In 2000, Meg Cabot introduced the world to Mia Thermopolis, the unsuspecting heir to the throne of Genovia, with her book The Princess Diaries (that’s right…it was a book before it was a movie.) Over the next nine years, this amazingly popular series produced 13 more books, and readers followed Mia from Manhattan to Genovia, from […]
It’s easy to find recent middle grade books that are sad and scary. Realistic fiction for young readers is often full of family deaths, and fantasy almost always comes with a generous helping of villains and violence. If you or your young reader are looking to take a break from more sobering storylines (or if your young […]