Trials of Morrigan Crow”. Before I had even hit the half way mark I was texting my sister, my cousin, my friend saying “you need to read this, now!” “The Trials of Morrigan Crow” follows a young girl on the eve of her 11th birthday. Morrigan had the misfortune of being born on the last day of a twelve year cycle, this of course means she is cursed and the cause of all the problems in her home town. Her cursed state also…
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
This was such a lovely book. It was exactly what it set out to be (a young girl’s journey in coping with life after the loss of her parents) and nothing more-something I find I am more and more appreciating from middle grade fiction. Holly Sloan did a magnificent job of containing this novel and stripping it to the heart of the thing. As a result the novel was poignant, articulate, and satisfying. Willow was a character I have rarely seen more honesty from. She is intelligent and quirky and I adored her immediately, I suspect few will not love…