2017 was a great year for dragons, both friendly and fearsome. These great dragon books for kids 9-12 are all wildly imaginative and original, and there’s a book here to suit every fantasy loving kid! What were your young reader’s favorite dragons of 2017?
The Journey to Dragon Island continues the magnificent adventures that began in last year’s Voyage to Magical North in fine swashbuckling style. The legendary Captain Cassie O’Pia is sailing the brave ship Onion into seas where only the bravest venture, hoping to reach the legendary island of Apcaron. There, Brine, the young heroine of the first book, thinks they […]
2016 produced a bumper crop of great middle grade novels. Here’s a list of my personal favorites, both realistic and fantasy, that I think will appeal to young readers. They’re especially good for those who, like me, enjoy books about friendship with characters to love, though there’s excitement and adventure too (sorry sports fans—I’ve got nothing […]
If you are ready for an astonishing adventure aboard a pirate ship, chasing legends of magic and monsters up into the frozen north, start reading The Voyage to Magical North, by Claire Fayers, and come aboard the Onion for plenty of thrills and chills! Twelve year old Brine Seaborne, found drifting in a boat as a child with […]
2016 is shaping up to be an excellent year for debut middle grade fantasy. Dragons and magical journeys and steampunk clockwork and extraordinary animals may have been written about before, but these books are giving them a fresh spin. Here are some I can’t wait to read (along with two that came out this January, that I’ve already read and so can […]