2007 Middle Grade Finalists

A Crooked Kind of Perfectby Linda UrbanHarcourtBuy from Amazon | Buy from BookSense "I teach middle school, and sometimes I find that I have more choices for my readers who like edgy YA stories than I do for those kids who read well but aren’t quite ready for teenager issues. A Crooked Kind of Perfect is a perfect kind of …

2007 Middle Grade Fiction Nominations

Let me say; I love these Cybils list. I only wish I had the time to read all the nominations, because they all look so good. Here is Middle Grade; seventy five nominations! We have a little bit of everything, from books for your younger readers to historical fiction to genre-bending illustrated books. Books to make you cry, books to …

REVIEW: Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Hi, Liz B. here. My blog is "A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy," where I blog about, well, just about everything related to story. This year, I’m involved with both Middle Grade and YA for the Cybils, but I read and discuss other books, as well as TV and movies. I started the blog so I could have …

About Liz B

Today we introduce Liz B., our Middle Grade Fiction organizer: Hi! I’m Liz B, and I blog over at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy. I write about a mix of things: books, TV, movies, news, but mainly? Books. Mostly young adult, but a little bit of everything. I’m interested in how story is important in our lives, …