Comments for www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/ Picture, middle grade and young adult book reviews. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Comment on ‘Flat Broke’ author Gary Paulsen lives for writing by Jen Wang artwork is masterful in YA graphic novel Ash's Cabin - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/2834/flat-broke-author-gary-paulsen-lives-for-writing/#comment-1321779 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:58 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=2834#comment-1321779 […] Cabin is reminiscent of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet but with more contemporary […]

]]> Comment on Frank L. Cole back with new series Champion’s Quest: Die of Destiny by Frank L. Cole's Legend of the Last Library is fast-moving dystopian MG - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/18346/frank-l-cole-champions-quest-die-of-destiny/#comment-1320571 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:32:19 +0000 https://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=18346#comment-1320571 […] read a number of Frank L. Cole’s books — Champion’s Quest series, Potions Masters trilogy — but I think it’s with The Legend of the Last Library that […]

]]> Comment on Tricia Levenseller’s Shadows Between Us is strong YA fantasy by Tricial Levenseller's Darkness Within Us is dark YA romantasy - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/16257/tricia-levenseller-shadows-between-us/#comment-1318185 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:27:06 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=16257#comment-1318185 […] Darkness Within Us is a companion novel to Tricia Levenseller’s The Shadows Between Us. And it’s really worth reading both in order, especially since The Shadows Between Us is so […]

]]> Comment on Kelly Yang’s Front Desk is one of the best middle-grade reads of 2018 by Jump into summer reading with books by Soontornvat, Siddiqui & Yang - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/14971/kelly-yangs-front-desk-is-one-of-the-best-middle-grade-reads-of-2018/#comment-1312771 Mon, 27 May 2024 11:10:11 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=14971#comment-1312771 […] looking for an excellent group of books for the summer, Kelly Yang’s Front Desk series — Front Desk, Three Keys, Room to Dream, Key Player and Top Story — is a great option. The series follows Mia […]

]]> Comment on Megan Walker’s Lakeshire Park is the perfect escape by Megan Walker hits her stride with Proper Romance Highcliffe house - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/16454/megan-walker-lakeshire-park/#comment-1311018 Thu, 09 May 2024 11:53:19 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=16454#comment-1311018 […] House is author Megan Walker’s third book in Shadow Mountain’s Proper Romance Regency line — Lakeshire Park (2020) and Miss Newbury’s List (2023). And Walker has definitely hit her […]

]]> Comment on Stacey Lee’s Downstairs Girl is an engrossing YA novel by Stacey Lee's Kill Her Twice is enticing YA murder mystery - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/15798/stacey-lee-downstairs-girl/#comment-1310832 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:09:40 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=15798#comment-1310832 […] a fan of Stacey Lee (The Downstairs Girl). Add her flair for historical fiction and a murder mystery noir, and you’ve got a recipe for an […]

]]> Comment on Lisa Fipps’ Starfish is one of 2021 best MG novels by Lisa Fipps' And Then, Boom! is must-read middle grade - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/17825/lisa-fipps-starfish/#comment-1310829 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:01:11 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=17825#comment-1310829 […] And Then, Boom! will end up on a number of “best” lists or winning awards. Author Lisa Fipps (Starfish) speaks to those on the margins and makes everyone take […]

]]> Comment on Margaret Finnegan’s Sunny Parker is Here to Stay has heart by Margaret Finnegan https://www.crackingthecover.com/23674/sunny-parker-is-here-to-stay/#comment-1309700 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:44:47 +0000 https://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=23674#comment-1309700 Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, Jessica!

]]> Comment on Lynne Kelly’s prose sings in MG novel Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly's Secret Language of Birds is hopeful MG novel - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/15458/lynne-kelly-song-for-a-whale/#comment-1308873 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:23:09 +0000 http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=15458#comment-1308873 […] may remember author Lynne Kelly from Song for a Whale, the award-winning book about a deaf girl who is drawn to a whale with a unique voice. Song for a […]

]]> Comment on Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb is excellent by Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls is fascinating story of Bletchley Park - www.crackingthecover.com https://www.crackingthecover.com/18564/curse-of-the-mummy-uncovering-tutankhamuns-tomb/#comment-1308206 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:38:21 +0000 https://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=18564#comment-1308206 […] Fleming has a way with middle-grade nonfiction. The author of The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb, knows just how to bring facts together in a way that draws in young readers rather than push them […]

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